St. Louis 2026 Game #21 thread – Sunday, April 19 at Houston Astros

[1toughdominican]

Haha…What’s with the double clutch? I almost had a bad, bad, vision…Hard fought W for 5 in a row.

[1964cards]

It was not pretty, but the Redbirds got it done. Nice to see a five-game win streak. Bring on the Marlins!

[Jnevel]

Expect 2 innings out of the pen from Fernandez tomorrow due to fatigue from everyone else. Hopefully we score a lot!

13-8 is a pretty darn good start. Lots of close games, great record in extra innings, and quite a few comebacks thus far.

[1toughdominican]

Th Cardinals and the Cubbies with the two longest W streaks in the Big Leagues at 5. The Mets have now placed 11 consecutive games in the wrong column. Baseball’s fun today!

[KeepComingBack]

Today’s game I had that old feeling in my gut when I really cared. Not fun. Not exiting. Just cared.

[Gagliano]

Whew! May needs to pitch very deep tomorrow.

jnevel–

Could be Svanson for the two instead of Fernandez! 🙂

[gscottar]

The NLC is not for the faint of heart so far.

1. Reds: 14-8
2. Cardinals: 13-8
3. Pirates: 13-9
4. Cubs: 12-9
5. Brewers: 12-9

[PugsleyAddams]

Din-Din of The Day honors go to the esteemed Osuagec, with a tip of the cap to Rat, Scotty, Cardinal in France, Gags and TD for some mighty tasty competition for the award. Here’s Osuagec’s winning entry:

-Succulent steak on the Blackstone
-Roasted potatoes
-Homemade blueberry banana bread

Player of The Game goes to O’Brien, with a tip of the cap extended in Libby and Masyn’s direction.

[blingboy]

Was the double clutch waiting for Wetherholt to get to the bag?

[1toughdominican]

I think so, Bling, but the play seemed to take an eternity to complete and had me desperately reaching for a defibrillator…I wish he’d just tossed it across the IF to 1B for the final out. Altuve can still run.

[1982 willie]

Didnt get to watch today. Had to coach my game today. Nice sweep of the strohs. They are pretty horrible. Even altuve is terrible now. But a sweep is a sweep.

[1toughdominican]

There’s still a ways to go in April, but if the kiddos keep playing like this, the first month of the ’26 season will be a fun one. I get sucked in real easy…I also have to say that with both the Cardinals and the Reds with a negative -8 run differnetial and sitting at 1st and 2nd place atop the NLC, I nominate none other than the little whiz-kid and Francona for manager of the month…Haha! I’ve never done THAT before.

[1toughdominican]

Altuve had 3 hits, an RBI and a run scored today, Willie. The HOF 2B’man continues to be a genuine pain in the backside. He can still play. And it’s also my guess that even though the Astros are scuffling at present, they’ll be right in the thick of things in the ALC come Sept. They’re still a vey good baseball team when the majority of their players are up to speed.

[blingboy]

The narrative might yet be saved, depending on how things go through the dog days.

[PugsleyAddams]

*Dog Days – July 3 – August 11.

[1toughdominican]

One thing’s entirely certain concerning the the dog days…It’ll be hot.

[PugsleyAddams]

Even up here in the frozen tundra, TD. Dog Days are never cold. I wonder if they have real Dog Days up in the Arctic?

[1toughdominican]

O’Riley O’Brien, who worked 1.1 IP’ed today and only allowed a solitary single, still hasn’t allowed an ER in 12.1 IP’ed this season gets credited with the W. He also gets tagged with a BS. The Bogsider from Derry took on a bit of a schizo sort of personality today. I like him anyway. He was effective. The WP hurt, but all’s well that ends well.

[1982 willie]

1tough if altuve had 3 hits im surprised we won. He stands 6 feet off tbe plate. If you just throuw a fast anywhere on outer half plate be couldnt touch it unless he changed that today.

[1toughdominican]

Haha!…I’m not going up there to find out, Pugs. I hate winter almost as much as I hate shoveling snow.

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