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May 30, 2023 at 7:10 pm #222829
Donovan has recently been using the opposite field. Dang good sign for him.
May 30, 2023 at 7:21 pm #222831These KC pitchers are darn near impossible to score on. Do they ever give up any runs?
May 30, 2023 at 7:39 pm #222832Donovan guns down a runner at the plate. Contreras caught the throw too far up the 1B line (always better to let the ball travel) but was able to spin around and make the tag.
May 30, 2023 at 7:57 pm #222833Good job Burly
May 30, 2023 at 7:58 pm #222834Runner on 3B, no outs, and still no runs.
May 30, 2023 at 8:20 pm #222839Cards break through and get a run. Arenado doubles in Goldy.
May 30, 2023 at 8:20 pm #222840Arenado kept that one fair, Goldy scores!
K hat-trick for Contreras, who owns a -33 ops+ over the last 7 days. Nothing + about thatMay 30, 2023 at 8:31 pm #222841Thank goodness for Mikolas as the one pitcher we can count on at all.
May 30, 2023 at 8:36 pm #222842Mikolas is really sharp tonight. He’s at 102 pitches after 8 shutout innings.
May 30, 2023 at 9:06 pm #222843And he gets a well deserved Win.
May 30, 2023 at 9:07 pm #222844Whew! Mikolas almost needed to give us all 9 tonight.
May 30, 2023 at 9:11 pm #222847Great outing by Mikolas. He has really turned things around. Great to see!
May 30, 2023 at 9:14 pm #222848I am glad we squeaked this one out but I am still not comfortable with our 9th inning options on the mound. We have some good setup guys but not a closer.
Regardless, the team goes into the mini break off of a victory which is nice. If a team ever needed two days off it is this one.
May 30, 2023 at 9:50 pm #222850Pick up a game in the standings, but still looking up at everyone in the NLC. The Reds are now the best NLC team in the last 10 games at 6-4. The entire division looks like a log jam composed of warped scraps of lumber.
May 30, 2023 at 10:07 pm #222851After 16 consecutive IP’ed with no runs allowed, Mikolas now has his season ERA down to within 1/100th of a pct. pt. of his career 3.74 ERA.
May 30, 2023 at 10:09 pm #222853It’s a good thing the Cards made the decision to move Mikolas up into Matz’ spot in the rotation. Otherwise, it’s likely we’d have been swept by the Royals.
I hope 2 days rest does our offense and bullpen well.
May 30, 2023 at 10:17 pm #222856Almost has to help the BP, Jnevel, but I don’t know about the bats. I hope it’ll help and even though they’ve been quiet for a few games, the Cardinals are 3rd in the NL in runs scored, so we can’t complain too much about the offense.
May 30, 2023 at 10:20 pm #222857The Edman SB where he almost got picked off turns out to be a game winner. Also, he scored on a not-so-deep SF. Speed was the enabling factor in getting that insurance run.
May 30, 2023 at 10:27 pm #2228581td & jnevel, interesting topic on rest helping or not helping the offense. If you’re slumping, it probably helps to clear the mind.
On the other side, the last couple years I’ve gotten so frustrated at the Cards for resting many of the players too much after clinching a wildcard spot. I’ve read quite a few MLBers say that hitters don’t like a lot of rest like that, i.e., they need to see live, actual pitching to stay sharp. Of course that’s a different context than the 2 days were talking about here.
May 30, 2023 at 10:28 pm #222859When Eddie gets on, Eddie scores.
May 30, 2023 at 10:35 pm #222861I agree, Euro, I’m more than reasonably certain that when a guy’s seeing it well, waiting to step back into the box for more action is just as grueling as waiting on his lady to get dolled up for some fun…
May 30, 2023 at 10:44 pm #222863Two days off should allow us to skip a starter or two.
Maybe Matz is bullpenned with Liberatore taking over?
May 30, 2023 at 10:47 pm #222864Well, I was wrong. DeJong and Yepez didn’t go 1-8. What where they, 0-6?
May 30, 2023 at 10:51 pm #222865I’m not sure if Liberatore’s the answer, ZTR, but I don’t see how they could think they can afford to let Matz take a turn for a while. It’s not unlike striking the colors before a game begins. He gives them no chance.
May 30, 2023 at 11:05 pm #222866Gorman with his first RBI in quite a few games and not only was it a big one, but it came on the sac-fly to score Edman while facing Chapman which is no easy accomplishment. Aroldis has held LH hitters to a .135 BA. And that’s for his career…
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