Philadephia Phillies (40-27)
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St. Louis Cardinals (40-28)
<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="colhead" align="right"><td align="left">CENTRAL</td><td width="6%">
W</td><td width="6%">
L</td><td width="8%">
PCT</td><td width="5%">
GB</td><td>
HOME</td><td>
ROAD</td><td>
RS</td><td>
RA</td><td>
STRK</td><td>L10</td></tr><!--seasonType=2--> <!--startDate=20080612--> <!--StartDate is currentDate--><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">
Chicago</td><td>43</td><td>24</td><td>.642</td><td width="5%">-.-</td><td>29-8</td><td>14-16</td><td width="5%">372</td><td width="5%">270</td><td>W4</td><td>7-3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">
St. Louis</td><td>40</td><td>28</td><td>.588</td><td width="5%">3.5</td><td>21-13</td><td>19-15</td><td width="5%">322</td><td width="5%">282</td><td>L1</td><td>6-4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">
Milwaukee</td><td>35</td><td>31</td><td>.530</td><td width="5%">7.5</td><td>19-10</td><td>16-21</td><td width="5%">298</td><td width="5%">300</td><td>W2</td><td>7-3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">
Pittsburgh</td><td>33</td><td>34</td><td>.493</td><td width="5%">10.0</td><td>21-15</td><td>12-19</td><td width="5%">325</td><td width="5%">345</td><td>W2</td><td>6-4</td></tr><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">
Houston</td><td>33</td><td>34</td><td>.493</td><td width="5%">10.0</td><td>17-13</td><td>16-21</td><td width="5%">306</td><td width="5%">322</td><td>L2</td><td>3-7</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">
Cincinnati</td><td>32</td><td>36</td><td>.471</td><td width="5%">11.5</td><td>20-12</td><td>12-24</td><td width="5%">307</td><td width="5%">336</td><td>W1</td><td>4-6</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="12">2008 National League - Wild Card Standings</td></tr><tr class="colhead" align="right"><td align="left">NATIONAL</td><td width="6%">W</td><td width="6%">L</td><td>Pct</td><td>GB</td><td>HOME</td><td>ROAD</td><td width="5%">RS</td><td width="5%">RA</td><td>STRK</td><td>L10</td></tr><!--seasonType=2--> <!--startDate=20080612--> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">
St. Louis</td><td>40</td><td>28</td><td>.588</td><td width="5%">-.-</td><td>21-13</td><td>19-15</td><td width="5%">322</td><td width="5%">282</td><td>L1</td><td>6-4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">
Florida</td><td>36</td><td>30</td><td>.545</td><td width="5%">3.0</td><td>22-15</td><td>14-15</td><td width="5%">324</td><td width="5%">325</td><td>L1</td><td>5-5</td></tr><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">
Milwaukee</td><td>35</td><td>31</td><td>.530</td><td width="5%">4.0</td><td>19-10</td><td>16-21</td><td width="5%">298</td><td width="5%">300</td><td>W2</td><td>7-3</td></tr></tbody></table>
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Date Time: TV: Radio
06/13/08 7:15 FSMW KTRS
06/14/08 2:55 FOX KTRS
06/15/08 1:15 FSMW KTRS
Cardinals Links:
Official Sites:
Official Site of St. Louis Cardinals
MLB Press Pass - Cardinals
SI - Cardinals
Sporting News - Cardinals
CBS.Sportsline - Cardinals
ESPN.com - Cardinals
Yahoo Sports - Cardinals
Blogs:
Matthew Leach Blog
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Derrick Goold - Bird Land Blog
STLToday: Bernies Pressbox
Blog: Future Redbirds
Blog: Viva El Birdos
Player Sites:
Albert Pujols Family Foundation
Rick Ankiel Official Site
TV/Radio:
KSDK TV
Big 550 KTRS
Pitching Matchups:
Game 1:
RHP Kendrick (5-2, 4.87) vs. RHP Lohse (7-2, 3.92)
Game 2:
RHP Eaton (2-3, 4.62) vs. RHP Wellemeyer (7-1, 2.93)
Game 3:
RHP Myers (3-8, 5.34) vs. RHP Boggs (1-0, 3.86)
Rotation:
<pre>
Starter W L ERA IP ER H HR BB K
Wellemeyer 7 1 2.92 80.0 26 65 8 25 62
Wainwright* 6 3 3.14 91.2 32 80 10 19 62
Boggs 1 0 3.86 7.0 3 7 2 3 0
Lohse 7 2 3.92 80.1 35 82 4 19 37
Looper 8 5 4.34 83.0 40 95 7 21 39
Piņeiro 2 3 4.41 49.0 25 50 6 14 29
</pre>
Bullpen:
<pre>
Reliever W L ERA HLD SV IP ER H HR BB K
RP Perez 1 0 1.59 4 0/0 11.1 2 8 0 4 9
RP McClellan 0 1 2.38 16 1/2 34.0 9 33 2 8 26
CL Franklin 2 1 2.45 12 8/11 29.1 8 25 2 13 20
RP Springer 1 0 2.45 4 0/0 18.1 5 17 1 9 17
LH Villone 1 1 3.91 6 0/1 25.1 11 22 1 15 24
LH Flores 1 0 4.34 12 1/3 17.2 9 18 1 12 13
RP Worrell 0 1 4.91 0 0/0 3.2 2 4 0 4 1
</pre>
Probable Lineup:
<pre>
Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Schumaker .298 65 215 38 13 3 2 23 23 25 5/5
Miles .290 40 136 14 5 0 0 10 10 13 0/2
Ludwick .320 64 200 43 19 2 16 52 24 50 4/5
Ankiel .255 51 194 32 11 1 10 29 23 42 1/1
Glaus .262 62 229 27 16 1 9 40 39 40 0/1
Duncan .244 33 135 20 5 0 4 16 22 33 1/2
Molina .298 59 198 13 7 0 3 24 19 7 0/1
- Pitcher -
Looper .385 10 26 5 3 0 0 3 4 5 0/0
*Wainwright .225 9 40 2 1 0 1 3 1 13 0/0
Wellemeyer .167 3 22 1 0 0 0 3 1 11 0/0
Lohse .111 3 25 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 0/0
Pineiro .050 1 20 1 1 0 0 2 2 15 0/0
- End -
Izturis .242 43 178 20 6 1 1 12 17 9 6/9
</pre>
Bench:
<pre>
Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
*Pujols .347 77 222 41 15 0 16 42 52 23 2/3
Ryan .292 28 96 17 4 0 0 5 7 15 5/6
Kennedy .248 37 149 15 3 1 0 15 13 22 4/5
Barton .240 25 103 16 5 1 1 8 14 27 2/3
Mather .206 7 34 5 1 0 1 3 6 8 0/0
LaRue .196 11 56 8 2 0 1 3 9 7 0/0
</pre>
Disabled List/Minor Leagues:
- Disabled List -
SP Chris Carpenter
SP Mark Mulder
SP Adam Wainwright
SP Matt Clement
SP Brad Thompson
RP Kelvin Jimenez
RP Josh Kinney
RP Tyler Johnson
CL Jason Isringhausen
1B Albert Pujols
OF Juan Encarnacion
- Minor Leaguers (that have been with team) -
SP Anthony Reyes
SP Mike Parisi
IF Rico Washington
Game Links:
Game One:
The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Boxscore
The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Gameday
MLB Baseball Scores - CBSSports.com Live Scoreboard
Game Two:
The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Boxscore
The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Gameday
MLB Baseball Scores - CBSSports.com Live Scoreboard
Game Three:
The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Boxscore
The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Gameday
MLB Baseball Scores - CBSSports.com Live Scoreboard
The Cardinals finished their roadtrip 6-3 and are 19-15 on the road. They won all 3 series going to 40-28. They dropped a game back again from the Cubs (3.5 now) but still remain ahead in the Wild Card (early I know) by 3 games on Florida and 4 on Milwaukee. Philadelphia is in town tomorrow..
Road Recap:
Game 1: Win @ WAS (6-1)
Game 2: Win @ WAS (4-1)
Game 3: Loss @ WAS (10-9, 10 Inn)
Game 4: Loss @ HOU (6-1)
Game 5: Won @ HOU (8-4)
Game 6: Won @ HOU (5-4)
Game 7: Won @ CIN (7-2)
Game 8: Won @ CIN (10-0)
Game 9: Loss @ CIN (6-2)
Hitting:
Worrell: 1.000 (1/1), 1 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K
Wainwright: .667 (2/3), 1 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K
Parisi: .500 (1/2), 0 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K
LaRue: .500 (4/8), 4 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K
Kennedy: .436 (7/16), 3 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/1 SB
Ryan: .353 (6/17), 6 R, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 2 K, 3/3 SB
Schumaker: .346 (9/26), 3 R, 1 2B, 2 3B, 0 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K, 1/1 SB
Molina: .333 (9/27), 2 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, 0/1 SB
Ludwick: .315 (12/38), 9 R, 6 2B, 0 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 2 BB, 9 K, 1/1 SB
Glaus: .250 (8/32), 7 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 6 BB, 3 K
Lohse: .200 (1/5), 0 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K
Looper: .200 (1/5), 1 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K
Miles: .167 (4/24), 1 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K
Mather: .167 (3/18), 3 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 6 BB, 6 K
Barton: .154 (2/13), 2 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K, 1/1 SB
Ankiel: .143 (2/14), 3 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 5 K, 1/1 SB
Duncan: .125 (1/8), 0 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Pujols: .117 (2/17), 4 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 5 BB, 3 K
Izturis: .045 (1/22), 1 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K
Wellemeyer: .000 (0/1), 0 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K
Pineiro: .000 (0/2), 0 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K
Boggs: .000 (0/2), 0 R, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K
Total: .246 (74/301), 51 R, 17 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR, 48 RBI, 38 BB, 46 K, 8/9 SB
Pitching:
Wellemeyer: 1-0 0.00, 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 5 K, 0 HR
Springer: 0-0 0.00, 1 HLD, 4.1 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 7 K, 0 HR
Looper: 1-1 1.20, 15.0 IP, 2 ER, 11 H, 0 BB, 11 K, 0 HR
Villone: 0-0 2.81, 1 HLD, 3.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 2 K, 0 HR
Perez: 0-0 2.90, 2 HLD, 3.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 K, 0 HR
Lohse: 2-0 3.27, 11.0 IP, 4 ER, 9 H, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
Wainwright: 1-0 3.60, 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR
Pineiro: 0-0 3.60, 5 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HR
Boggs: 1-0 3.86, 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 0 K, 2 HR
McClellan: 0-0 4.25, 1 HLD, 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
Worrell: 0-1 5.62, 3.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 1 K, 0 HR
Flores: 0-0 5.80, 3 HLD, 3.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 0 K, 0 HR
Franklin: 0-1 6.00, 2/3 SV, 3 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR
Parisi: 0-0 11.25, 4 IP, 5 ER, 10 H, 4 BB, 1 K, 0 HR
Totals: 6-3 3.18, 79.0 IP, 8 HLD, 2/3 SV, 28 ER, 76 H, 28 BB, 63 K, 7 HR
Cards lose Wainwright and Pujols to injuries about the only real negatives IMO (well besides those pathetic hitting numbers and some of the relievers)