In the bottom of the sixth inning, the St Louis Cardinals scratched for their third and final run of the game. After a fatiguing 107 pitches. Lance Lynn – the Cardinal starter – would be through for the day. After receiving their twelfth quality start in the last 19 games, the fate of the game […]
Archives for July 2017
Two Strikes Not Quite Enough
It was all so agonizingly close for Luke Weaver. After A.J. Pollock opened the fourth inning with a double, Weaver fell behind Jake Lamb 3-0. Swinging on 3-0, Lamb fouled off a boarder-line fastball. Weaver then threw two pretty good changes, but Lamb fouled those off as well. Now 3-2, Luke was one pitch away […]
Control Issues Help Doom Colorado
First Pitch Fastball Watchers?
As former Cardinal Mark Reynolds stood in to lead off the fifth inning, Cardinal starter Lance Lynn fired him a four-seam fastball that Reynolds fouled off. In six-plus innings last night, Lynn faced 21 batters. Reynolds was the only one all night to swing at his first pitch. Even Matt Carpenter doesn’t take that many […]
Leake and Cardinals Keep Colorado Off Balance
The Colorado Rockies invaded St Louis last night a very hot hitting team. They had scored in double figures in 5 of their previous 12 games, and were averaging 6.89 runs per game over their first 18 games in July. For one night, at least, the Cardinals muffled that explosive offense, sending them back to […]
Quintana’s Acts of Aggression Pay Off
The Cardinals had their moments against new Chicago lefty Jose Quintana. Randal Grichuk and Paul DeJong reached him for home runs. Tommy Pham almost did as well. Matt Carpenter was thrown out at the plate trying to score on a double. Yadier Molina was thrown out stealing one pitch before DeJong’s home run. Michael Wacha […]