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**Brian34Cook** · 07-20-2008, 08:43 PM

Milwaukee Brewers (55-43)

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St. Louis Cardinals (57-43)

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>58</td><td>40</td><td>-.-</td><td>518</td><td>407</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>St. Louis</nobr></td><td>57</td><td>43</td><td>2.0</td><td>478</td><td>445</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Milwaukee</nobr></td><td>55</td><td>43</td><td>3.0</td><td>464</td><td>437</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Cincinnati</nobr></td><td>48</td><td>52</td><td>11.0</td><td>441</td><td>489</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Houston</nobr></td><td>46</td><td>52</td><td>12.0</td><td>420</td><td>469</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Pittsburgh</nobr></td><td>44</td><td>54</td><td>14.0</td><td>469</td><td>556</td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" class="completeLink">Complete Standings</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="15">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>DIFF</td><td>STRK</td><td>L10</td><td>DIV</td><td>WC</td><td>POFF</td></tr>  <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">St. Louis</td><td>57</td><td>43</td><td>.570</td><td width="5%">-.-</td><td>30-21</td><td>27-22</td><td width="5%">478</td><td width="5%">445</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+33</td><td>W 5</td><td>7-3</td><td width="5%">18.4</td><td width="5%">24.1</td><td width="5%">42.5</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">Milwaukee</td><td>55</td><td>43</td><td>.561</td><td width="5%">1.0</td><td>31-17</td><td>24-26</td><td width="5%">464</td><td width="5%">437</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+27</td><td>W 4</td><td>6-4</td><td width="5%">26.9</td><td width="5%">25.4</td><td width="5%">52.3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">Philadelphia*</td><td>53</td><td>46</td><td>.535</td><td width="5%">3.5</td><td>27-23</td><td>26-23</td><td width="5%">492</td><td width="5%">417</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+75</td><td>L 2</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">52.2</td><td width="5%">8.6</td><td width="5%">60.8</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">NY Mets*</td><td>53</td><td>46</td><td>.535</td><td width="5%">3.5</td><td>28-18</td><td>25-28</td><td width="5%">481</td><td width="5%">446</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+35</td><td>W 1</td><td>8-2</td><td width="5%">32.0</td><td width="5%">8.9</td><td width="5%">40.9</td></tr><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">Florida</td><td>52</td><td>46</td><td>.531</td><td width="5%">4.0</td><td>28-21</td><td>24-25</td><td width="5%">476</td><td width="5%">501</td><td class="redfont" width="5%">-25</td><td>W 2</td><td>7-3</td><td width="5%">8.8</td><td width="5%">3.5</td><td width="5%">12.3</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">Dodgers*</td><td>48</td><td>50</td><td>.490</td><td width="5%">8.0</td><td>25-24</td><td>23-26</td><td width="5%">406</td><td width="5%">395</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+11</td><td>W 1</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">50.5</td><td width="5%">0.4</td><td width="5%">51.0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">Arizona*</td><td>48</td><td>50</td><td>.490</td><td width="5%">8.0</td><td>28-21</td><td>20-29</td><td width="5%">435</td><td width="5%">432</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+3</td><td>L 1</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">42.7</td><td width="5%">0.4</td><td width="5%">43.1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">Cincinnati</td><td>48</td><td>52</td><td>.480</td><td width="5%">9.0</td><td>28-21</td><td>20-31</td><td width="5%">441</td><td width="5%">489</td><td class="redfont" width="5%">-48</td><td>L 1</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">0.8</td><td width="5%">2.1</td><td width="5%">2.8</td></tr><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">Atlanta</td><td>46</td><td>52</td><td>.469</td><td width="5%">10.0</td><td>31-20</td><td>15-32</td><td width="5%">436</td><td width="5%">412</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+24</td><td>L 2</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">6.9</td><td width="5%">3.2</td><td width="5%">10.1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">Houston</td><td>46</td><td>52</td><td>.469</td><td width="5%">10.0</td><td>24-22</td><td>22-30</td><td width="5%">420</td><td width="5%">469</td><td class="redfont" width="5%">-49</td><td>L 1</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">0.2</td><td width="5%">0.7</td><td width="5%">0.9</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Date        Time:    TV:    Radio
07/21/08    6:05    ESPN    KTRS
07/22/08    7:15    FSMW    KTRS
07/23/08    7:15    FSMW    KTRS
07/24/08    7:15    FSMW    KTRS

Cardinals Links:

Official Sites:
Official Site of St. Louis Cardinals|Press Pass - Cardinals
Sports Illustrated|Sporting News|CBSSportsline|ESPN|Yahoo
St. Louis Post Dispatch Cardinals

Blogs:
Matthew Leach|Goold - Bird Land|Bernies Pressbox|Future Redbirds|Blog: Viva El Birdos

Player Sites:
Albert Pujols Family Foundation|Rick Ankiel Official Site

TV/Radio:
KSDK|Big 550 KTRS

Disabled List/Minor Leagues:

- Disabled List -
SP Chris Carpenter - 60 Day
SP Adam Wainwright - 15 Day
SP Mark Mulder - 15 Day
RP Tyler Johnson - 60 Day
RP Josh Kinney - 60 Day
OF Juan Encarnacion - 60 Day
OF Brian Barton - 15 Day
MR Matt Clement

- Minor Leaguers (that have been with team) -
SP/MR Anthony Reyes
OF Joe Mather
OF Nick Stavinoha
SP Jaime Garcia
RP Chris Perez
RP Mark Worrell

Crap:
IF Rico Washington
SP/RP Mike Parisi

Pitching Matchups:
#1: RHP McClung (5-5, 4.16) @ RHP Piñeiro (3-4, 4.52)
#2: RHP Suppan (5-6, 4.71) @ RHP Lohse (12-2, 3.35)
#3: LHP Sabathia (3-0, 1.88) @ RHP Looper (9-7, 4.60)
#4: RHP Sheets (10-3, 2.88) @ RHP Wellemeyer (8-4, 4.22)

Rotation:
<pre>
Starter W L ERA IP ER H HR BB K
Lohse 12 2 3.35 126.1 47 127 9 31 63
Wellemeyer 8 4 4.22 111.0 52 107 14 34 77
Piñeiro 3 4 4.52 87.2 45 100 8 23 45
Looper 9 7 4.60 115.1 59 134 16 28 53
Wainwright* 6 3 3.14 91.2 32 80 10 19 62
</pre>

Bullpen:
<pre>
Reliever W L ERA HLD SV IP ER H HR BB K
RH Springer 2 0 2.10 5 0/1 30.0 7 26 2 11 27
RH McClellan 2 4 2.83 21 1/5 54.0 17 51 5 14 43
CL Franklin 3 2 3.40 12 14/18 45.0 17 48 5 19 30
RH Thompson 2 2 4.11 0 0/1 34.2 16 37 2 14 22
LH Villone 1 2 4.75 9 0/1 36.0 19 33 2 23 37
LH Flores 1 0 4.95 2 1/3 20.0 11 22 1 17 14
RH Isringhausen 1 5 6.27 1 11/18 33.0 23 38 4 17 25
RH Jimenez 0 0 6.48 1 0/0 8.1 6 10 4 4 4
RH Boggs 3 1 6.59 0 0/0 28.2 21 32 4 17 12
</pre>

Probable Lineup:
<pre>
Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Schumaker .293 96 328 58 17 4 6 32 33 40 7/8
Ludwick .294 91 310 63 23 3 22 68 37 78 4/5
Pujols .359 107 298 53 21 0 18 55 63 30 3/4
Glaus .284 99 347 48 25 1 18 64 53 62 0/1
Ankiel .278 90 324 55 19 2 22 56 33 75 2/3
Molina .306 88 288 25 11 0 4 31 25 15 0/2
Kennedy .272 61 224 21 10 1 1 22 15 30 5/6
- Pitcher -
Looper .343 12 35 5 3 0 0 3 4 10 0/0
*Wainwright .225 9 40 2 1 0 1 3 1 13 0/0
Wellemeyer .156 4 30 2 0 0 0 3 1 15 0/0
Lohse .075 3 38 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 0/1
Pineiro .036 1 28 1 1 0 0 2 3 22 0/0
Garcia .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0/0
- End -
Izturis .232 53 228 25 7 2 1 13 20 13 10/13
</pre>

Bench:
<pre>
Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Miles .323 76 233 30 9 1 3 23 15 20 1/3
Duncan .251 55 219 26 8 0 6 27 33 51 2/3
Ryan .245 40 163 23 7 0 0 8 11 27 6/8
LaRue .242 24 99 11 4 1 3 11 11 11 0/0

Barton* .246 30 122 18 7 1 2 11 15 33 3/4
</pre>

Game Links:

Game One:
[Boxscore]|[GameDay]|[CBS GameCenter]

Game Two:
[Boxscore]|[GameDay]|[CBS GameCenter]

Game Three:
[Boxscore]|[GameDay]|[CBS GameCenter]

Game Four:
[Boxscore]|[GameDay]|[CBS GameCenter]

Oh my this is a big time series.. Cubs play Arizona.. the smallest thing I can accept is a split.. 3/4 would be fantastic though but realistically I see a split.. never know though.. we could sweep or they could..

**Brian34Cook** · 07-21-2008, 12:34 PM

Vs Milwaukee this year:

<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="18">Batting Statistics</td></tr> <tr class="colhead" align="right"> <td width="150" align="left">NAME</td> <td>GP</td> <td>AB</td> <td>R</td> <td>H</td> <td>2B</td> <td>3B</td> <td>HR</td> <td>TB</td> <td>RBI</td> <td>BB</td> <td>SO</td> <td>SB</td> <td>CS</td> <td>BA</td> <td>OBP</td> <td>SLG</td> <td>OPS</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Wellemeyer</nobr></td><td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.500</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.500</td> <td>1.000</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Lohse</nobr></td><td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.400</td> <td>.400</td> <td>.400</td> <td>.800</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Ryan</nobr></td><td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.375</td> <td>.375</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.875</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Pujols</nobr></td><td>8</td> <td>28</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td class="sortcell">.357</td> <td>.526</td> <td>.536</td> <td>1.062</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Schumaker</nobr></td><td>9</td> <td>38</td> <td>4</td> <td>13</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.342</td> <td>.405</td> <td>.474</td> <td>.878</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Miles</nobr></td><td>5</td> <td>18</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.333</td> <td>.429</td> <td>.389</td> <td>.817</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Glaus</nobr></td><td>9</td> <td>25</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>11</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td class="sortcell">.320</td> <td>.500</td> <td>.440</td> <td>.940</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Ludwick</nobr></td><td>8</td> <td>25</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td class="sortcell">.320</td> <td>.414</td> <td>.600</td> <td>1.014</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Duncan</nobr></td><td>9</td> <td>21</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.286</td> <td>.375</td> <td>.429</td> <td>.804</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Kennedy</nobr></td><td>8</td> <td>26</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.269</td> <td>.286</td> <td>.269</td> <td>.555</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Ankiel</nobr></td><td>8</td> <td>30</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.267</td> <td>.389</td> <td>.367</td> <td>.756</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Molina</nobr></td><td>9</td> <td>26</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.192</td> <td>.276</td> <td>.192</td> <td>.468</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>LaRue</nobr></td><td>4</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.182</td> <td>.308</td> <td>.273</td> <td>.580</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Izturis</nobr></td><td>9</td> <td>29</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td class="sortcell">.172</td> <td>.250</td> <td>.207</td> <td>.457</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Looper</nobr></td><td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.000</td> <td>.250</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.250</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Pineiro</nobr></td><td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td class="sortcell">.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.000</td> </tr> <tr align="right"> <td align="left">Totals</td> <td>9</td> <td>317</td> <td>40</td> <td>87</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>121</td> <td>38</td> <td>50</td> <td>48</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td class="sortcell">.274</td> <td>.375</td> <td>.382</td> <td>.756</td> </tr> <tr align="right"><td align="left">Opponents</td> <td>9</td> <td>314</td> <td>42</td> <td>78</td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>125</td> <td>39</td> <td>30</td> <td>45</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>.248</td> <td>.317</td> <td>.398</td> <td>.715</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="19">Pitching Statistics</td></tr> <tr class="colhead" align="right"> <td width="150" align="left">NAME</td> <td>GP</td> <td>GS</td> <td>W</td> <td>L</td> <td>Sv</td> <td>Hld</td> <td>IP</td> <td>H</td> <td>ER</td> <td>HR</td> <td>BB</td> <td>SO</td> <td>K/9</td> <td>P/GS</td> <td>WHIP</td> <td>ERA</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Springer</nobr></td><td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>4.50</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.00</td> <td class="sortcell">0.00</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Villone</nobr></td><td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.00</td> <td class="sortcell">0.00</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Flores</nobr></td><td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>11.57</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>1.29</td> <td class="sortcell">0.00</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Wellemeyer</nobr></td><td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.0</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3.00</td> <td>1767.0</td> <td>1.00</td> <td class="sortcell">0.00</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>McClellan</nobr></td><td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>5.14</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.86</td> <td class="sortcell">0.00</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Franklin</nobr></td><td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>5.40</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>0.90</td> <td class="sortcell">2.70</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Pineiro</nobr></td><td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6.1</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5.68</td> <td>1315.0</td> <td>1.11</td> <td class="sortcell">2.84</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Looper</nobr></td><td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>11.0</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>4.09</td> <td>967.0</td> <td>1.45</td> <td class="sortcell">4.09</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Lohse</nobr></td><td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>11.0</td> <td>13</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>3.27</td> <td>995.5</td> <td>1.36</td> <td class="sortcell">4.91</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Isringhausen</nobr></td><td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2.25</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2.50</td> <td class="sortcell">11.25</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left"><nobr>Thompson</nobr></td><td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>4.50</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>3.50</td> <td class="sortcell">27.00</td> </tr> <tr align="right"> <td align="left">Totals</td> <td>9</td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>82.0</td> <td>78</td> <td>37</td> <td>7</td> <td>30</td> <td>45</td> <td>4.94</td> <td>1027.7</td> <td>1.32</td> <td class="sortcell">4.06</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Brian34Cook** · 07-21-2008, 12:38 PM

Brewers at Cardinals
Preview
7:05 PM ET, July 21, 2008
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

MIL: McClung (5-5), STL: Pineiro (3-4)

The St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers have come storming out of the All-Star break to significantly tighten the race atop the NL Central, and they'll begin a critical four-game series at Busch Stadium on Monday.

The Cardinals (57-43) went into the break 4 1/2 games out of first place in the Central, while the Brewers (55-43) were five games out, but neither team has lost since the second half began.

St. Louis, which owns the NL's wild-card spot, is coming off a four-game sweep over San Diego to move two games behind the division-leading Chicago Cubs while Milwaukee swept a three-game set at San Francisco to pull within three.

Although this series should have a lot of influence in shaping the division race, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is not letting his team get caught up in the hype.

"You need to accumulate wins," he told the team's official Web site. "Every time you play a series, you need to accumulate wins. Milwaukee's a very important series, but it's no more important than this one, and it's no more important than the Mets."

The Cardinals have not had much success against the Brewers lately, dropping five of their last seven meetings after winning the first two games of the season.

<table class="tablehead" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr class="gamehead" style="background-color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><td colspan="6" align="center">Gameday Matchup</td> </tr> <tr class="colhead" align="right"> <td> </td> <td width="15%" align="center">W-L</td> <td width="12%" align="center">NIGHT</td> <td width="12%" align="center">GRASS</td> <td width="10%" align="center">STK</td> <td width="10%" align="center">L10</td> </tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left">MIL - 3rd NL Central</td> <td align="center">55-43</td> <td align="center">29-28</td> <td align="center">54-41</td> <td align="center">W4</td> <td align="center">6-4</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left">STL - 2nd NL Central</td> <td align="center">57-43</td> <td align="center">36-28</td> <td align="center">57-43</td> <td align="center">W5</td> <td align="center">7-3</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table class="tablehead" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class="gamehead" colspan="4" align="center">Pitching Matchup</td> </tr> <tr class="colhead" align="center"> <td colspan="2">MILWAUKEE</td> <td colspan="2">ST. LOUIS</td> </tr> <tr class="evenrow" valign="top"> <td width="67" bgcolor="#ffffff">

</td> <td> Seth McClung
5-5, 4.16

Last appearance:
7/12 vs CIN
6.1 IP, 3 ER
Dec = Loss </td> <td width="67" bgcolor="#ffffff">

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