J-Lo's MLB 09 The Show Thread

[bulldogs1159]

Right now I have just finished up May in my season.

Standings

National League East

Mets 35-15
Braves 31-20 4.5
Phillies 30-20 5
Nationals 20-31 15.5
Marlins 18-33 17.5

National League Central

Reds 31-19
Cardinals 28-24 4
Astros 27-23 4
Cubs 25-26 6.5
Brewers 22-28 9
Pirates 19-32 12.5

National League West

Dodgers 34-18
Diamondbacks 28-24 6
Rockies 24-25 8.5
Giants 22-27 10.5
Padres 18-33 15.5

National League Wild Card

Braves 31-20
Phillies 30-20 .5
Cardinals 28-24 3.5


American League East
Yankees 33-19
Rays 32-21 1.5
Red Sox 29-22 3.5
Blue Jays 24-29 9.5
Orioles 15-36 17.5

American League Central

Tigers 28-23
Indians 28-24 .5
Twins 27-25 1.5
White Sox 21-30 7.0
Royals 19-31 8.5

American League West

Mariners 25-26
Athletics 24-26 .5
Rangers 24-26 .5
Angels 23-28 2.0

American League Wild Card

Rays 32-21
Red Sox 29-22 2
Indians 28-24 3.5
Twins 27-25 4.5

St. Louis Cardinals Roster (as of 6-1-09)

Starting Lineup

1. 2B- Akinori Iwamura (No NL Stats yet)
2. CF- Colby Rasmus .322, 6 HR, 15 RBI, 4 SB
3. 1B- Albert Pujols .374, 24 HR, 38 RBI's
4. 3B- Mark DeRosa .342, 10 HR, 30 RBI, 16 SB
5. RF Ryan Ludwick .290, 7 HR, 22 RBI
6. LF- Rick Ankiel .313, 6 HR, 22 RBI, 1 SB
7. C- Yadier Molina .230, 3 HR, 14 RBI
8. SS- Brendan Ryan .248, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 4 SB

Bench
2B- Skip Schumaker .195, 0 HR, 9 RBI, 13 SB, 185 AB
LF- Chris Duncan .309, 5 HR, 12 RBI, 97 AB
LF- Paul Jones (made up guy from AAA I called up) .433, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 30 AB
C- Jason LaRue .286, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 28 AB
3B- Joe Thurston .345, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 29 AB
SS- Tyler Greene .211 0 HR, 4 RBI, 5 SB, 76 AB

Pitching Rotation
1. Zack Greinke 4-4, 3.18 ERA, 62 K's
2. Chris Carpenter 2-6, 2.88 ERA, 58 K's
3. Adam Wainwright 7-2, 1.57 ERA, 59 K's
4. Kyle Lohse 4-1, 2.79 ERA, 39 K's
5. Joel Pineiro 4-4, 3.67 ERA, 39 K's

Bullpen
MRP- Jess Todd 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 K, 3 APP, 3.1 IP
MRP- Trever Miller 1-1, 1.74 ERA, 7 K's, 16 APP, 10.1 IP
MRP- Jason Motte 3-0, 2.08 ERA, 28 K's, 1 Save, 22 APP, 26.0 IP
MRP- Dennys Reyes 3-1, 1.62 ERA, 12 K's, 17 APP, 16.2 IP
SU- Kyle McClellan 0-2, 3.00 ERA, 16 K's, 12 Holds, 19 APP, 21 IP
CP- Ryan Franklin 1-0, 4.91, 11 Saves, 11 K's, 2 BSV, 14 APP, 14.2 IP

Cardinals Transactions
2-25 Released 3B Rico Washington
4-6 Optioned Brad Thompson to AAA Memphis, Recalled Kyle Lohse from AAA Memphis
4-17- Placed C-Jorge Silva (AAA) on the 15 day DL
4-27 Signed SP- Ben Sheets to a 5 year/65.04M Contract
4-27 Acquired SP- Zack Greinke from the Royals for SP- Ben Sheets and 3B- Troy Glaus
5-1 Placed Jaime Garcia (AA) on 60 Day DL
5-3 Optioned SS- Khalil Greene to AAA Memphis ; Recalled LF Paul Jones from AAA Memphis; Purchased the contract of LF Paul Jones from AAA Memphis
5-18 Recalled RP- Jess Todd from AAA Memphis; Optioned RP Josh Kinney to AAA Memphis
5-30 Acquired 2B Akinori Iwamura from the Rays for RP Blake Hawksworth, RP Josh Kinney, and SS Olmedo Olmedo (AA); Claimed RF Justin Ruggiano off waivers from the Rays

[bulldogs1159]

Ludwick is out for a few days with a bruised shin and as soon as he is healthy I am going to decide who I am going to send down to AAA so I can bring up another RP.

[msubulldogs21]

When you get a chance you should do a Memphis and Springfield update. I'm curious what kind of prospects you have.

Getting Iwamura was a nice move.

[bulldogs1159]

Game One of a huge 4 game set against the Reds.

Reds         3 12 1
Cardinals   4 10 0  Final/ 10

Reds
2B- Phillips (10), Bruce (12)
RBI- Richar (9), Encarnacion (28), Dickerson (15)
HBP- Phillips
GIDP- Vottos
E- Richar (1)

Pitching
Volquez     6.0 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
Fisher        0.2 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Herrera      0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, o BB , 1 K
Rhodes     0.0 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Weathers (BS, 2) 2.1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Burton (L, 2-4)  0.1 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- LaRue (1)
HR- Duncan (6)
RBI- Pujols (39), Duncan (13), Ludwick (23), Ankiel (23)
GIDP- DeRosa, Ryan
SB- DeRosa (17), Iwamura 2 (2)

Pitching
Wainwright           6.1 IP, 6 Hits, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K's
Motte (H, 4)         0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Reyes (BS, 2)       0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
McClellan (BS, 3)  0.2 IP, 3 Hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Miller                  1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Todd (W, 1-0)      1.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

What a back and forth game. Wainwright was crusing until the 7th where he got the bases loaded with nobody out. I got Phillips to ground into a FC as I threw the runner out at home. I putt Motte in the game then and he got a strikeout. I put Reyes in the to pitch to the lefthander and he allowed a single and the game was tied. In the bottom of the 7th Ankiel singled in a run and I went back up 2-1. McClellan was awful tonight as I put him in the 8th and he gave up the lead and I went into the 8th down 3-2. My addition of Iwamura payed off as he singled to lead off the inning and then stole second base and was eventually brought in by a Ludwick line drive. In to bottom of the 10th after Jess Todd grounded out to start the inning (only had Franklin left in the pen) Iwamura came up and again got a single and AGAIN stole second base. After Duncan moved him over to 3rd with a grounder Pujols came up and hit a game winning single up the middle. This game was huge because now I am only 3 back from the Reds in the division.

[bulldogs1159]

Minor League update as of 6-2-09

Memphis Redbirds  (25-26)

Lineup (age) (potential)
1. LF- Dion Restovich (22) (C) .292, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 12 2B, 3 SB
2. CF- Josue Prieto (20) (C) .259, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 8 2B, 7 SB
3. 3B- David Freese (25) (C) .292, 5 HR, 27 RBI, 7 2B
4. SS- Khalil Greene (29) (B) .236, 7 HR, 12 RBI, 2 2B, 2 SB
5. C- Charles Etheridge (21) (D) .235, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 6 2B, 2 SB
6. 1B- Joe Mather (26) (C)  .295, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 1 3B, 5 2B
7. LF- Forest Burnette (20) (C)  .357, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 5 2B, 8 SB
8. RF- Dion Restovich (22) (C)  .292, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 12 2B, 3 SB

Bench
C- Myron Farnsworth (22) (D)  .140, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 SB, 57 AB
RF- Justin Ruggiano (26) (D)  .333, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 2B, 6 AB
RF- Micah Gehrig (25) (D)  .203, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 2 2B, 3 SB,  69 AB
3B- Brian Barden (27) (D)  .243, 3 HR, 9 RBI,  2 2B, 111 AB

Pitching
1. Brad Thompson (27) (B) 2-3, 3.65 ERA, 23 K's
2. Magglio Veras (24) (C) 2-5, 5.66 ERA, 41 K's
3. P.J. Walters (24) (C) 3-5, 5.77 ERA, 19 K's
4. Conrad Quinn (24) (C) 2-2, 3.30 ERA, 36 K's
5. Gio Melian (22) (C)  1-4, 3.68 ERA, 27 K's

Bullpen
LRP- Chester Washington (18) (C)  1-0, 5.13 ERA, 8 K's, 18 APP, 26.1 IP
MRP- Zane Jones (24) (C)  3-1, 2.12 ERA, 15 K's, 23 APP, 1 BSV, 3 Holds, 29.2 IP
MRP- Royce Ring (28) (C)  1-1, 3.38 ERA, 19 K's, 21 APP, 3 Holds, 32 IP
MRP- Clayton Mortensen (24) (C)  6-1, 4.98 ERA, 20 K's, 1 Save, 30 APP, 2 BSV, 1 Hold, 34.1 IP
SU- Charlie Manning (29) (C)  2-0, 2.01 ERA, 16 K's, 2 Saves, 20 APP, 1 BSV, 4 Holds, 22.1 IP
CP- Enger Cisneros (20) (C)  0-1, 4.09 ERA, 12 K's, 10 Saves, 20 APP, 2 BSV, 2 Holds, 22 IP

Disabled List
C- Jorge Silva (24) (B) .269, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 3 2B,  26 AB


Springfield Cardinals  (21-28)

Lineup
1. CF HeeSeop Yu (24) (D)  .319, 1 HR, 19 RBI, 1 3B, 11 2B, 9 SB
2. C- Jaime Calderon (24) (D)  .287, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 3 2B, 4 SB
3. LF- Brandon Chatman (20) (C)  .287, 1 HR, 12 RBI, 10 2B, 6 SB
4. RF- Claudio Carrara (20) (D)  .295, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 4 2B
5. 3B- Andreas Mahoney (18) (C)  .264, 2 HR, 11 RBI,  6 2B, 1 SB
6. 1B- CC Schnell (19) (C)  .256, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 7 2B
7. 2B- Satchel Samuels (20) (D)  .216, 2 HR, 18 RBI, 5 2B, 7 SB
8. SS- Hershel Moskos (22) (D)  .225, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 1 3B, 8 2B, 2 SB

Bench
RF- Nick Stavinoha (26) (D)  .277, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 8 2B, 137 AB
C- Andy Lucas (25) (D)  .257, 1 HR, 8 RBI,  6 2B, 105 AB
RF- Rafael Benitez (19) (D)  .209, 1 HR, 9 RBI,  1 2B, 110 AB

Pitching
1. Marcos Olivo (18) (B)  0-4, 4.98 ERA, 22 K's
2. Mike Parisi (25) (C)  1-5, 6.02 ERA, 43 K's
3. Mitchell Boggs (25) (C)  3-1, 3.24 ERA, 29 K's
4. Ismael Alfaro (18) (B)  4-1, 2.50 ERA, 32 K's
5. Geovany Pedroza (22) (C)  2-3, 3.31 ERA, 25 K's

Bullpen
MRP- Deshawn Benson (18) (C)  2-4, 4.68 ERA, 16 K's, 1 Save, 2 BSV, 3 Holds, 30 APP, 32.2 IP
MRP- Irwin Roland (18) (C)  2-2, 3.82, 19 K's, 30 APP, 2 BSV, 3 Holds, 35.1 IP
MRP- Jairo Liriano (24) (D)  0-2, 2.83, 32 K's, 28 APP, 0 BSV, 6 Holds, 41.1 IP
MRP- CJ Abraham (20) (C)  0-2, 3.99 ERA, 19 K's, 30 APP, 4 BSV, 10 Holds, 29.1 IP
SU- Carter Doumit (18) (C)  3-1, 1.50 ERA, 11 K's, 17 APP, 0 BSV, 4 Holds, 18 IP
CP- Caleb Rodrigues (22) (C)  2-1, 1.93 ERA, 20 K's 14 Saves, 22 APP, 2 BSV, 28 IP

Disabled List
SP- Jaime Garcia (22)  (B)  5 Starts, 2-2, 3.54 ERA, 11 K's

Josh if there are any guys you want to know specifics about just let me know.

[bulldogs1159]

Game 2 of the Reds Series

Reds      1 7 0
Cardinals 6 13 0

Reds
HR- Votto (11)
RBI- Votto (36)
HBP- Votto
GIDP- Gomes

Pitching
Harang (L, 7-2)       6.0 IP, 7 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Herrera                  1.2 IP, 5 Hits, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Rhodes                  0.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Burton                   0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Ankiel (, Iwamura (1)
RBI- Pujols 2 (41), Molina (15), Ryan (5), Greene (5)
HBP- Ankiel
SF- Pujols 2
GIDP- DeRosa
CS- Rasmus (5)

Pitching
Lohse (W, 5-1)         7.0 IP, 7 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
Motte (H, 5)             1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Franklin                   1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Big win since it assures me I wont leave this series any further back from the Reds than I was when I started this series.

[msubulldogs21]

That'd be awesome if you could get the 4 game sweep, but just splitting the next two would be nice as well.

I'm surprised the Reds are so good. They suck on my franchise.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Three

Reds     4 9 0
Cardinals 3 12 0 Final/11

Reds
2B- Bruce (13), Nix (4)
HR- Phillips (7)
RBI- Votto (37), Phillips (26), Bruce 2 (38)
SB- Taveras (32)

Pitching
Cueto              6.0 IP, 9 Hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Rhodes             1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Burton (BS, 3)   0.2 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Fisher              1.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Masset (W, 6-4) 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Cordero (S, 17) 1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
2B- Rasmus (11), Ludwick (5)
HR- Ludwick (
RBI- Rasmus (16), Duncan (14), Ludwick (24)
SAC- Pinero 2
GIDP- Molina, Jones
SB- Schumaker (14)

Pitching
Pineiro               7.1 IP, 5 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K's
McClellan (H, 13) 0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Ring (BS, 1)       0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Todd                  1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Reyes (L, 3-2)     1.2 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's
Motte                 0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

For perhaps the 15th time this season I have a runner in scoring position to tie the game in the last inning and the game screws me over by having me ground into a double play. I don't know about you guys but I haven't gone a game yet without a GIDP and I lead the league by a wide margin and its starting to piss me off.

Oh and Cueto only threw 11 Balls in his entire outing. Yeah. Right.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Four

Reds          6 12 1
Cardinals    7 11 0  Final/11

Reds
2B- Tavares (8 ), Encarnacion (9), Dickerson (9)
HR- Gomes 2 (6)
RBI- Gomes 5 (20), Dickerson (16)
SB- Tavares (33), Phillips (13)
CS- Tavares (6)
E- Phillips (7)
HBP- Owings

Pitching
Owings      7.0 IP, 6 Hits, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Rhodes      0.0 IP, 2 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Weathers (BS, 3) 0.1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Burton      0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Fisher       2.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Masset (L, 6-5) 0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
HR- Ankiel (7)
RBI- Pujols (42), Ludwick (25), Ankiel 4 (27), Greene (6)
HBP- Rasmus
SF- Greene
GIDP- Pujols, Molina
SB- Rasmus (5), Ankiel (2)
CS- DeRosa (10)

Pitching
Greinke             6.1 IP, 9 Hits, 4 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's
Miller                0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Todd                0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Ring                 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Motte              1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
McClellan (W, 1-2) 2.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's

For the third time in this four game set we went into extras. Grienke was not sharp and allowed four runs. In the bottom of the 8th I was down three and had runners on first and second for Ludwick and he singled home a run. Then with two outs and the bases loaded Rick Ankiel hit a 2 run single to tie the game at 6. Kyle McClellan came in during extras and threw two great innings of relief and in the 11th Ankiel came up again and this time hit a walk off HR to win the game and the series putting the Cards only two games behind the Reds.

In other news DeRosa left in the 9th with a sore hamstring and will be out a few days. Now I have another four game series at home against the Rockies.

[bulldogs1159]

Game one against the Rockies

Rockies       4 9 0
Cardinals     3  9 0  Final/10

Rockies
2B- Helton (13), Spilborghs (8 ), Ianetta (8 )
3B- Barmes (2)
RBI- Helton (21), Spilborghs (25), Tulowitzki 2 (12)
HBP- Iannetta
GIDP- Hammel, Hawpe

Pitching
Hammel            7.0 IP, 4 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's
Embree (H, 5)   1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Street (BS, 1)  0.1 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Rincon (W, 6-4) 0.2 IP 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 Ks
Flores (S, 1)    1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Jones (4)
RBI- Pujols 2 (44), LaRue (6)
SB- Ankiel 3 (5), Iwamura (3)
CS- Ryan (2), Iwamura (1)

Pitching
Carpenter               7.0 IP, 6 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 9 K's
Miller                     1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Todd (L, 1-1)          1.2 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Reyes                    0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Another extra inning game, thats four in one week. This time I don't have enough to pull it out. Thats what she said.

[jbell96]

I couldn't help but notice that De Rosa has 16 steals. How did that happen? LOL

[bulldogs1159]

I couldn't help but notice that De Rosa has 16 steals. How did that happen? LOL

He has some speed. He has also been caught ten times tho lol. So perhaps I shouldn't run him so much.

[bulldogs1159]

Played my first game in a couple days earlier before the Naturals game.

Game two of the Rockies series

Rockies           3 4 0
Cardinals         5 13 0

Rockies
2B- Spilborghs (9)
3B- Fowler (1)
HR- Atkins (6), Helton (8 )
RBI- Atkins (23), Helton 2 (23)

Pitching
Smith (L, 4-2)           6.2 IP, 8 Hits, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K's
Rincon                     0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Peralta                    0.2 IP, 4 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Daley                       0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Pujols (6)
RBI- Greene 2 (8 ), Rasmus (17), Pujols (45), DeRosa (31)
SB- Greene (6), Schumaker (15)

Pitching
Wainwright (W, 8-2)       8.0 IP, 3 Hits, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K's
Franklin (S, 12)              1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

[bulldogs1159]

Game Three of the Rockies Series

Rockies         0 2 1
Cardinals       1 6 0

Rockies
GIDP- Hawpe
Error- Quintanilla (2)

Pitching
Francis            6.1 IP, 5 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's
Rincon (L, 6-5) 1.2 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
HR- DeRosa (11)
RBI- DeRosa (32)
SAC- Lohse
SB- Rasmus (6), Ankiel (6)
CS- Ankiel (1)

Pitching
Lohse (W, 6-1)       9.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's

Lohse threw an absolute gem and he got a complete game shutout. DeRosa hit a HR in the 8th to get the only run in. In the 9th Lohse walked the leadoff man but got a huge strikeout of Helton and then got Hawpe to ground into a double play to end the game.

[bulldogs1159]

Game four of the Rockies series

Rockies      10 16 1
Cardinals     6 11 0

Rockies
2B- Helton (14), Spilborghs 2 (11)
HR- Hawpe 2 (12,13), Tulowitzki (3)
RBI- Barmes 2 (21), Hawpe 5 (35), Spilborghs (26), Tulowitzki 2 (14)
GIDP- Hawpe
Error- Atkins (6)

Pitching
Jimenez             4.2 IP, 8 Hits, 6 Runs, 5 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Fogg                 1.1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Peralta (W, 1-2) 1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Daley (H, 2)       1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Embree              1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals

2B- Pineiro (1), Pujols (7)
HR- Duncan 2 (7, 8 ), Ludwick (9)
RBI- Duncan 3 (17), Ludwick (26), Ankiel (28 ), LaRue (7)
HBP- Pujols
GIDP- Ryan

Pitching
Pineiro            5.1 IP, 7 Hits, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Motte (H, 6)    0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Reyes (H, 4)    0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Todd (H, 1)     1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
McClellan (L, 1-3) 0.2 IP, 3 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Miller              1.1 IP, 5 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Nothing like giving up 5 runs in the last two innings to frustrate you. Time to regroup for a three game series at Florida.

[msubulldogs21]

Wow. Game 4 was quite the opposite from Game 3.

But still, not a bad homestand going 5-3.

[bulldogs1159]

Lost the first two games of the Marlins series 2-6 and 1-5. Gotta get this turned back around.

[msubulldogs21]

Sounds like your offense has hit the skids like mine has lately.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Three in Florida

Cardinals      4 12 0
Marlins         1 6 0

Marlins
2B- Baker (8 ), Ramirez (19)
RBI- Ramirez (35)

Pitching
Volstad (L, 1-6)      5.0 IP, 6 Hits, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Wood                    1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Leroux                   1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Cruz                      2.0 IP, 4 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Pujols (8 ), Ankiel (9)
HR- Rasmus (7), DeRosa (12), Ludwick (11)
RBI- Rasmus (19), DeRosa (33), Ludwick (28 ), Ankiel (29)
SAC- Wainwright, Ryan
GIDP- Iwamura
SB- Ankiel 2 (8 )
CS- Ankiel (2)

Pitching
Wainwright (W, 9-2)    9.0 IP, 6 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's

Great outing by Wainwright to stave off getting swept. Interleague play starts now as I got to Cleveland for a series.

[bulldogs1159]

Been gone for a while but here is an update on the scores I have yet to post:

@ Cleveland L 3-4
@ Cleveland L 4-5
@ Cleveland L 3-6
    Detriot    W 4-2
    Detriot    W 2-1
    Detriot    L 4-6
@ Kansas City W 8-7

Still have two more left in Kansas City and then I have a four game set at the Mets.

[bulldogs1159]

Very annoyed right now. After hitting a 3 run HR in the 7th to take the lead against KC I go to my bullpen to warm someone up and for some reason it keeps telling me I must replace the KC pitcher and I cant leave the screen. It shows my bullpen lineup and I can have them warm up or sit down but it keeps telling me to replace the KC pitcher. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[bulldogs1159]

I went ahead and simulated the KC game cause I was so frustrated and won 5-0.

Game one against the Mets


Cardinals     3 14 0
Mets          1 6  0

Mets
2B- Tatis (15)
3B- Murphy (2)
RBI- Castillo (13)

Pitching
L. Hernandez (L, 8-3)       5.0 IP, 10 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Parnell                           1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Green                            1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Dessens                         1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Misch                            1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
RBI- Rasmus (24), Pujols (50), DeRosa (38)
SAC- Wainwright
SB- Iwamura 2 (5)
CS- DeRosa (13)

Pitching
Wainwright (W, 10-2)       9.0 IP, 6 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K's

Wainwright threw a gem again and this time got some run support so he can get the W. Hopefully Iwamura broke out of his slump with his 3 hits today becasue after his first two games in a Cardinal uniform he has done nothing. Crazy that all of my hits were singles, probably why I was only able to score 3 runs off them.

[bulldogs1159]

I lost game two of the series in 13 innings 3-2.



Game Three against the Mets

Cardinals            3 8 0
Mets                 1 6 3

Mets
2B- Schneider (11)
HR- Beltran (17)
RBI- Beltran (53)
Error- Wright 3 (4)

Pitching
Pelfrey (L, 5-5)          7.0 IP, 3 Hits, 2 Runs, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Parnell                      1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB
Green                       0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Stokes                     0.2 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
2B- Jones (5)
RBI- Ludwick (33), LaRue (8 )
SB- DeRosa (21)
CS- Rasmus (7)

Pitching
Pineiro (W, 6-4)                6.1 IP, 5 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K's
Motte (H, 7)                    0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
McClellan (H, 16)               1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Franklin (S, 15)                1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

So David Wright helped me out big time with three throwing errors as I actually had my first run before I had my first hit. Joel was very strong in this game as well.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Four of the Mets series

Cardinals            7 10 0
Mets                 2  9  3

Mets
2B- Murphy (11)
3B- Beltran (3), Reyes (2)
RBI- Sheffield (43), Reyes (5)
Error- Misch (1), Reyes 2 (5)

Pitching
Redding (L, 6-5)          5.0 IP, 6 Hits, 5 Runs, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Parnell                       1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Misch                        1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Feliciano                    1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Rasmus (14)
HR- Rasmus (9), Iwamura (2)
RBI- Rasmus 2 (26), Pujols (51), Ankiel 2 (39), Molina (19), Iwamura (2)
SB- T. Greene (8 )
CS- Ankiel (3)

Pitching
Greinke (W, 5-7)        9.0 IP, 9 Hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K's

Grienke had a shutout going into the 9th but gave up two in the last frame. It was nice to finally get the outing from Grienke that I wanted since the trade and hopefully this keeps up. Another thing of note from this game is Iwamura hit an inside the park HR. He smashed a line drive to straight center field and Beltran dove forward trying to catch it and missed it and the ball rolled all the way to the 408 sign as Iwamura raced around the bases. The throw to the plate was off line and I got my first HR like that in as long as I can remember. Funny thing is now he has two HR and has only 2 RBI's.

Next is a three game series at home against the Twins.

[bulldogs1159]

Game One against the Twins

Twins          6 12 1
Cardinals     11 13 1

Twins
2B- Morneau 2 (16), Kubel (11), Young (13)
HR- Kubel (6)
RBI- Morneau (62), Kubel (31), Cuddyer (32), Young 3 (48)
SF- Young
Error- Crede (6)

Pitching
Slowey (L, 2-7)         3.2 IP, 10 Hits, 10 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Dickey                     0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Mijares                    2.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 Run, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Neshek                    2.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
HR- Rasmus (10), Ludwick (14), Ankiel 2 (11), Iwamura (3)
RBI- Rasmus 2 (28), Ludwick 3 (36), Ankiel 4 (43), Iwamura 2 (4)
SAC- Carpenter
Error- DeRosa (4)

Pitching
Carpenter (W, 5-7)               6.0 IP, 10 Hits, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's
Miller (H, 2)                         2.0 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Todd                                  1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Easy to see I teed off on their starter. Carpenter was not very good at all but got the W so it at least makes up for the times I gave him no run support on good outings.

[msubulldogs21]

Slowey (L, 2-7)         3.2 IP, 10 Hits, 10 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's

Ouch.

You're on a roll lately.

[bulldogs1159]

I am 7-3 in my last ten and I'm only 3 back of the Reds now.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Two against the Twins

Twins           3 10 0
Cardinals       8 15 0

Twins
2B- Harris (8 ), Young (14)
HR- Kubel (7)
RBI- Kubel 2 (33), Redmond (12)

Pitching
Liriano                  4.1 IP, 6 Hits, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Dickey                  1.2 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Guerrier (L, 3-4)     1.0 IP, 4 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Crain                    1.0 IP, 4 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Ludwick (6), K. Greene (2), Jones (6)
HR- Pujols (27)
RBI- Pujlos 3 (54), Ludwick (37), K. Greene (4), T. Greene (10), Jones 2 (8 )
SF- T. Greene
SAC- Jones
CS- Ankiel (4)

Pitching
Wainwright                 6.0 IP, 9 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K's
Motte                        1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
Todd (W, 3-3)            1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Miller                          1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Wainwright had his worst start of the month and left with the game tied at 3 in the top of the 7th after giving up a lead off double. I brought Motte in who was unhittable as his fastball was reaching 99 and his slider was hitting its mark as he struck out the next three batters to strand the runner at 2nd. I busted the game open against their bullpen in the 8th.

[bulldogs1159]

Four game series with the Giants now.

Game One

Giants          4 12 0
Cardinals      5 12 0

Giants
2B- Velez (1)
HR- Rowand (6)
RBI- Rowand 3 (31), Velez (1)

Pitching
Sanchez (L, 2-9)            5.0 IP, 8 Hits, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Valdez                          1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Romo                            1.0 IP, 3 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's
Medders                        1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- K. Greene (3)
3B- DeRosa (1)
HR- Ludwick (15), Molina (4)
RBI- DeRosa (40), Ludwick 3 (40), Molina (20)
SAC- Pineiro
SB- Rasmus (10), Ankiel (10), T. Greene (9)

Pitching
Pineiro (W, 7-4)           6.0 IP, 9 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
Motte (H, 8 )              1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Reyes                         0.2 IP, 2 Hits, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
McClellan (H, 17)          0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Franklin (S, 16)            1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

I hadn't thrown Reyes in a while so I put him in to get some work up by 4 in the 8th and he gives up a 3 run HR to Rowand. Oh well still pull out a close game win. This is 6 in a row which is my highest streak this season.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Two

Giants      3 9 1
Cardinals  8 14 1

Giants
2B- Sandoval (18 ), Molina (4)
RBI- Rowand (32), Winn (30), Molina (21)
Error- Sandoval (5)

Pitching
Lincecum (L, 3-9)         6.0 IP, 8 Hits, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Medders                      1.2 IP, 4 Hits, 4 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Howry                        0.1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- DeRosa (5), Ankiel (12)
HR- Ludwick (16)
RBI- Greinke (1), Schumaker (11), Pujols 2 (57), DeRosa (41), Ludwick (41), Ankiel (44), Molina (21)
Error- Pujols (1)
SB- Iwamura 2 (7)

Pitching
Greinke (W, 6-7)            6.2 IP, 9 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
Miller (H, 3)                   0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
McClellan (H, 18)            1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Todd                            1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

I scored 4 in the 8th to break open a one run game. Crazy to see a Cy Young winner at 2-9.

[bulldogs1159]

2009 Standings and Stats as of July 1st.

National League

East
Mets         47-31
Phillies       43-33   3
Braves       43-34   3.5
Nationals   34-43   12.5
Marlins       29-50  18.5

Central
Reds           45-31
Cardinals      46-35  2.5
Cubs           42-35  3.5
Astros         40-37  5.5
Brewers       36-41  9.5
Pirates         35-44  11.5

West
Dodgers          54-24
Diamondbacks  45-33  9
Rockies           38-39  15.5
Giants             35-41  18
Padres            25-52  28.5

NL Wild Card
Diamondbacks  45-33
Phillies            43-33  1
Cardinals         46-35  1.5
Braves            43-34  1.5
Cubs              42-35  2.5
Astros            40-37  4.5

American League

East
Yankees    49-30
Red Sox    45-32  3
Rays         43-37 6.5
Blue Jays  43-37  6.5
Orioles      25-52  23

Central
Twins        41-38
Tigers        40-38  0.5
Indians      40-39   1
White Sox  33-46  8
Royals       25-51  14.5

West
Athletics     39-39
Rangers      38-39  0.5
Angels         36-41  2.5
Mariners       32-44  6

AL Wild Card
Red Sox        45-32
Rays            43-37  3.5
Blue Jays      43-37  3.5
Tigers           40-38  5.5

Cardinals Stats
Starters
1. 2B- Akinori Iwamura  .245, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 7 SB, 15 Runs
2. CF- Colby Rasmus     .312, 10 HR, 28 RBI, 14 2B, 2 3B, 10 SB, 38 Runs
3. 1B- Albert Pujols        .364, 28 HR, 57 RBI, 9 2B, 54 Runs
4. RF- Ryan Ludwick      .315, 16 HR, 41 RBI, 6 2B, 2 3B, 1 SB, 43 Runs
5. 3B- Mark DeRosa       .314, 12 HR, 41 RBI, 5 2B, 1 3B, 21 SB, 39 Runs
6. LF- Rick Ankiel          .340, 11 HR, 44 RBI, 12 2B, 10 SB, 28 Runs
7. C- Yadier Molina        .220, 4 HR, 21 RBI, 4 2B, 15 Runs
8. SS- Khalil Greene      .271, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 3 2B, 1 SB, 5 Runs

Bench (# of games)
2B- Skip Schumaker (56)  .211, 0 HR, 11 RBI, 3 2B, 15 SB, 18 Runs
LF- Chris Duncan (62)     .287, 10 HR, 22 RBI, 7 2B, 21 Runs
C- Jason LaRue (18)         .311, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 1 2B, 4 Runs
SS- Tyler Greene (49)      .236, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 1 3B, 9 SB, 15 Runs
LF- Paul Jones (31)           .363, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 6 2B, 2 SB, 10 Runs

Pitching
Rotation
1. Zack Greinke           6-7, 3.58 ERA, 96 K's, 12 Quality Starts
2. Chris Carpenter       5-7, 2.78 ERA, 77 K's, 11 QS
3. Adam Wainwright    10-2, 1.64 ERA, 89 K's, 16 QS
4. Kyle Lohse             6-1, 2.55 ERA, 73 K's, 11 QS
5. Joel Pineiro            7-4, 3.77 ERA, 66 K's, 10 QS

Bullpen (GP)
Jess Todd (15)   3-3, 1.86 ERA, 10 K's, 1 Hold
Trever Miller (25)  1-1, 3.79 ERA, 12 K's, 1 Save, 3 Holds
Jason Motte (36)  4-0, 2.58 ERA, 41 K's, 1 Save, 8 Holds
Dennys Reyes (27)  3-2, 2,66 ERA, 17 K's, 2 Blown Saves, 4 Holds
Kyle McClellan (32)  1-3, 3.77 ERA, 24 K's, 1 Save, 5 Blown Saves, 18 Holds
Royce Ring (8 )      0-1, 3.18 ERA, 3 K's, 1 Blown Save
Ryan Franklin (23)   1-1, 5.40 ERA, 16 K's, 16 Saves, 4 Blown Saves

[bulldogs1159]

The streak continues!

Game Three

Giants          0 5 1
Cardinals       2 6 0

Giants
3B- Winn (3)
Error- Renteria (2)
CS- Winn (3)

Pitching
Cain (L, 7-5)       7.0 IP, 5 Hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Affeldt               1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Rasmus 2 (16), T. Greene (1)
RBI- Ludwick 2 (43)
SB- T. Greene (10)

Pitching
Carpenter (W, 6-7)        9.0 IP, 5 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K's

This is the Carpenter type outing I have been waiting for all season.

[msubulldogs21]

What is that, 8 games?

I had a 10 game winning streak back in early June, then we decided to freefall for the rest of the month.

[bulldogs1159]

Don't have time to type up a whole box score but I beat the Giants 12-5 to sweep the four game series. Now its time for a HUGE three game set at Cincinnati who im 2.5 back.

[bulldogs1159]

Game one of a HUGE series in Cinci

Cardinals     0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2   4 8 1
Reds           0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0   2 9 1

Reds
2B- Bruce (15), Hairston Jr (12)
RBI- Taveras (14), Dickerson (22)
SF- Dickerson
Error- Hairston Jr (5)
CS- Taveras (10)

Pitching
Owings           8.0 IP, 5 Hits, 2 Runs, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Burton (L, 2-6) 1.0 IP, 3 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
RBI- Rasmus (29), Pujols (58), DeRosa (43), Ankiel (49)
SAC- Lohse
Error- DeRosa (5)
CS- Ankiel (5)

Pitching
Lohse                6.0 IP, 7 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
Motte                1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Todd (W, 4-3)    1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Franklin (S, 17)   1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Guys came through with two runs in the 9th in this huge game and Franklin needed only 3 pitches to get the save.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Two

Cardinals        4 17 0
Reds              3 9 2      Final in 16

Reds
2B- Arroyo (1)
HR- Philips 2 (13), Bruce (16)
RBI- Philips 2 (47), Bruce (44)
HBP- Hernandez, Dickerson
Error- Hariston Jr 2 (7)
SB- Nix (3)

Pitching
Arroyo                6.2 IP, 7 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Rhodes               0.1 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Burton                0.1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Weathers            2.2 IP, 3 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Fisher                 2.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Masset               3.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Herrera (L, 2-2)    1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
3B- Ankiel (1)
HR- Ludwick (17)
RBI- Pujols (59), Ludwick 2 (45), Molina (22)
HBP- Pujols
SAC- Miller
SB- Iwamura (8 )
CS- Ankiel (6)

Pitching
Pineiro                   5.2 IP, 6 Hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Todd (H, 2)            0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Motte (H, 9)           1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
McClellan (H, 19)     1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Franklin (BS, 5)       2.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
Reyes                   3.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Miller (W, 2-1)        3.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's

Man this game took forever. I had the lead with 2 outs in the 9th when Franklin let Phillips hit a solo shot to tie it. The bullpens worked well for the next few innings until Ankiel hit a triple off the left field wall to lead off the 16th and Molina knocked him in with a single. Reyes and Miller were awesome in the extra frames and combined only allowed one hit in 6 innings.

[bulldogs1159]

The game decided that it would be awesome to freeze trying to load the main menu after this game so I LOST the entire thing. What a freaking waste.

I went ahead and simmed the game cause I was to frustrated to play it again and won 7-0.

[jbell96]

The game decided that it would be awesome to freeze trying to load the main menu after this game so I LOST the entire thing. What a freaking waste.

I went ahead and simmed the game cause I was to frustrated to play it again and won 7-0.

Dude that sucks. At least you won the sim.

[bulldogs1159]

Game Three

Cardinals        2 8 0
Reds             3 7 9

Reds
2B- Encarnacion (15)
HR- Bruce (16), Encarnacion (8 )
RBI- Bruce (44), Hairston Jr (18 ), Encarnacion (36)
SB- Taveras (45)

Pitching
Volquez (W, 4-2)            6.0 IP, 5 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Weathers (H, 11)            1.1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Rhodes (H, 8 )                0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Cordero (S, 27)              1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
HR- Ludwick (17)
RBI- Ludwick (44), Iwamura (5)
SAC- Greinke

Pitching
Greinke (L, 6-8)          6.1 IP, 5 Hits, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K's
Motte                       0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's
Todd                        0.2 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Miller                         0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

The streak ends at 11. Time for a three game series at the Brewers.

[bulldogs1159]

Game one against the Brewers

Cardinals        6 8 0
Brewers          1 12 2

Brewers
2B- Weeks (1)
RBI- Gamel (26)
SF- Gamel
Error- Hardy (13), Weeks (4)

Pitching
McClung (L, 3-5)          5.0 IP, 5 Hits, 3 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Villanueva                   2.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 BB, 1 BB, 0 K's
Littleton                      2.0 IP, 3 Hits, 3 Runs, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cardinals
2B- Rasmus (17)
3B- K. Greene (1)
HR- Ludwick (18 )
RBI- Carpenter 2 (2), Ludwick 2 (46), K. Greene 2 (7)
HBP- Ludwick
SAC- Carpenter 2
CS- Iwamura (3)

Pitching
Carpenter (W, 7-7)        9.0 IP, 12 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 11 K's

Carpenter had a second straight CG and also had two RBI's on SAC bunts with runners on 3rd.

[bulldogs1159]

Game two against the Brewers

Cardinals         1 4 1
Brewers          2 9 0

Brewers
2B- Hardy 2 (22)
HR- Gamel (6)
RBI- Fielder (50), Gamel (27)

Pitching
Burns (W, 1-7)            8.0 IP, 4 Hits, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K's
Devine (S, 15)             1.0 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Ludwick (7)
RBI- Ludwick (47)
HBP- Iwamura
Error- Iwamura (2)
SB- Iwamura 2 (9)

Pitching
Wainwright (L, 11-3)          5.1 IP, 9 Hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's
Motte                             1.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Reyes                              0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Todd                              0.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Miller                              0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

I upped the level at the urging of Josh, which turned an 0-7 pitcher into Cy Young and made me want to break the controller many times. Time will tell if I stay here.

[msubulldogs21]

The hitting can be tough to get used to (I started the season 1-4) but I think you will get the hang of it after a few games.

[bulldogs1159]

I just won a game 15-7 and hit four HR's but the game decided it would be awesome to freeze again. I am about to break it. I am losing my patience.

[bulldogs1159]

Simmed the game that froze and won 7-2, and played the second against the Cubs and lost 4-3 in extra innings again. Also Grienke went out in the 3rd with a fractured wrist and will miss at least two months. Yay........

One more game before the all star break.

[bulldogs1159]

Game three against the Cubs

Cardinals       10 15 0
Cubs             4 10  1

Cubs
2B- Theriot (18 )
HR- Soriano (11), Lee (14)
RBI- Soriano (45), Lee 3 (58 )
SF- Lee
Error- Theriot (17)

Pitching
Zambrano (L, 7-5)       4.1 IP, 9 Hits, 8 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Marshall                     2.2 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Marmol                      1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 Run, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Samardzija                 1.0 IP, 2 Hits, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Iwamura (4), Jones (8 )
HR- DeRosa (13), K. Greene 2 (4), Jones (7)
RBI- DeRosa 3 (48 ), Duncan (23), Ludwick (49), Ankiel (54), K. Greene 3 (11), Jones (16)
HBP- Ludwick
SB- Ankiel (11)
CS- DeRosa (14), Ankiel (6)

Pitching
Wanwright (W, 12-3)        7.0 IP, 10 Hits, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K's
McClellan                        1.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Franklin                          0.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Nice way to end the first half. All Star rosters coming up in a bit.

[msubulldogs21]

Also Grienke went out in the 3rd with a fractured wrist and will miss at least two months. Yay........

I lost Jon Lester to that exact same injury. That really hurts man. Who is your replacement SP?

[bulldogs1159]

Also Grienke went out in the 3rd with a fractured wrist and will miss at least two months. Yay........

I lost Jon Lester to that exact same injury. That really hurts man. Who is your replacement SP?

Right now I've called up Brad Thompson but the trade deadline is still a couple weeks out so I'm going to shop around.

[bulldogs1159]

First game back from the break. Its a three game series against the Diamondbacks.

Diamondbacks  1 4 1
Cardinals         5 10 0

Diamondbacks
2B- Lopez (14)
HR- Drew (7)
RBI- Drew (30)
Error- Drew (14)

Pitching
Haren (L, 5-8 )        5.0 IP, 7 Hits, 5 Runs, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's
Rauch                    2.0 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's
Pena                     1.0 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K's

Cardinals
2B- Carpenter (1), Rasmus (18 ), Pujols (10)
HR- Pujols (30)
RBI- Pujols 3 (63), Ludwick (50)
CS- Ankiel (7)

Pitching
Carpenter (W, 8-7)     9.0 IP, 4 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K's

Another strong outing from Carp. I think he is finally coming back around to his old self.

[bulldogs1159]

I also forgot to post the All Star lineups so here they are:

American League Starters
C- Victor Martinez  .327, 13 HR, 52 RBI
1B- Justin Morneau  .331, 23 HR, 77 RBI
2B- Ian Kinsler  .335, 19 HR, 74 RBI
3B- Alex Rodriguez .296, 27 HR, 68 RBI
SS- Derek Jeter  .311, 6 HR, 35 RBI
LF- Matt Holiday  .331, 20 HR, 69 RBI
CF- Jacoby Ellsbury  .274, 15 HR, 43 RBI
RF- Alex Rios   .255, 10 HR, 40 RBI
SP- Brian Tallet 8-3. 1.97 ERA, 103 K's

Reserves
C- Mike Napoli .271, 12 HR, 37 RBI, 12 SB
C- Gerald Laird .301, 6 HR, 39 RBI, 1 SB
1B- Mark Teixeira  .319, 24 HR, 72 RBI
1B- Russel Branyan  .295, 20 HR, 59 RBI
2B- Dustin Pedroia  .306, 9 HR, 52 RBI, 13 SB
2B- Brian Roberts    .284, 6 HR, 38 RBI, 20 SB
3B- Mark Teahen     .310, 6 HR, 28 RBI, 3 SB
SS- Orlando Caberera  .272, 7 HR, 46 RBI, 14 SB
LF- Johnny Damon      .332, 13 HR, 61 RBI, 5 SB
LF- Carl Crawford      .270, 7 HR, 36 RBI, 31 SB
CF- Grady Sizemore   .283, 19 HR, 53 RBI, 12 SB
CF- B.J. Upton          .341, 13 HR, 43 RBI, 29 SB

Pitchers
SP- A.J. Burnett   11-0, 3.22 ERA, 118 K
SP- Jon Lester      9-3, 2.96 ERA, 88 K's
SP- John Danks    5-8, 2.53 ERA, 96 K's
SP- Matt Garza    8-3, 3.64 ERA, 87 K's
RP- Hideki Okajima 7-3, 1 Save, 11 Holds, 77 K's
CP- Mariano Rivera  1-0, 0.68 ERA, 27 Saves, 32 K's
CP- Jason Frasor    2-0, 1.53 ERA, 19 Saves, 47 K's
CP- Brian Fuentes   1-1, 1.69 ERA, 27 Saves, 33 K's
CP- Frank Francisco  0-2, 2.35 ERA, 23 Saves, 19 K's
CP- Joakim Soria      0-0, 1.89 ERA, 19 Saves, 15 K's
CP- Jonathan Papelbon  0-1, 2.96 ERA, 23 Saves, 26 K's

National League
Starters
C- Russel Martin   .303, 10 HR, 68 RBI, 8 SB
1B- Albert Pujols   .361, 30 HR, 63 RBI
2B- Chase Utley   .301, 20 HR, 56 RBI, 3 SB
3B- David Wright   .279, 21 HR, 71 RBI, 6 SB
SS- Hanley Ramirez  .314, 11 HR, 45 RBI, 13 SB
LF- Carlos Lee  .296, 19 HR, 59 RBI, 6 SB
CF- Carlos Beltran  .336, 21 HR, 63 RBI, 12 SB
RF- Ryan Ludwick  .319, 18 HR, 50 RBI, 1 SB
SP- Adam Wainwright  12-3, 1.94 ERA, 103 K's

Reserves
C- Brian McCann  .277, 12 HR, 49 RBI
C- Chris Ianetta   .263, 13 HR, 41 RBI
1B- Joey Votto    .292, 17 HR, 64 RBI, 1 SB
1B- Derrek Lee     .276, 14 HR, 60 RBI
1B- Adrain Gonzalez  .286, 19 HR, 53 RBI
2B- Freddy Sanchez  .249, 8 HR, 38 RBI
3B- Ryan Zimmerman  .237, 15 HR, 52 RBI
SS- J.J. Hardy  .311, 14 HR, 46 RBI
LF- Manny Ramirez- .318, 17 HR, 61 RBI
CF- Matt Kemp .285, 13 HR, 62 RBI, 14 SB
CF- Willy Taveras .289, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 51 SB
RF- Rick Ankiel   .346, 13 HR, 54 RBI, 11 SB

Pitchers
SP- Hiroki Kuroda  12-1, 2.17 ERA, 84 K's
SP- Roy Oswalt    12-6, 2.37 ERA, 106 K's
SP- Max Scherzer  10-2, 2.45 ERA, 127 K's
SP- Matt Cain       7-6, 2.12 ERA, 100 K's
RP- Dan Meyer     5-2, 2.38 ERA, 6 Holds, 67 K's
CP- Francisco Rodriguez  1-1, 1.34 ERA, 31 Saves, 40 K;s
CP- Jose Valverde   0-0, 1.45 ERA, 31 Saves, 30 K's
CP- Chad Qualls     0-2, 1.67 ERA, 20 Saves, 30 K's
CP- Francisco Cordero 1-1, 2.37 ERA, 31 Saves, 23 K's
CP- Brad Lidge         0-2, 3.29 ERA, 29 Saves, 23 K's
CP- Huston Street      0-1, 2.18 ERA, 21 Saves, 21 K's

The American League won the game 8-3 as well.

[msubulldogs21]

Carp added a double too. Haha.

You've gotten in a pretty nice groove. Told ya you'd come around to the all star level.