Aug. 20, 2007 - K.B's One day late St. Louis Cardinal Report

On a dark, rainy after noon at Wrigley Field in Chicago, or like the broadcaster said ”Its like something from Edgar Allen Poe”, the Cardinals were playing the Cubs. The game didn’t start all that great for either team as there was a hour rain delay. Things did’t get much better for The Cardinals as Darryl Ward hit a grand slam for the Cubs in the 3rd inning and ended up scoring a total of 5 runs in the inning. The Cardinals tried to make a comeback as Juan Encarnacion hit a homerun in the 4th. And in the 5th offof a Brendad Ryan homerun. The Cardinals could have scored more that inning but there was a very disputable call at home plate when Albert Pujols slid in and umpire Ted Barrett called him out. In the 8th, the Cardinals got even closer to the lead as Albert Pujols hit his 27th homerun off the year. But then, the rain came back again. The Game started back up after a 65 minute rain delay. But the wait was wasted for the Cardinals as they were unable to score any more runs. Cardinals loose 5-3 and are now 4 games behind in the central division.

Cardinals starter Anthony Reyeys pitched well except that grand slam in the 3rd. He went 6 innings on 4 hits and 5 runs. Brad Thompson and Troy Percival each pitched an inning of relief hitless. Reyes gets his 12th loss.

Offense was for the second game in a row, rather poor –or maybe just unproductive. They did have twice as many hits as the Cubs with 8. Albert Pujols and Juan Encarnacion each went 2 for 3 with a homerun and a walk. And #9 batter, Brendad Ryan, went 2 for 4 with a homerun also.

K>B. is a reporter and founder of the IABW

• Give some Feedback