
St. Louis Cardinals (58-49)
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Atlanta Braves (49-55)
2008 NL Cent Standings
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Chicago Cubs</nobr></td><td>61</td><td>44</td><td>-.-</td><td>549</td><td>439</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>
Milwaukee</nobr></td><td>60</td><td>45</td><td>1.0</td><td>494</td><td>464</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>
St. Louis</nobr></td><td>
58</td><td>
49</td><td>
4.0</td><td>
500</td><td>
486</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>
Cincinnati</nobr></td><td>50</td><td>56</td><td>11.5</td><td>461</td><td>526</td></tr> <tr class="oddrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>
Houston</nobr></td><td>48</td><td>56</td><td>12.5</td><td>450</td><td>507</td></tr> <tr class="evenrow" align="right"> <td align="left"><nobr>
Pittsburgh</nobr></td><td>48</td><td>57</td><td>13.0</td><td>515</td><td>587</td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" class="completeLink">
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<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>
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Milwaukee</td><td>60</td><td>45</td><td>.571</td><td width="5%">-.-</td><td>32-19</td><td>28-26</td><td width="5%">494</td><td width="5%">464</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+30</td><td>L1</td><td>
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St. Louis</td><td>58</td><td>49</td><td>.542</td><td width="5%">3.0</td><td>30-25</td><td>28-24</td><td width="5%">500</td><td width="5%">486</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+14</td><td>L1</td><td>
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Philadelphia</td><td>55</td><td>49</td><td>.529</td><td width="5%">4.5</td><td>28-24</td><td>27-25</td><td width="5%">516</td><td width="5%">449</td><td class="greenfont" width="5%">+67</td><td>W1</td><td>
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Florida</td><td>55</td><td>50</td><td>.524</td><td width="5%">5.0</td><td>29-23</td><td>26-27</td><td width="5%">499</td><td width="5%">533</td><td class="redfont" width="5%">-34</td><td>L1</td><td>
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Date Time: TV: Radio
07/28/08 6:10 FSMW KTRS
07/29/08 6:10 FSMW KTRS
07/30/08 6:10 FSMW KTRS
07/31/08 6:10 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 Mitch Boggs
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 Looper (9-8, 4.49) @ LHP Reyes (3-9, 4.95)
#2: RHP Wellemeyer (8-4, 4.19) @ RHP Hudson (11-7, 3.17)
#3: RHP Carpenter (0-0, -.--) @ RHP Jurrjens (10-5, 3.02)
#4: RHP Piņeiro (3-4, 4.52) @ RHP Hampton (0-0, 13.50)
Rotation:
<pre>
Starter W L ERA IP ER H HR BB K
Wainwright* 6 3 3.14 91.2 32 80 10 19 62
Carpenter 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Lohse 12 3 3.68 139.1 57 145 12 32 72
Wellemeyer 8 4 4.19 116.0 54 112 14 39 79
Looper 9 8 4.49 120.1 60 141 17 30 57
Piņeiro 3 4 4.79 97.2 53 120 11 25 49
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Bullpen:
<pre>
Reliever W L ERA HLD SV IP ER H HR BB K
SU Springer 2 0 1.89 7 0/1 33.1 7 28 2 12 29
SU McClellan 2 5 2.84 23 1/5 57.0 18 55 6 15 48
MR Thompson 3 2 3.92 0 0/1 38.2 17 39 3 14 24
CL Franklin 3 4 3.96 12 14/20 50.0 22 58 8 19 34
RH Jimenez 0 0 4.50 1 0/0 14.0 7 13 4 10 6
LH Flores 1 0 4.76 2 1/3 22.2 12 29 1 17 15
LH Villone 1 2 5.11 10 0/1 37.0 21 34 3 26 39
RH Isringhausen 1 5 5.84 1 11/18 37.0 24 40 5 18 28
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Probable Lineup:
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Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Schumaker .303 108 357 62 17 4 6 33 34 43 8/9
Ludwick .287 96 334 68 23 3 23 70 40 86 4/6
Pujols .353 116 329 59 22 0 20 60 65 35 4/5
Ankiel .282 98 348 57 21 2 22 59 33 80 2/3
Glaus .279 105 374 50 27 1 18 69 58 69 0/1
Molina .301 94 312 25 14 0 4 34 26 19 0/2
Kennedy .266 63 236 23 10 1 1 22 17 32 5/6
- Pitcher -
Looper .316 12 38 5 3 0 0 3 4 12 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 .068 3 42 0 0 0 0 4 0 17 0/1
Pineiro .063 2 32 1 1 0 0 2 3 23 0/0
- End -
Izturis .224 55 245 25 7 2 1 13 20 16 10/13
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Bench:
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Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Miles .323 83 255 30 11 1 3 25 16 22 1/3
Ryan .238 41 172 24 7 0 0 8 14 28 6/8
LaRue .238 25 105 11 4 1 3 11 11 1 0/0
Mather .218 12 55 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
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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]
NL Central Upcoming Games:
Monday:
7:05 CT: CHC (Lilly, 10-6 4.49) @ MIL (Sabathia, 4-0 1.36)
Tuesday:
7:05 CT: CHC (Zambrano, 11-4 2.96) @ MIL (Sheets, 10-3 2.87)
Wednesday:
7:05 CT: CHC (Dempster, 11-4 2.99) @ MIL (Parra, 9-3 3.72)
Thursday:
1:05 CT: CHC (Harden, 0-1 1.04) @ MIL (Bush, 5-8 4.51)
** Mitch Boggs will remain with the team til Carpenter is activated **