It's always nice to beat the Mets. Whether it's because you remember the '80s (where's the sports version of VH1's show? Imagine talking about Mets/Cardinals, Hershiser's scoreless streak, the split season strike stuff. Maybe when MLB gets their own channel off the ground we'll see things like this), because there's always something good about beating the "big city", or because you are friends with Met fans, taking down the team from New York puts a spring in your step. (Sorry,
Loge13!)
Last night's game (and, as a side note, it was good to finally see the Redbirds on TV again!) reminded me of that old quote about the owner whose idea of a good season was when his team was up 10 games at Memorial Day and slowly pulled away. The Cards scored early and then, in a reversal of basically their whole season, continued to add on.
I wanted to give the Hero to Chris Duncan for finally showing some pop. You could also give it to Mark Mulder for a scoreless inning (more on him later). But seven innings, 0 ER against a potent offense that has given you fits before? How do you go against
Kyle Lohse? A great performance and hopefully one that sets the tone for the rest of the series.
The Goat is between two 0-4 batters (the only two position players not to get a hit), but since Schumaker did get a walk and score a run,
Brendan Ryan takes the title again.
So Mulder
finally got into a game and showed that, perhaps, the new arm slot hype has some basis. Sure, it was about as low-leverage as innings come, but he didn't give up a run, threw strikes, had good velocity. It'll be interesting to see how he's used in the days and weeks to come and how long his success holds up. If he continues to get people out, do they start to stretch him out some to take over a starting role later in the season?
Looks like Wainwright is
aiming for a mid-July return. Hard to get too excited, though, with the way injuries work with the Cardinals.
And apparently the Cards are looking at Holliday and Fuentes from the Rockies. I wouldn't mind them, especially Holliday. I can't imagine St. Louis will be able to pull it off, though, without damaging the minors, something they need to be careful about doing.
Today's starters: Todd Wellemeyer (
vs. Mets here) against Tony Armas Jr. (
vs. Cardinals here).
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