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No activity here yet? Do we know who’s going for the Orioles? McNally? Cuellar? Palmer? Dobson? Flanagan?
I have some things to do today and will probably miss this one. We need to win two of three vs Baltimore as the Giants are coming to Busch this weekend.
Din-din today is a New York Strip steak, some jumbo crinkle cut french fries, a Mt. Dew, and some chocolate ice cream. Then out to mow the yard and do some trimming. Then use the leaf blower and get the leaves out of the garage. Then jog a little. I’ll be wore out but me and Whitey Herdog will still be on the couch late tonight to watch the Phillies and Dodgers from Dodger Stadium.
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Matz is now starting according to the line up posted of
Edman 4
Goldschmidt DH
Arenado 5
Yepez 9
Pujols 3
O’Neill 7
Carlson 8
Knizner 2
Donovan 6Matz on regular rest today would actually makes sense, because tomorrow is the Giants who just blew him up.
Just finished a din-din of spinach and ricotta tortellini and a salad. After a couple of innings I’ll slip off for a bowl of strawberries.
Let’s see some Cardinal offensive fireworks like yesterday. Rah Cardinals!
Unfortunately the enjoyment will be spoiled by motormouth Thompson.
Opponents have feasted this season on the sinking fastball of #STLCards LHP Steven Matz. Of the 5 HRs he has surrendered, 4 have been on his sinker/fastball. Jorge Mateo hit a HR today on a 95.7 mph fastball. Coming into today, opponents have hit .396 off Matz's sinking fastball.
— John Denton (@JohnDenton555) May 12, 2022
O’Neill’s 2nd strikeout today. He seems to be reverting back to his old form, pre 2021. I, like others on here, feel like this is about the norm for him. Hopefully he can turn it around or else he will end up like DeJong.
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Not asleep, at work, its a day game. I thought this lineup would put on a show, but looks like a lot of strike outs instead. Matz sure got hit around.
3-2 Baltimore your unhappy final.
Need to win two of three at home vs the Giants. Then we go to New York to play the Mets. Then shortly after that a three game set with Toronto. Schedule isn’t easy.
And remember, late September we have a six game road trip out west. Three at San Diego and three at Dodger Stadium. But we do finish with six against the Pirates.
r/Esteemed Rat
Well I didn’t like the lineup when I saw it posted. Just got home and missed everything. Like I said, didn’t like lineup. Take out bader who has been getting on base at a decent clip, insert O’Neil who has been struggling. Though you got to get people playing time so I understand. Just can’t stay consistent but that’s baseball. The disappoint thing is losing two out of 3 to the orioles at home. I don’t think the orioles are a terrible team like some, I like their pitching. But we need to be winning series at home.
Tough series loss. Outscore the opponents but lose 2 of 3.
I still think O’Neill is a talent and you have to keep playing him. But something is off with him right now. It looks like he has opened his stance more than last year. Watching him in the ninth inning AB, he had several balls to hit but just could not square anything up.
So he is a bit off. I would go to some clips from last year and see what he was doing then. Seems like a small tweak in his approach and he would get back to mashing.
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