Cards vs. Pirates

Finally, we swept a team! The seaosn is starting to turn around.

May 22, 2007
Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 9
Winning pitcher - Adam Wainwright (4-3)
HR: Chris Duncan (8)

Duncan is leading the team with eight home runs. Pujols is, well, I don't know.

May 23, 2007
Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 5
Winning pitcher - Kip Wells (2-8)
SV - Jason Isringhausen (11)
HR: Chris Duncan (9), David Eckstein (1), Jim Edmonds (2)

Kip Wells has more than one win now. This is good news of Wells is starting to find his stuff.

May 24, 2007
Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 3
Winning pitcher - Braden Looper (6-3)
SV - Jason Isringhausen (12)

Yadier Molina has a 15 game hitting streak going on and is batting .304.

Milestone watch:
Adam Kennedy needs 12 11 hits for 1,000 career hits.
Scott Rolen needs 20 16 hits for 1,500 career hits.
Jim Edmonds needs 33 31 hits for 1,000 hits as a Cardinal.
Jason Isringhausen needs 19 18 saves for 278 saves to tie Todd Jones for 23rd on the all-time list.

Cards vs. Tigers

Interleague play is amongst us.

May 18, 2007
St. Louis 4, Detroit 14
Losing pitcher - Braden Looper (5-3)
HR: Albert Pujols (7)

May 19, 2007
St. Louis 7, Detroit 8
Losing pitcher - Anthony Reyes (0-7)

Reyes needs to work on his mechanics or something because he used to be the top prospect in the organization.

May 20, 2007
St. Louis 3, Detroit 6
Losing pitcher - Brad Thompson (2-1)
HR: Chris Duncan (7)

Milestone watch:
Adam Kennedy needs 13 12 hits for 1,000 career hits.
Scott Rolen needs 20 hits for 1,500 career hits.
Jim Edmonds needs 35 33 hits for 1,000 hits as a Cardinal.
Jason Isringhausen needs 19 saves for 278 saves to tie Todd Jones for 23rd on the all-time list.

Cards vs. Dodgers

May 14, 2007
St. Louis 8, Los Angeles 4
Winning pitcher - Brad Thompson (2-0)
SV - Jason Isringhausen (10)
HR: Chris Duncan (6)

That game was the 9,000th franchise win.

May 15, 2007
St. Louis 7, Los Angeles 9
Losing pitcher - Adam Wainwright (3-3)

May 16, 2007
St. Louis 4, Los Angeles 5
Losing pitcher - Kip Wells (1-8)

Milestone watch:
Adam Kennedy needs 16 13 hits for 1,000 career hits.
Scott Rolen needs 24 20 hits for 1,500 career hits.
Jim Edmonds needs 37 35 hits for 1,000 hits as a Cardinal.
Jason Isringhausen needs 18 17 saves for 276 saves to tie Todd Jones for 23rd on the all-time list.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 1 win shy of 9,000 franchise wins during the regular season.

I know I'm behind

I'll be completely caught up by Wednesday.

Cards vs. Padres

May 11, 2007
St. Louis 0, San Diego 7
Losing pitcher - Kip Wells (1-7)

I am starting to become concerned with Kip Wells. He's struggling as bad as Mike Pelfrey of the Mets, except that Wells has only one win.

May 12, 2007
St. Louis 5, San Diego 0
Winning pitcher - Braden Looper (5-2)

Looper has been impressive. I cannot say that enough.

May 13, 2007
St. Louis 0, San Diego 3
Losing pitcher - Anthony Reyes (0-6)

Milestone watch:
Adam Kennedy needs 18 17 16 hits for 1,000 career hits.
Scott Rolen needs 1 stolen base for 100 career stolen bases.
Scott Rolen needs 26 25 24 hits for 1,500 career hits.
Jim Edmonds needs 39 37 hits for 1,000 hits as a Cardinal.
Jason Isringhausen needs 18 saves for 276 saves to tie Todd Jones for 23rd on the all-time list.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 1 win shy of 9,000 franchise wins during the regular season.

Cards vs. Rockies

The sad news is that Chris Carpenter is out for another three months. Ryan Ludwick was called up with Preston Wilson going on the DL.

May 7, 2007
Colorado 3, St. Louis 2
Losing pitcher - Brian Falkenborg (0-1)

May 8, 2007
Colorado 1, St. Louis 4
Winning pitcher - Kelvin Jimenez (1-0)
SV - Jason Isringhausen (9)

May 9, 2007
Colorado 2, St. Louis 9
Winning pitcher - Adam Wainwright (3-2)

Milestone watch:
Adam Kennedy needs 20 19 18 hits for 1,000 career hits.
Scott Rolen needs 1 stolen base for 100 career stolen bases.
Scott Rolen needs 27 26 hits for 1,500 career hits.
Jim Edmonds needs 43 40 39 hits for 1,000 hits as a Cardinal.
Jason Isringhausen needs 18 saves for 276 saves to tie Todd Jones for 23rd on the all-time list.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 4 3 2 wins shy of 9,000 franchise wins during the regular season.

Veteran Cardinal Jim Edmonds spoke recently saying he was unaware of Hancock's issues.

Monday's notes:

Colorado Rockies @ St. Louis Cardinals
Busch Stadium (outdoor) 8:10 p.m. ET (partly cloudy, high of 83 degrees)
Jeff Francis, LHP (1-4) versus Anthony Reyes, RHP (0-5)

Notable Injuries: Preston Wilson, OF (knee, DL)

Game Story: Francis has been getting bombed by pretty much every team he has faced, but it's not as bad as it looks. Atlanta, San Francisco and San Diego are tough offenses for a left-hander. The Cardinals have a .593 OPS against lefties, 29th in the majors. Part of that is almost assuredly a small sample size, but it's still Neifi Perez bad. Francis might not look pretty doing it, but a quality start is well within his reach Monday. Reyes has been mediocre, but hasn't looked bad in facing good offenses in three straight starts (Milwaukee, Chicago twice). He too can notch a quality start against a subpar offense.

Wednesday notes, yea, I'm slacking...

Colorado Rockies @ St. Louis Cardinals
Busch Stadium (outdoor) 1:10 p.m. ET (50 percent chance of rain, high of 81 degrees)
Jason Hirsh, RHP (2-2) versus Adam Wainwright, RHP (2-2)

Notable Injuries: Willy Taveras, OF (groin, day-to-day)

Game Story: You can make a living spot starting average pitchers against below-average teams, and Hirsh is the perfect proof. While his peripherals don't support his 3.82 ERA and 1.27 WHIP, four of his starts have been against poor offenses. The Cardinals will be No. 5; they have the fewest runs scored in the majors. Chris Duncan (five HRs, .927 OPS) is the best player on the team right now, and he's available in 64.2 percent of ESPN leagues. Wainwright is struggling, but it is always nice to face Colorado away from Coors. Wainwright's line may not look pretty, but it should result in a quality start, though do make note of Troy Tulowitzki's current nine-game hitting streak.

Cards vs. Astros

Due to graduation and the Kentucky Derby festivities, I got behind. I'll get back up to date tomorrow at the latest.

May 4, 2007
Houston 2, St. Louis 3
Winning pitcher - Adam Wainwright (2-2)
SV - Jason Isringhausen (7)

It was so nice to see a win again, especially on Graduation Day.

May 5, 2007
Houston 13, St. Louis 0
Losing pitcher - Kip Wells (1-6)

Uh, Kip Wells? I want to give this guy a chance in the rotation but I think we can do better than Kip Wells.

May 6, 2007
Houston 1, St. Louis 3
Winning pitcher - Braden Looper (4-2)
SV - Jason Isringhausen (8)

Another nice win...now why did I have them on the fantasy team bench?

Milestone watch:
Adam Kennedy needs 23 20 hits for 1,000 career hits.
Scott Rolen needs 1 stolen base for 100 career stolen bases.
Scott Rolen needs 27 hits for 1,500 career hits.
Jim Edmonds needs 43 hits for 1,000 hits as a Cardinal.
Jason Isringhausen needs 1 save for 256 saves to tie Todd Worrell for 24th on the all-time list.
Jason Isringhausen needs 18 17 saves for 274 saves to tie Todd Jones for 23rd on the all-time list.
The St. Louis Cardinals are 6 4 wins shy of 9,000 franchise wins during the regular season.