K.B.'s Baseball Blog

When Anthony Reyes took the mound to start the game for the Cardinals yesteraday, he knew he was out there to prove himself worthy of a rotation spot.

But he was going up against one of the fiercest lineups in all of baseball, the Mets, who have the likes of Jose Reyes, David Wright, Carlos Delgado, and Moises Alou in their lineup. But nevertheless, he proved himself quite well, as he pitched the starting 3 inning of the game scoreless, helping the Cardinals win over the mets 7-0.

And while he was on the mound, the Cardinals, who were playing their first real spring training game, were doing fine at the plate, as they scored 3 runs in the bottom of the second to take a good early lead.

Heading into the 4th, the Cardinals replaced Anthony Reyes on the mound with non-roster invitee, Hugo Castellanos. Hugo, originally from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, pitched just as good as Reyes, if not better, through three innings, keeping the Mets scoreless.

So while things were looking good on the mound, things were also looking good at the dish. The Cardinals scored 2 runs in the 5th and 2 runs in the 6th, taking a 7 run lead over the still scoreless Mets.

And with three innings left in the game, Cardinals minor league pitchers Kelvin Jimenez, Mark Worrell and Jason Motte each pitched a hitless inning, keeping the score at 7-0 to keep the Cards on top through all 9 innings.

Anthony Reyes picks up the win, while he and Hugo Castellanos did just the same, pitching 3 innings of baseball on 2 hits.

The Cardinals were quite solid at the plate yesterday, earning 11 hits on their 7 runs. The biggest damage came from both from Skip Schumaker and the veteran, Juan Gonzalez. Skip went 3 for 4 with an RBI, while Juan had 2 hits in 3 at-bats with a run scored and a RBI. 21 year-old Colby Rasmus, who pinched ran for Albert Pujols in the 5th and was later placed in the outfield, had a double in his only at-bat of the game along with a walk. Brian Barden, who replaced Troy Glaus at third late in the game, went 1 for 2 with 2 RBIs.

Coming up today, the Cardinals play the Mets again, giving the Mets a chance for revenge. The Cardinals will have a tough one as they go up against the new Met, Johan Santana, who will be making will first non-official start as a Met. Going up against him will be the Cardinals “ace” Adam Wainwright. The game is scheduled to start at 12:05 CT.

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Untitled Comment Posted by Meg95

Posted at 8:20 PM on Mar. 3, 2008

Hey KB! I haven't talked to you in a while!
Megan

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Untitled Comment Posted by JeterFan2

Posted at 4:02 PM on Mar. 4, 2008

Cool! The Yankees are doing GREAT!!! (3-0) YAY!

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Untitled Comment Posted by Stardust

Posted at 10:20 PM on Mar. 4, 2008

:) I think because the sepia it looks nice with the colors! ^-^
Thanks for the comment ,I've not heard from you in a few days. So thanks again!
~Kristi*

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Untitled Comment Posted by littlemissleigh

Posted at 12:17 PM on Mar. 6, 2008

Hey KB I haven't talked to you in like forever. Sorry I have not been doing PM I have so many it is just hard to reply LOL pluss I have un out of things to stay so I am comenting peeple. I would love it if you would stop by my blog and leav me a coment. So I see you like basball. Are you playing right now or is basball seson over?? I am doing karate. it is really fun. I am only 7 belts away from a black one. I can't wait. so any way stop by theb blog if you like and tell the aswers. If you want to.
Morgan

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Untitled Comment Posted by JeterFan2

Posted at 8:46 PM on Mar. 6, 2008

Hey when HSB messes up, refresh it!

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Untitled Comment Posted by littlemissleigh

Posted at 11:06 AM on Mar. 7, 2008

Thankx for the coment that was nice. SO you playing basball now or is it not time yet??
Morgan

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Untitled Comment Posted by Anonymous

Posted at 6:18 PM on Mar. 7, 2008

Oh no sorry to here about your arm did you brake it?? I am sorry you don't get to play basball. Thats sad.
Morgan

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Untitled Comment Posted by littlemissleigh

Posted at 6:19 PM on Mar. 7, 2008

oops that one up there was me
Morgan again

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Untitled Comment Posted by littlemissleigh

Posted at 7:48 PM on Mar. 7, 2008

Onch sounds painful!!! But you can take it your a big boy!! LOL sorry been staying with my little cousin too long LOL. sorry about that. You got any 1 cousins?

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Untitled Comment Posted by littlemissleigh

Posted at 8:48 PM on Mar. 7, 2008

cool I have 2 girls and one guy The boy is almost my age and the oldest girl is 18 and the yungest is 7 months cool huu?? That is cool about yours is the one that is almost your age a boy??
Morgan

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Untitled Comment Posted by playerx5

Posted at 11:53 AM on Mar. 11, 2008

I think Reyes deserves a spot in the rotation...

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<em>Untitled Comment</em> Posted by myfathersdaughter92

Posted at 7:43 PM on Mar. 11, 2008

I am playing a little game on my blog. Since I am going to be watching a lot of old movies, I thought a cool game would be for me to post movie sayings in my entries. You guys would have to guess what movie the sayings are from. Let your friends know. The more people the more fun it is.

Edited by myfathersdaughter92 on Mar. 11, 2008 at 7:44 PM

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Untitled Comment Posted by hebullard

Posted at 8:47 PM on Mar. 16, 2008

I like your avatar! The sepia color gives it a a nice look.

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Untitled Comment Posted by Lillian

Posted at 4:41 PM on Mar. 30, 2008

I'm so glad baseball season is starting up again!
I posted a pic of Busch Stadium from when we went by it after Christmas (yes a long time ago!).
~Lillian