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Cole has been a bit up and down this year but is always a threat. Hopefully Leake can toss a good game and the bats can get going.
I am out of practice. Forgot to post the lineup. But my feelings would not be hurt if others did instead.
Tonight's #STLCards Information
? Mike Leake
⏰ 6:05 PM
? @KMOXSports
? @FSMidwest
? https://t.co/SolhH6aGVX pic.twitter.com/tFcfsw3ij9— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) July 14, 2017
Leake with the reach tips two straight hits and turns one into an infield hit. Wong with a nice play on the other.
Painful to watch a six inning Leake but even more painful watching this team try and hit. Take called third strikes and nothing close to a rally.
Well…that stunk. Realistically the Cards were on the ropes the entire game, and the game ended mercifully before extras at least.
This is at best a third place team in this division. I watch many of the at bats and sit here shaking my head. Long year but at this point I have little reason to believe much will change.
Question for MM…we keep putting in Oh as a closer in close games, why, exactly? I’m not following. Hoping a guy pitches better doesn’t make him pitch better.
Oddity: Trevor Rosenthal's last blown save of 2016 was on Friday, July 15, in #stlcards' first game after the All-Star Break.
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) July 15, 2017
Unfortunately, this game looked like a few we saw before the break. Cards grabbed an early lead, bats went silent after that, and the pen gave up a big inning late for the loss.
In fairness to MM, he has no apparent “good” option, but I get the frustration. When the bottom of the 9th started, you just knew the situation was ripe for what happened. Then when he walked Cutch to get to the lefty Bell, it got even riper I thought. Pick your poison I guess, but the splits didn’t favor Oh at all there, which goes back to my original thought of no good option for MM. It’s just who this team is right now.
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