[Brian34Cook]

St. Louis Cardinals (57-47)

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New York Mets (54-47)

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>60</td><td>42</td><td>-.-</td><td>536</td><td>427</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Milwaukee</nobr></td><td>59</td><td>43</td><td>1.0</td><td>481</td><td>446</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>St. Louis</nobr></td><td>57</td><td>47</td><td>4.0</td><td>487</td><td>462</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Cincinnati</nobr></td><td>50</td><td>53</td><td>10.5</td><td>458</td><td>503</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Pittsburgh</nobr></td><td>48</td><td>54</td><td>12.0</td><td>503</td><td>569</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>Houston</nobr></td><td>46</td><td>55</td><td>13.5</td><td>432</td><td>494</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><!--seasonType=2--> <!--startDate=20080724--> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">Milwaukee</td><td>59</td><td>43</td><td>.578</td><td width="5%">-.-</td><td>31-17</td><td>28-26</td><td width="5%">481</td><td width="5%">446</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+35</td><td>W 8</td><td>8-2</td><td width="5%">39.1</td><td width="5%">32.6</td><td width="5%">71.8</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">St. Louis</td><td>57</td><td>47</td><td>.548</td><td width="5%">3.0</td><td>30-25</td><td>27-22</td><td width="5%">487</td><td width="5%">462</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+25</td><td>L 4</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">7.8</td><td width="5%">18.9</td><td width="5%">26.7</td></tr><tr class="oddrow" align="right"><td align="left">Philadelphia</td><td>54</td><td>48</td><td>.529</td><td width="5%">5.0</td><td>27-23</td><td>27-25</td><td width="5%">504</td><td width="5%">432</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+72</td><td>L 2</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">39.5</td><td width="5%">7.9</td><td width="5%">47.4</td></tr><tr class="evenrow" align="right"><td align="left">Florida</td><td>53</td><td>49</td><td>.520</td><td width="5%">6.0</td><td>29-23</td><td>24-26</td><td width="5%">487</td><td width="5%">520</td><td class="redfont" width="5%">-33</td><td>L 2</td><td>5-5</td><td width="5%">8.3</td><td width="5%">2.0</td><td width="5%">10.2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Date        Time:    TV:    Radio
07/25/08    6:10    FSMW    KTRS
07/26/08    6:10    FSMW    KTRS
07/27/08   12:10    KDSK    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 Boggs (3-1, 6.59) @ RHP Pelfrey (8-6, 3.81)
#2: RHP Piñeiro (3-4, 4.52) @ RHP Knight (0-0, 0.00)
#3: RHP Lohse (12-2, 3.35) @ LHP Santana (8-7, 3.05)

Rotation:
<pre>
Starter W L ERA IP ER H HR BB K
Lohse 12 2 3.35 134.1 50 134 9 31 70
Wellemeyer 8 4 4.19 116.0 54 112 14 39 79
Looper 9 8 4.49 120.1 60 141 17 30 57
Piñeiro 3 4 4.52 93.2 48 110 9 24 47
RH Boggs 3 1 6.59 28.2 21 32 4 17 12
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
SU Springer 2 0 1.97 6 0/1 32.0 7 27 2 12 28
SU McClellan 2 5 2.89 22 1/5 56.0 18 54 6 15 45
CL Franklin 3 4 3.94 12 14/19 48.0 21 55 7 19 33
MR Thompson 2 2 4.11 0 0/1 34.2 16 37 2 14 22
LH Villone 1 2 4.71 9 0/1 36.1 19 33 2 24 38
LH Flores 1 0 4.95 2 1/3 20.0 11 22 1 17 14
RH Jimenez 0 0 5.25 1 0/0 12.0 7 13 4 5 6
RH Isringhausen 1 5 6.17 1 11/18 35.0 24 40 5 17 27
</pre>

Probable Lineup:
<pre>
Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Schumaker .294 101 343 59 17 4 6 33 34 42 8/9
Ludwick .290 93 321 65 23 3 23 69 38 84 4/5
Pujols .349 109 312 55 22 0 18 56 65 31 4/5
Glaus .278 101 361 49 27 1 18 66 56 66 0/1
Ankiel .276 93 337 56 19 2 22 58 33 79 2/3
Molina .304 91 299 25 14 0 4 32 25 17 0/2
Kennedy .268 62 230 22 10 1 1 22 17 31 5/6
- Pitcher -
Looper .324 12 37 5 3 0 0 3 4 11 0/0
*Wainwright .225 9 40 2 1 0 1 3 1 13 0/0
Wellemeyer .176 5 32 2 0 0 0 3 1 16 0/0
Lohse .071 3 40 0 0 0 0 4 0 16 0/1
Pineiro .067 2 30 1 1 0 0 2 3 22 0/0
- End -
Izturis .225 53 235 25 7 2 1 13 20 15 10/13
</pre>

Bench:
<pre>
Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Miles .320 79 245 30 10 1 3 23 15 21 1/3
Ryan .246 41 167 24 7 0 0 8 12 27 6/8
LaRue .240 25 104 11 4 1 3 11 11 13 0/0
Mather .224 11 49 6 2 0 2 5 6 12 0/0

Duncan* .248 55 222 26 8 0 6 27 34 52 2/3
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]

NL Central Upcoming Games:

Friday:
1:20 CT: FLA (Johnson, 0-0 3.86) @ CHC (Dempster, 11-4 3.05)
7:05 CT: HOU (Rodriguez, 5-3 3.31) @ MIL (Parra, 9-3 3.68)

Saturday:
2:05 CT: FLA (Volstad, 2-1 2.16) @ CHC (Harden, 0-1 0.73)
6:05 CT: HOU (Backe, 6-10 4.79) @ MIL (Bush, 5-8 4.39)

Sunday:
1:05 CT: HOU (Wolf, 0-0 0.00) @ MIL (Suppan, 5-6 4.65)
1:20 CT: FLA (VandenHurk, 1-1 6.10) @ CHC (Marquis, 6-6 4.44)

[Pujolsfan91]

Game 1: loss 7-0
Game 2: Loss 5-4 (franklin blows it)
Game 3: Loss 2-0

That's how pissed I am right now..

[Brian34Cook]

I'm gonna pull a switcheroo..

Game 1: Cards win 5-4 in 12
Game 2: Cards win 10-5
Game 3: Mets win 2-0

To hell with giving up.. I'm sticking with these guys and expect a Mets series win all the sudden.. no I'm not doing anything right now.. lets go guys

That would be a success.. I hope I'm right and they get 2/3.. I'm not just ready to give up even though I'm very frustrated right now..

[Pujolsfan91]

Lol, this is just the way I thought the team would play in the beginning of the year (yes, I lose hope to easily). I really want a series win, but we need some bullpen help (trade please?) and our hitting needs to heat up a, even with us sucking against the brewers.

[Brian34Cook]

Originally Posted by Pujolsfan91

Lol, this is just the way I thought the team would play in the beginning of the year (yes, I lose hope to easily). I really want a series win, but we need some bullpen help (trade please?) and our hitting needs to heat up a, even with us sucking against the brewers.

Lol I know what you mean.. In all honestly its four games but it was a big four games against a division rival.. the season is far from over too.. who knows. I hope they can come back and not lay down here!

[Pujolsfan91]

One problem is we only have 2 games left against the brewers and 9 against the cubs.

[Brian34Cook]

Originally Posted by Pujolsfan91

One problem is we only have 2 games left against the brewers and 9 against the cubs.

I think that's better now that I look at the 4-9 record vs Milwaukee and 3-3 against the Cubs.. hmm.. give me the Cubs

[Pujolsfan91]

At this point, I'd have to agree with you. The brewers are clicking right now, even with the cubs argueably having the best lineup in the NL.