Sep. 7, 2007 - K.B.'s Daily St. Louis Cardinals report
Yesterday, the Cardinals were heading into the final game of the series against the last place Pirates. They were 1-2 in the series and games out of the Central Division. Mike Maroth was making his first start since coming off the DL. And in his first inning he pitched, thing did not go very well as he allowed 2 hits and a walk but was able to keep the Pirate4s from scoring. But the Cardinals came out with the-bats-a-bursting as Chris Duncan and Yadier Molina each singled in a run. In the top of the 2nd, Maroth allowed 4 more hits and 2 runs. And with two outs in the inning, he was pulled for Kelvin Jimenez, and he finished the inning without allowing anymore runs. So the Cardinals were down a run, until Rick Ankiel hit a 2 run shot to give the Cardinals the lead. In the top of the 4th, the Pirates scored another run to take the lead, so the Cardinals needed to score some runs. And they did off of Albert Pujols’ and Ryan Ludwick’s RBI singles. But they didn’t stop there. In the 5th, The Cardinals scored off of a wild pitch, David Eckstein’s RBI single, Rick Ankiel’s second 2 run homerun of the night, and Miguel Cairo’s RBI single to make it a total of 5 runs scored in the inning and make the score 9-3. But thing kept getting better as they scored 4 more runs in the 6th inning off of Rick Ankiel’s 2 run double, So Taguchi’s single, and Aaron miles ground out. So the Cardinals had a 16-3 lead. The Pirates scored a run in the 8th but it didn’t matter because they were still winning by 12 runs. After the bottom of the 8th, it started raining and since the Cardinals were winning so badly, the game was called after 8 innings. The Cardinals had a 16-4 victory and moved within 1 game of the Central Division.
Cardinals starter mike Maroth was roughed up in the 1.2 innings he pitched. He allowed 6 hits and 4 runs in those innings. Kelvin Jimenez came in for a 0.1 inning and did it perfectly. Troy Percival pitched 2 innings and allowed 2 hits and 1 run. Russ Springer pitched an inning with a hit. Randy Flores also pitched an inning but did not allow a hit. Anthony Reyes pitched 2 the 7th and 8th innings and let up 2 hits and a run. Jimenez gets the win, his 2nd of the year, after pitching 0.1 innings
The Cardinals had a new season high as they had 22 hits. Leadoff man David Eckstein went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick each went 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored and a RBI. Aaron Miles went 3 for 5 with a run scored and RBI. #9 batter, Brendan Ryan went 3 for 5 with 3 runs scored. And the player off the night was Rick Ankiel as he went 3 for 4 with 2 homeruns, a double, 4 runs scored and 7 RBIs!
The Cardinals will start a new series against the team with the 2nd best record in the NL, the Arizona Diamondbacks, at 8:40 CT. Adam Wainwright (13-9 3.78 ERA) wil start for the Cards and the 2006 Cy Young winner, Brandon Webb (14-10 2.91 ERA) for the D-backs.
K.B. is a reporter and founder of the IABW.
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