- This topic has 24 replies, 13 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 11 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
9:10 p.m. LHP Austin Gomber (3-0, 2.89) vs. LHP Alex Wood (7-7, 3.51) FOX Sports Midwest/MLB Network/KMOX
No Kershaw this series, which is nice. There will be a couple lefties to face though, which I haven’t checked the stats lately but it seems the team has hit a bit better against the left-handers lately. Hopefully another series win on the road against a wild card contender is coming up.
The Cards have improved to 21-15 vs. left-handed pitching this year. However, only because of the recent spurt has the team’s mark against winning opponents inched over .500. They are just 35-33 against the better teams this season and both opponents on this road trip have winning marks in 2018.
Absolutely love these late games from the west coast. The Colts are on ESPN at 8:00 and then the Redbirds out west against the Dodgers. This will be a two cigar night for me. Plus I’ll have the DVD recorder going for the Cards/Dodgers game soes I can watch it this winter when I need my baseball fix.
I am going to pull a Yaisel Pugs here and all this one 4-1 in favor of our beloved Redbirds.
r/Rat
You “pulled a Yaisel Pugs” alright, Rat. You downright fleeced the final score exactly as I wrote it down earlier this morning….4-1 Birds on a Jose round tripper with 2 mates aboard. But at the risk of appearing to plagiarize the esteemed RatsBuddy, I’ll make my official call 4-2 Birds tonight. If it finishes 4-1, please remember to include me right along with Rat, in your unwavering praise. I definitely get the feeling that a curtain call is in the cards for me and RatsBuddy come about 1am this evening. While we are at it, anyone who calls tonight’s score perfectly will receive a box of sports collectibles big enough to choke a horse, compliments of your’s truly. And speaking of sports collectibles, I had the opportunity to frequent a Denver sports collectibles store with our very own BicycleMike this past friday and what a treat it was!! Thanks again, Mike!!
This looks like a trap series to me. The Dodgers are better than they’ve been playing lately and the Cardinals are playing above their heads. Although, I think this is where the Cards should’ve been playing all year, but Carpenter, Wong, Ozuna, and Fowler started the year horribly and Holland, Gregerson and crew were awful in the bullpen.
Good point, Pads. In the Cards’ favor is the fact that the Dodgers’ closer is on the DL and their pen has been in disarray.
Molina rests after 27 straight.
#stlcards 08/20 Lineup
M Carpenter 1B
J Martinez RF
P DeJong SS
M Ozuna LF
P Wisdom 3B
H Bader CF
K Wong 2B
F Pena C
A Gomber P— Daily MLB Lineups (@DailyMLBLineup) August 20, 2018
Is OhNeill 100%? There is one player that I am particularly anxious to see tonight…..Patrick Wisdom. This fellow just might be a real MLB gamer! I predict that if he gets 2 hits in this game that he’ll never step foot in a minor league stadium ever again.
Molina a much needed day off. Carpenter hit a couple of balls hard yesterday so maybe he’s about ready to bust out of it.
We will have a Yasiel Puig in RF tonight and a Yasiel Pugs calling the PBP here on the forum.
r/Rat
Final score 7-5 redbirds. Some runs off their pen in the 7th and 8th. Yep, that’s what I’ll go with.
I like your spunk, Euro! Hope you take home the grand prize! Hate to be Mr. Wimpy, but I have an important early morning meeting, so I’ll be counting sheep in 30 minutes, Rat. Hopefully our Birds will be counting runs aplenty tonight too! Go Birds!
4 hours plus game. 5-3 good guys. Gyorko and Carpenter back to back save the day. Good work by bullpen. 2:23 am east coast time.
Nice win for the Cards. Obviously I didn’t stay up to watch it, but wins on the road against talented foes are big pluses. Now let’s win the series tonight!!
For those that missed it Cecil came on with two outs in the 8th and retired Bellinger on a flyball to CF to keep the game tied 3-3. Dan and Al mentioned that being successful in high leverage situations might build his confidence.
r/Rat
great win…didnt give up, didnt melt down…stayed in it and took what they could get
stayed up way too late to watch the end but it was worth it…even if i am feeling it today
Cecil really stepped up, and Shildt made the call…which i am sure he will be given kudos for though i can only imagine the hate MM woudl have gotten regardless if it worked or not
Keep it up Cecil
it’s been af ew week coming but i am little concerned about Hicks…i dont think he shoudl eb the 8th inning guy for sure any more…we haev too many option to just hand it to him…he has been giving up runs and inherited runners a bit too much for my liking for a8th inning no doubter guy
i think he’s gonna be great…but with the options in the pen right now im not sure he shoudl be written in pen for the 8th…
That is not necessarily a 1+! = 2 scenario… we will never know what MM would have done with all the changes trades, and injuries that Shildt walked into
the team is better…no doubt…but with so many other factors happening at the same time we cant definitively say anything…which is unfortunate for those haters as it would have been so easy to have real proof
the team seems like it needed a change, it will remain to be seen which change or combination is the one that actually worked
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.