[Brian34Cook]

Los Angeles Dodgers (56-55)

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St. Louis Cardinals (62-52)

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="bg1" align="left"><td colspan="22">National League Central</td></tr> <tr id="special" class="bg4" align="left"><td align="left" width="19%">Team</td><td align="right" width="5%">W</td><td align="right" width="5%">L</td><td align="right" width="7%">Pct.</td><td align="right" width="7%">GB</td><td align="right" width="9%">Home</td><td align="right" width="9%">Road</td><td align="right" width="9%">East</td><td align="right" width="9%">Cent.</td><td align="right" width="9%">West</td><td align="right" width="6%">L10</td><td align="right" width="6%">Strk</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Chi. Cubs</td><td>67</td><td>45</td><td>.598</td><td>-</td><td>41-15</td><td>26-30</td><td>9-6</td><td>29-20</td><td>23-10</td><td>7-3</td><td>W 2</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Milwaukee (46)</td><td>62</td><td>50</td><td>.554</td><td>5</td><td>32-23</td><td>30-27</td><td>12-12</td><td>28-22</td><td>15-8</td><td>3-7</td><td>L 1</td></tr><tr class="bgF" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">St. Louis (44)</td><td>62</td><td>52</td><td>.544</td><td>6</td><td>31-27</td><td>31-25</td><td>15-11</td><td>25-24</td><td>15-9</td><td>5-5</td><td>L 2</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Houston (39)</td><td>53</td><td>57</td><td>.482</td><td>13</td><td>29-26</td><td>24-31</td><td>13-9</td><td>21-26</td><td>12-11</td><td>7-3</td><td>W 3</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Pittsburgh (36)</td><td>51</td><td>60</td><td>.459</td><td>15½</td><td>32-26</td><td>19-34</td><td>12-12</td><td>24-27</td><td>9-12</td><td>4-6</td><td>L 2</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Cincinnati (35)</td><td>51</td><td>61</td><td>.455</td><td>16</td><td>30-25</td><td>21-36</td><td>18-17</td><td>15-23</td><td>9-15</td><td>2-8</td><td>L 3</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="bg1" align="left"><td colspan="5">National League</td></tr> <tr id="special" class="bg4" align="left"><td align="left">Team</td><td align="right">W</td><td align="right">L</td><td align="right">PCT</td><td align="right">GB</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Milwaukee</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right">50</td><td align="right">.554</td><td align="right">-</td></tr><tr class="bgF" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">St. Louis</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right">52</td><td align="right">.544</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="bgP" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Florida</td><td align="right">59</td><td align="right">53</td><td align="right">.527</td><td align="right">3</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">N.Y. Mets</td><td align="right">58</td><td align="right">53</td><td align="right">.523</td><td align="right">3½</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">L.A. Dodgers</td><td align="right">56</td><td align="right">55</td><td align="right">.505</td><td align="right">5½</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Houston</td><td align="right">53</td><td align="right">57</td><td align="right">.482</td><td align="right">8</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Atlanta</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">60</td><td align="right">.459</td><td align="right">10½</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Pittsburgh</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">60</td><td align="right">.459</td><td align="right">10½</td></tr><tr class="bgH" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Cincinnati</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">61</td><td align="right">.455</td><td align="right">11</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Colorado</td><td align="right">51</td><td align="right">62</td><td align="right">.451</td><td align="right">11½</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">San Francisco</td><td align="right">46</td><td align="right">64</td><td align="right">.418</td><td align="right">15</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">San Diego</td><td align="right">43</td><td align="right">69</td><td align="right">.384</td><td align="right">19</td></tr><tr class="bg2" align="right" height="17" valign="middle"><td align="left">Washington</td><td align="right">41</td><td align="right">70</td><td align="right">.369</td><td align="right">20½</td></tr></tbody></table>
MLB Baseball Standings - CBSSports.com Major League Baseball Standings

Date        Time:    TV:    Radio
08/05/08    7:15    FSMW    KTRS
08/06/08    7:15    FSMW    KTRS
08/07/08    1:15    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 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


Pitching Matchups:
#1: RHP Billingsley (11-9, 3.05) @ RHP Carpenter (0-0, 2.25)
#2: RHP Lowe (8-9, 3.70) @ RHP Piñeiro (3-5, 5.04)
#3: LHP Kershaw (1-3, 4.02) @ RHP Lohse (13-3, 3.73)

Rotation:
<pre>
Starter W L ERA IP ER H HR BB K
Carpenter 0 0 2.25 4.0 1 5 0 2 2
Wainwright* 6 3 3.14 91.2 32 80 10 19 62
Lohse 13 3 3.73 144.2 60 150 13 35 78
Wellemeyer 8 4 4.01 128.0 57 124 15 41 87
Looper 10 9 4.29 134.1 64 151 19 32 65
Piñeiro 3 5 5.04 103.2 59 130 13 25 51
</pre>

Bullpen:
<pre>
Reliever W L ERA HLD SV IP ER H HR BB K
SU Springer 2 0 2.25 8 0/2 36.0 9 30 3 13 30
SU McClellan 2 5 2.87 24 1/5 59.2 19 58 6 17 48
SU Franklin 4 4 3.67 12 14/20 54.0 22 60 8 22 37
MR Thompson 4 2 3.89 0 0/1 41.2 18 42 3 16 25
LH Garcia 0 1 4.00 1 0/0 9.0 4 7 2 3 6
LH Villone 1 2 5.03 10 1/2 39.1 22 37 3 29 41
CL Isringhausen 1 5 5.63 1 12/19 38.1 24 40 5 20 30
</pre>

Probable Lineup:
<pre>
Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Schumaker .302 114 377 64 18 4 6 33 37 44 8/9
Ludwick .306 110 360 75 24 3 27 78 44 92 4/6
Pujols .344 121 352 65 26 0 21 67 72 36 5/6
Ankiel .283 99 350 57 21 2 22 59 34 81 2/3
Glaus .273 109 399 52 27 1 19 74 62 76 0/1
Molina .308 104 338 29 15 0 4 41 26 23 0/2
Kennedy .266 66 248 25 12 1 1 23 17 33 6/7
- Pitcher -
Looper .286 12 42 5 3 0 0 3 4 14 0/0
*Wainwright .225 9 40 2 1 0 1 3 1 13 0/0
Wellemeyer .158 6 38 2 0 0 0 3 1 18 0/0
Pineiro .086 3 35 1 2 0 0 3 3 23 0/0
Lohse .065 3 46 0 0 0 0 4 0 18 0/1
Carpenter .000 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0
- End -
Izturis .231 62 268 31 8 2 1 16 22 18 11/14
</pre>

Bench:
<pre>
Player AVG H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Miles .314 87 277 33 11 1 3 25 18 24 1/3
Mather .244 21 86 13 4 0 5 12 7 19 0/0
Ryan .242 44 182 26 8 0 0 9 14 29 6/8
LaRue .229 25 109 11 4 1 3 11 11 14 0/0
Stavinoha .208 5 24 3 0 0 4 0 1 6 0/0

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

NL Central Upcoming Games:

Chicago Cubs:
Mon, 6:05 CT: HOU (Moehler 6-4, 4.23) @ CHC (Dempster 12-4, 2.90)
[GameCenter]
Tue, 1:20 CT: HOU (Rodriguez 6-4, 3.61) @ CHC (Harden 6-2, 2.04)
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Wed, 1:20 CT: HOU (Backe 6-10, 4.72) @ CHC (Marquis 6-7, 4.68)
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Milwaukee Brewers:
Mon, 6:10 CT: MIL (Parra 9-4, 3.93) @ CIN (Arroyo 9-8, 5.74)
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Tue, 6:10 CT: MIL (McClung 5-5, 4.55) @ CIN (Volquez 13-4, 2.71)
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Wed, 11:35 CT: MIL (Suppan 6-7, 4.75) @ CIN (Bailey 0-5, 7.55)
[GameCenter]

NL Wild Card Contender Games:

Philadelphia Phillies:
Tue, 6:05 CT: FLA (Johnson 1-0, 4.18) @ PHI (Moyer 10-6, 3.79)
[GameCenter]
Wed, 6:05 CT: FLA (Sanchez 1-0, 3.18) @ PHI (Kendrick 9-5, 4.59)
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Thu, 12:05 CT: FLA (Volstad 2-2, 3.25) @ PHI (Hamels 9-7, 3.37)
[GameCenter]

New York Mets:
Tue, 6:10 CT: SD (Young 4-4, 4.12) @ NYM (Pelfrey 9-7, 3.91)
[GameCenter]
Wed, 6:10 CT: SD (Baek 3-6, 5.22) @ NYM (Martinez 3-2, 6.16)
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Thu, 11:10 CT: SD (Banks 3-4, 3.65) @ NYM (Santana 9-7, 2.86)
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Florida Marlins:
Tue, 6:05 CT: FLA (Johnson 1-0, 4.18) @ PHI (Moyer 10-6, 3.79)
[GameCenter]
Wed, 6:05 CT: FLA (Sanchez 1-0, 3.18) @ PHI (Kendrick 9-5, 4.59)
[GameCenter]
Thu, 12:05 CT: FLA (Volstad 2-2, 3.25) @ PHI (Hamels 9-7, 3.37)
[GameCenter]

Cardinals Game Links:

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

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

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

Dodgers:

Manny Ramirez with Dodgers:
3 Games, .615 (8/13), 4 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 2B

- They are 2/3 this month taking 2 from Arizona to move within 1 game of first place in the NL West.

There's no question we need 2/3 before the big Cubs series! Get going guys!

[Pujolsfan91]

We have to watch for manny obviously. Those numbers are just sickening..

2/3 would be great after the disappointment in the Phillies series.

[Brian34Cook]

Originally Posted by Pujolsfan91

We have to watch for manny obviously. Those numbers are just sickening..

2/3 would be great after the disappointment in the Phillies series.

No question we have to make the others beat us.. the Phillies series was disappointing to me but on the other hand a lil positive I suppose.. should have won 2/3 if not swept em.. had a good game Friday.. good game Saturday just no offense (great start by Loop), great start by Wellemeyer last night (bad job by La Russa with his micro managing and Springer finally had a bad outing).. thats what's disappointing.. we had those games within reach and blew literally the game last night and Saturday just one more run could have made it funner.. oh well.. thats done and over with..

[Pujolsfan91]

Yea, I was thinking we were gonna sweep them after the first game. Didn't happen that way, which sucks .

Moving forward.. what are the pitching matchups? I know Carp is pitching tomorrow

[Brian34Cook]

Pitching Matchups:
#1: RHP Billingsley (11-9, 3.05) @ RHP Carpenter (0-0, 2.25)
#2: RHP Lowe (8-9, 3.70) @ RHP Piñeiro (3-5, 5.04)
#3: LHP Kershaw (1-3, 4.02) @ RHP Lohse (13-3, 3.73)

Dont see why we cant do anything this series though they have some good pitchers going against us..

Game 1 MLB Baseball Scores - CBSSports.com Live GameCenter
Game 2 MLB Baseball Scores - CBSSports.com Live Scoreboard
Game 3MLB Baseball Scores - CBSSports.com Live Scoreboard

[Pujolsfan91]

The first two games are pretty tough. Billingsley and Lowe both have been lights out. I think we can take the 3rd game with the rookie pitching against our best starter.

[Brian34Cook]

Yeah I think we can pretty much count out a win on Wednesday unless it's a slugfest and our bats wake up against Lowe