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Although not a spectacular night, C-mart finished strong and showed signs of his old self after the first.
Even with an 8 run lead, I think it’s. important for our bullpen to close out the game strong and pitch like it’s A one run game.
Weather delay. Last nights delay helped our starter. Tonight’s will too. Anyone hear how long it may be?
Thank you pugs for the birthday wish. Hopefully they’ll get this game in so the Cardinals can give me a birthday victory.
It is my birthday today so for a birthday present from the Cardinals, I am asking for a Cardinal victory however many runs it takes..
Go Cardinals.
Like with most great pitchers, the best time to get them is in the first inning. Being aggressive. and swinging. at the first pitch especially In the first inning is key because Kluber will be trying to establish a rhythm early and get that first strike over. This whole working the count to get the pitch count up won’t work with Kluber. It just allows him to get into a groove faster. And he’ll get into a groove but the longer the Cardinals can delay it, the better.
Even when Kluber isn’t on, his line usually reads 7ip. 2 runs. 5 hits 8ks. 2 bb. That’s. an off night for him.
Scattered thunderstorms are predicted for the st.Louis area throughout the evening so if that’s accurate, they might not get this game in. If that’s the case.. With both teams off on Thurs and a night game scheduled for tomorrow, they could play a day night Dh tomorrow. Tomorrow’s weather still calls for rain but mostly in the early morning.
C-Marts last outing was a good old fashion but whooping… and perhaps that’s just what he needed to wake him up and start pitching like he’s capable of. Matched up against one of the top pitchers in the game and facing one of the most potent line-ups, I expect Martinez to be up for the challenge. Runs will be scarce against Kluber especially. as he settles in so whatever scoring opportunity we have early in the game, we need to take advantage of because that 1 run could make the difference later in the game. Also playing in a NL. park may force the hand of francona to ph for Kluber whereas in an AL park, he wouldn’t have to make that decision. I expect tonight’s game to be a good old fashion pitching duel with little hitting and lots of K’s, ultimately decided by a big hit in the later innings. Look for Molina to get that big hit.
Go Cardinals.
Another big win with good pitching and timely 2 out hitting. Players of the Game Gant for his effective outing and Molina for calling the right pitches esp when Gant was a liitle erratic at times to help him through those walks.
I’d like to see Fowler and Wong go the other way more instead of trying to pull the ball..Good things seem to happen when they do.
I would have liked to seen Gant start the 8th and pitched to at least 1 batter so he could have left hearing the cheers and received a standing O from the Cardinal faithful. I know it’s only 1 game but the future looks bright with Flaherty and Gant.
Ya.. the bunt didnt make sense.I can see with first and second to stay out of the double play.
Big 2 out hit by Mo. Gant looking decent,falling behind early but making the pitch when he needs to.. MM may let him go 5 for a chance at the win or even 6 depending on when his spot comes up. Still,any sign of trouble he’ll be pulled.
This game is all about adjustments and which lineup adjust to the others starters the best. This is why I feel Gant wont be in their past 5 or 70-75 pitches. MM will look to change it up to keep Indians hitters guessing.
About 15 minutes til first pitch. I got my Cardinals red on…about to pop open a beer protected by my Cardinal coosie ready to root on my Cardinals to Victory…
Gant can… Gant will…
Go Cardinals.
I think they’ll be 3 Cardinals represented… J-Mart, Micholas, and Hicks. Until he was injured, I would have put Wacha in there as well.
Here’s a question for you old time Cardinal fans of the last 30+ years. In yesterday’s. game, we had 1st and 3rd with one out. .. Bader, who is fast, on first. Yet MM didn’t give the go sign until a batter later on a 1-2 pitch to Carp. Here’s my question given that same scenario 30 years ago with Coleman on first, How long do you think it would’ve taken before Whitey gave Coleman the green light?
First of all a big thank you to the reds for their sweep over the Cubs. Now for tonight’s game against Cleveland. It wont be easy as Cleveland has been playing well of late winning 8 of10. Therefore will need to bring the mo we captured at the end of our last series and feed off the energy of the crowd to gain this victory. Of course getting key outs and timely hitting will help too, ☺. I feel the adjustments we make our 2nd and 3rd time ab will be key. Also the adjustments Gant makes during Cleveland’s. 2nd and 3rd time. Although I don’t see MM giving Cleveland a chance to face Gant a 3rd time. Look for Gant to go 4, maybe 5 depending on the score at the time… then bring in Gombers for 2 or 3 closing it out with Holland (depending), Hicks, and Norris.
Go Cardinals!
A nice win to get a series split. Players of the game for me were Weaver for not getting rattled after a shaky first,and Fowler for his 2 hits and aggressive hustle on the base paths. An all around good game…timely hitting,we scored 5 runs without benefit of a homer, and when we did hit a hr,there were runners on base. Also with a 6 run lead our bullpen was sharp with Mayers,Holland, Cecil and Brebbia.
The last 2 games we showed tremendous heart to get the series split esp after how we lost the first 2 games. Now back home to welcome in Cleveland for 3. For me,the big game will be Tuesday when C-mart takes the mound and how he’ll bounce back. Perhaps that whooping he took Thursday will wake him up and he’ll start pitching like hes capable and not worry about his hair. He’ll be matched up against Kluber so he’ll need to be on his game.Big win. Go Cardinals!
I wish Weaver was given more of a Chance to finish the inning.. either way he pitched a decent game. And the 2nd-5th innings should give him confidence going into his next start. Nice K by Mayers.
