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Cards Notebook: Pujols to rest

By Joe Strauss
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

05/12/2008

MILWAUKEE — Manager Tony La Russa plans to rest first baseman Albert Pujols tonight, potentially giving Pujols his first day off this season. He didn't start an earlier game but appeared as a pinch-hitter.

"It's what I've been thinking all along. It's a good way to do it," said La Russa, who in spring training forecast two or three days off a month for the former MVP.

A midgame appearance would imperil Pujols' season-long run of reaching base in 39 consecutive games. La Russa plans to start Chris Duncan at first tonight.

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2008 NL Cent Standings


<table class="tablehead teamTop" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="colhead" align="right"> <td align="left">TEAM</td><td width="11%">W</td><td width="11%">L</td><td width="14%">GB</td><td width="14%">RS</td><td width="14%">RA</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Chicago Cubs</nobr></td><td>22</td><td>15</td><td>-.-</td><td>211</td><td>158</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>St. Louis</nobr></td><td>23</td><td>16</td><td>-.-</td><td>177</td><td>154</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Houston</nobr></td><td>21</td><td>17</td><td>1.5</td><td>185</td><td>166</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Milwaukee</nobr></td><td>18</td><td>19</td><td>4.0</td><td>158</td><td>179</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Pittsburgh</nobr></td><td>17</td><td>19</td><td>4.5</td><td>179</td><td>196</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Cincinnati</nobr></td><td>15</td><td>23</td><td>7.5</td><td>162</td><td>191</td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" class="completeLink">Complete Standings

Whoa Houston is there now.. oh well.. gotta win tonight.. at least Wainwright is pitching!
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[Brian34Cook]

Molina in the 2 hole?
Yes...

Schumaker
Molina
Ankiel
Ludwick
Duncan
Glaus
Kennedy
Wainwright
Izturis


Weeks
Cameron
Braun
Fielder
Hart
Hall
Hardy
Bush
Kendall

-B

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Interesting..

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St. Louis (23-16)
Lost 1 </td> <td width="509"> St. Louis 0, Milwaukee 0 <select onchange="window.parent.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#" selected="selected">Today's Boxes 5/12/08</option> <option value="/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_05_12_atlmlb_pitmlb_1"> PIT 5, ATL 0 </option> <option value="/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_05_12_atlmlb_pitmlb_2"> ATL 8, PIT 1 </option> <option value="/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_05_12_tormlb_clemlb_1"> CLE 3, TOR 0 </option> </select> </td> <td rowspan="3" class="white" align="center" width="130">
Milwaukee (18-19)
Won 1 </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td> <table class="textSm" bgcolor="#cccccc" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#727272"> <td class="greyLite" align="right">May 12, 2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr class="white" align="center" bgcolor="#cc0000"> <td class="white"> </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 4 </td> <td> 5 </td> <td> 6 </td> <td> 7 </td> <td> 8 </td> <td> 9 </td> <td></td> <td class="white"> R </td> <td class="white"> H </td> <td class="white"> E </td> </tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">St. Louis
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</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#cccccc">0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td class="textSm white"> Standings thru 5/12/08 | Gameday <script type="text/javascript">var game_status = 'IP';</script> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="759"><tbody><tr class="primaryBg"><td colspan="3" height="10">
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</td> <td width="569"> <!--Copyright 2007 MLB Advanced Media, L.P.--><table class="textSm" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="559"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="276"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="276"> <tbody><tr align="center" bgcolor="#dedede"> <td align="left" width="130">St. Louis</td><td width="7%">AB</td><td width="7%">R</td><td width="7%">H</td><td width="7%">RBI</td><td width="7%">BB</td><td width="7%">SO</td><td width="7%">LOB</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Schumaker, LF</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.292</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Molina, C</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.301</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Ankiel, CF</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.287</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Ludwick, RF</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.347</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Duncan, 1B</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.265</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Glaus, 3B</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.232</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Kennedy, 2B</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.296</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Wainwright, P</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.261</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Izturis, SS</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.229</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Totals</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td width="7"> </td><td valign="top" width="276"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="276"> <tbody><tr align="center" bgcolor="#dedede"> <td align="left" width="130">Milwaukee</td><td width="7%">AB</td><td width="7%">R</td><td width="7%">H</td><td width="7%">RBI</td><td width="7%">BB</td><td width="7%">SO</td><td width="7%">LOB</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Weeks, 2B</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.193</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Cameron, CF</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.174</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Braun, LF</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.281</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Fielder, 1B</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.248</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Hart, C, RF</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.299</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Hall, 3B</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.197</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Hardy, SS</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.260</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Bush, P</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.091</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Kendall, C</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">.283</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Totals</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="276"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="276"> <tbody><tr align="center" bgcolor="#dedede"> <td align="left" width="130">St. Louis</td><td width="7%">IP</td><td width="7%">H</td><td width="7%">R</td><td width="7%">ER</td><td width="7%">BB</td><td width="7%">SO</td><td width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Wainwright </td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">2.25</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td width="7"> </td><td valign="top" width="276"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="276"> <tbody><tr align="center" bgcolor="#dedede"> <td align="left" width="130">Milwaukee</td><td width="7%">IP</td><td width="7%">H</td><td width="7%">R</td><td width="7%">ER</td><td width="7%">BB</td><td width="7%">SO</td><td width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap">Bush </td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td align="right">6.98</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">
Pitches-strikes: Wainwright 0-0, Bush 0-0.
Ground outs-fly outs: Wainwright 0-0, Bush 0-0.
Batters faced: Wainwright 0, Bush 0.
Umpires: HP: Paul Schrieber. 1B: Laz Diaz. 2B: Wally Bell. 3B: Mike Winters.
Weather: 62 degrees, roof closed.
Wind: 1 mph, Varies.
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Gotta win to go 4-4 on the roadtrip and to split the series.. I could accept that..

[Brian34Cook]

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="ysptblthmsts"><td class="ysptblhdr" style="padding-left: 5px;" height="18"> St. Louis Inning Summary </td> </tr> <tr><td height="2">
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - S. Schumaker flied out to left </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - Y. Molina grounded out to second </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspscoretext"> - R. Ankiel homered to deep right </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - R. Ludwick walked </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - C. Duncan flied out to deep center </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - End of Inning (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="ysptblthmsts"><td class="ysptblhdr" style="padding-left: 5px;" height="18"> Milwaukee Inning Summary </td> </tr> <tr><td height="2">
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - R. Weeks flied out to right </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - M. Cameron popped out to shortstop </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspscoretext"> - R. Braun homered to deep left </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - P. Fielder flied out to center </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - End of Inning (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)

End 1: 1-1
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="ysptblthmsts"><td class="ysptblhdr" style="padding-left: 5px;" height="18"> St. Louis 2nd Inning Summary </td> </tr> <tr><td height="2">
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - T. Glaus walked </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - A. Kennedy flied out to right center </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - A. Wainwright grounded into fielder's choice, T. Glaus out at second </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - C. Izturis doubled to deep right, A. Wainwright to third </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - S. Schumaker grounded out to first </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="ysptblthmsts"><td class="ysptblhdr" style="padding-left: 5px;" height="18"> Milwaukee 2nd Inning Summary
</td> </tr> <tr><td height="2">
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - C. Hart popped out to second </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - B. Hall grounded out to second </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - J.J. Hardy fouled out to first </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="yspplaytext"> - End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)</td></tr></tbody></table>