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6:45 p.m.
RHP Kyle Leahy (7-4, 3.86) vs. RHP Logan Henderson (2-1, 2.74)
Cards.TV // KMOX // WIJRChange announced Tuesday:
RHP Andre Pallante (10-5, 3.60) will start this game. He was moved back from Wednesday.We really should win this one, if for no other reason than to slow our slippery slide toward sea level. I’ve been enjoying our creditable performance so far and while I entertain no hope of great things I’m rooting for a positive finish by this fun bunch.
For those interested in such things, the CiFs will be dining this evening on cornmeal pancakes and bacon with large doses of butter and maple syrup.
Rah Cardinals!
I don’t understand why this pitcher Henderson keeps bouncing up and down, this year and last. He seems perfectly capable of sticking. Are the Brewers that loaded?
For those interested in such things, the CiF’s will be din-dining it this evening on cornmeal pancakes and bacon with LARGE DOSES OF BUTTER AND MAPLE SYRUP.
I think only about 98% of us are interested, Cardinal in France. Mass quantities of butter and syrup are a must for french toast and pancakes. One of my ex-wives would use no butter and just a slight hint of syrup on her pancakes. I have no idea how she gulped those pancakes down the hatch? Furthermore, she used no butter with king crab legs or lobster, while I immerse them in melted butter for a good 30 seconds before eating them. She was also absolutely horrified with my common practice of dipping my prime rib into melted butter. The two of us were not exactly a match made in heaven. My din-din tonight will be 2 Oscar Meyer all beef bologna sandwiches with a slice of Kraft cheese in the middle….one with yellow mustard and the other with Duke’s mayo. I’ll gobble down some sweet Gerkin pickles and Ruffles potato chips dipped into sour cream. And for dessert a pint of Breyer’s vanilla bean ice cream with gobs of Jiff peanut butter.
This is a toughie to predict. I wouldn’t put money on this game even if I had a gun put to my head. So expect a very very close game…….something along the lines of 5-4 Birds.
My din-din today almost got out of control.
I was about to grill a ribeye on the porch and squirted some gas on the coals so they would burn some more and get plenty hot. The gas shot back towards my little mustard bottle that I use to squirt gas on the coals. Next thing I knew I dropped it out of my hand and there were little bits of fire on the porch. And the mustard thing was burning about a foot high. I kicked it off the porch and then ran around the side of the house and turned the hose on. Disaster averted. Steak sure was good too..:)
And there are some scattered storms and rain in the St. Louis area as I type this. The guy on the Weather Channel said St. Louis and southern Illinois may very well see some storms tonight.
We will be lucky this one gets played tonight. I already consider myself lucky once today.
r/Esteemed Rat
Back in March I had strongly suspected that the ’26 rotation could quite possibly be bombed out of existence far prior to this point, but at a bit more than 90 games into the season it’s been entirely respectable, with 3 members of the 5 man featuring nice performances. In any event, the rotation’s been able to avoid the sort of collective failure that leads to an extended breakdown.
McGreevy 4-7 @ 3.01
Pallante 10-5 @ 3.60
Leahy 7-4 @ 3.86
May 5-6 @ 4.55
Liberatore 4-6 @ 5.34A basic fire hazard safety rule…It’s always extremely dangerous to smoke in bed, but particularly so if it’s a waterbed filled with gasoline.
So line 'em up up up pic.twitter.com/dq3D4RN4Sz
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) July 9, 2026
Somebody else has probably flagged this, but Crooks has only 10 AB from June 25 onward. Pages has 16.
You dealt with the emergency really well, Rat. Glad you didn’t quite panic even though it no doubt was a hair raising experience.
It’s a shame anytime you can’t push a leadoff double across HP. Burleson and Walker both fail to put it into play and Herrera is now 2 for his last 19. The Cardinals need for the latter named player to start generating a lot more production.
This Brewers scoring in the top of the second started with Herrera allowing Pallante’s
outside pitch to get by him and that allowed the runner to advance.If you want some good news for the night, Mathews’ line is 7 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 2 bb, 7 K, 91 pitches. First time he’s gotten outs in the 7th this year.
Over his last 7 outings, he’s gone 39.1 ip, 16 h, 8 r, 8 er, 15 bb, 45 K. 1.83 ERA.
Herrera is not good defensively, but they don’t want to have a dedicated DH, so we have to see him back there. If he can hit enough, and if we don’t have to be sound defensively at the up the middle positions, because we aren’t expecting to win, then fine, it works. Its not a path forward though. We need a catcher who is sound behind the plate, managing pitchers, and can hit enough to be in the lineup. So far, we come up empty with that. I have often said I refuse to hop on any catching prospect bandwagon, and its for good reason. They should probably try to move Herrera and not have to carry 3 catchers. We have other guys to cycle through DH.
Oooof. The Brewers are really good; the Cardinals are really average.
I know the Cards are doing it differently this season but it all feels so familiar.
I still say the last really good team was 2015 before the All Star Break. That team faded badly down the stretch but still hung on to win 100 and the division but were stomped out of the playoffs by the Cubs.
The 2022 team was fun with Albert’s last ride and all that but it was never going to be sustainable or a season to build off of.
Maybe Chaim will have the answers and be able to build a great team that really contends for several years.
I guess we will find out in 2028.
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