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St. Louis Cardinals vs. St. Louis University
Time: 12:05 PM CT

Pitching Matchup:

RHP Dave Sever (SLU) vs Mitchell Boggs (STL)

Due to Pitch (STL): Mitchell Boggs (2 inn), Clayton Mortensen (2 inn), Jaime Garcia (2 inn), Chris Perez (1 inn)

Due to Pitch (SLU): Dave Sever (1 inn)

Upcoming Pitching Matchups:
Thursday: John Maine (NYM) vs. Anthony Reyes (STL)
Friday: Adam Wainwright (STL) vs. Johan Santana (NYM)

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Coming up: Finally, the Cards start playing games on Wednesday. Mitchell Boggs will start for the Redbirds in an exhibition against St. Louis University. The game is slated to start at 12:05 p.m. CT, and Chris Merrick is the scheduled starter for the Billikens.

The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Notes: La Russa to bat pitcher eighth

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The Cardinals open spring play with today’s exhibition against SLU (1-2) at 12:05 St. Louis time in Roger Dean Stadium. The (intriguing) lineup, just posted in the clubhouse:

1. Colby Rasmus, CF
2. Brian Barton, DH
3. Joe Mather, RF
4. Josh Phelps, 1B
5. Cody Haerther, LF
6. David Freese, 3B
7. Brian Barden, SS
8. Matt Pagnozzi, C
9. Jarrett Hoffpauir, 2B

Bench: INF Rico Washington, INF D’Angelo Jimenez, OF Amaury Marti and OF Nick Stavinoha. And a handful of catchers. (That hints that the Cardinals are going to have the above lineup play the game, not sub out early ala most spring games.)


Starting pitcher: RHP Mitchell Boggs. Pitching plan: Boggs (2 innings); RHP P.J. Walters (2); RHP Clayton Mortensen (2); LHP Jaime Garcia (2); RHP Chris Perez (1).

STLtoday.com - Bird Land - Blog Archive - Lineup Card: Barton back, Rasmus leads off

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Glad to see Rasmus leading off and Barton DH'ing.. Phelps in the cleanup spot looks intriguing for this game too!

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9:50 a.m.
SLU STARTERS
1. Andrew Guerra - 2B
2. J.D. Dunn - CF
3. Greg Rodgers - 1B
4. Tom Pinnell - 3B
5. B.J. Rodrigue - DH
6. David Blackwell - LF
7. Brandon Parsons - RF
8. Casey Moore - C
9. Ziggy Moore - SS
P - Chris Merrick

10 a.m.
Lineup update: The Billikens will not throw their three weekend starters - Dave Sever, Scott Turmail and Zach Outman - since they all pitched 6-plus inning last weekend. In addition, the Billikens open a three-game series at Samford on Friday. So, the Billikens will throw a myriad of pitchers this afternoon with each of them seeing an inning or so of work.

10:50 a.m.
The Billikens, who are decked out in their all-gray uniforms, will use aluminum bats against the Cardinals, with the major-leaguers using their normal wooden bats.

COVERAGE: The game can be heard live on The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: Homepage, with "The Voice of the Billikens" Bob Ramsey and Mike Claiborne calling the action. Also, the game can be followed on the Web via Gametracker by clicking on the link above.

Game Day: Saint Louis vs. St. Louis :: Check here for up-to-the-minute updates from Roger Dean Stadium

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In the 1st, the Billikens took a 1-0 lead (Rasmus had a throwing error) but the Cardinals respond with a Rasmus single and Barton 2 Run HR!

The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Boxscore

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Billikens tie it up at 2.. Cody Haerther makes a diving catch for the 3rd out to save the other runs from scoring..

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It's 2-2 after 2.. looks like Freese had a single and a SB in his first appearance!

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St. Louis University 2, St. Louis 2 Today's Boxes 2/27/08 PIT 4, MCC 0 PHI 1, CIN 0 NYM 2, DET 0 ATL 2, UGA 0
February 27, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis University 1 1 0 2 4 1 St. Louis 2 0 2 3 1
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Univ. of St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Guerra, 2B 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 .000 Dunn, CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 Rodgers, 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Pinnell, 3B 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 Rodrigue, DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 Blackwell, LF 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Parsons, RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Moore, C, C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 Moore, Z, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Totals 12 2 4 2 1 2 10 BATTING 2B: Moore, C (1, Boggs). TB: Dunn; Pinnell; Parsons; Moore, C 2. RBI: Pinnell (1), Moore, C (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dunn 2. GIDP: Rodrigue. Team LOB: 3. FIELDING E: Guerra (1, throw). St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG Rasmus, CF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Barton, DH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 Mather, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Phelps, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Haerther, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Freese, 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 Barden, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Pagnozzi, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hoffpauir, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 9 2 3 2 0 2 3 BATTING HR: Barton (1, 1st inning off Merrick, 1 on, 0 out). TB: Rasmus; Barton 4; Freese. RBI: Barton 2 (2). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hoffpauir. Team LOB: 1. BASERUNNING SB: Freese (1, 2nd base off Hebert/Moore, C). FIELDING E: Rasmus (1, throw). DP: (Hoffpauir-Barden-Phelps). Univ. of St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Merrick 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 1 18.00 Hebert 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Boggs 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 9.00 Walters 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 HBP: Blackwell (by Boggs). Ground outs-fly outs: Merrick 1-1, Hebert 0-2, Boggs 2-3, Walters 1-1. Batters faced: Merrick 5, Hebert 4, Boggs 11, Walters 3. Umpires: HP: Bud Stewart. 1B: Ray Schapley. 2B: . 3B: Jerry Justine. Weather: 60 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, Out to RF.

Rasmus reaches with a single to start the Bottom of the 3rd

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