Monday, September 03, 2007

Cards vs. Reds

August 31, 2007
Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 8
Winning pitcher - Randy Flores (2-0)
HR: Rick Ankiel (5), Yadier Molina (5)

The home run by Ankiel was his first career grand slam.

Tony La Russa tied Red Schoendienst with the win tonight. Our prayers go out to Juan Encarnacion.

September 1, 2007
Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 11
Winning pitcher - Adam Wainwright (13-9)
HR: Yadier Molina (5)

Tony La Russa passed Schoendienst for first all-time in club history. In other news, this was seen on sports highlight shows following the The Comedy of Errors.

September 2, 2007
Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 3
Winning pitcher - Braden Looper (12-10)
SV - Jason Isringhausen (28)
HR: Rick Ankiel (6)

The Cards took care of business with a sweep of the Reds.

Milestone watch:
Scott Spiezio needs 14 hits for 1,000 career hits--Spiezio is now on the restricted list.
Tony a Russa needs 1 win to tie Red Schoendienst with 1,401 all-time in Cardinal history.
David Eckstein needs 11 runs for 500 career runs.
Jim Edmonds needs 12 hits for 1,800 career hits.
Albert Pujols needs 12 runs for to tie for 10th in club history with 845 Cardinal runs.

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