Cards vs. Giants

May 29, 2009
St. Louis 2, San Francisco 4
Losing pitcher - Joel Pineiro (5-5)

May 30, 2009
St. Louis 6, San Francisco 2
Winning pitcher - Chris Carpenter (3-0)
HR: Albert Pujols (15, 16)

Carp has been red hot this season.

May 31, 2009
St. Louis 3, San Francisco 5
Losing pitcher - Adam Wainwright (5-3)

The Cards are 29-21 on the year.

Cards vs. Brewers

May 25, 2009
St. Louis 0, Milwaukee 1
Losing pitcher - Kyle McClellan (2-2)

May 26, 2009
St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 1
Winning pitcher - Adam Wainwright (5-2)
HR: Nick Stavinoha (1), Colby Rasmus (5), Adam Wainwright (1), Chris Duncan (4)

May 27, 2009
St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 2
Winning pitcher - Todd Wellemeyer (5-4)
SV - Ryan Franklin (12)

The Cards move on to a 28-19 record.

Cards vs. Royals

May 22, 2009
Kansas City 0, St. Louis 5
Winning pitcher - Todd Wellemeyer (4-4)
HR: Tyler Greene (2)

May 23, 2009
Kansas City 0, St. Louis 5
Winning pitcher - Kyle Lohse (4-3)
HR: Skip Schumaker (3)

May 24, 2009
Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2
Losing pitcher - Joel Pineiro (5-4)

The Cards move to 26-18 on the season.

Cards vs. Cubs

It's that time of year again. The Cards took on the Cubs.

May 19, 2009
Chi. Cubs 0, St. Louis 3
Winning pitcher - Joel Pineiro (5-3)
HR: Colby Rasmus (4)

May 20, 2009
Chi. Cubs 1, St. Louis 2
Winning pitcher - Chris Carpenter (2-0)
SV - Ryan Franklin (10)

May 21, 2009
Chi. Cubs 1, St. Louis 3
Winning pitcher - Adam Wainwright (4-2)
SV - Ryan Franklin (11)
HR: Albert Pujols (14), Brian Barden (4)

The Cards sweep the Cubs and move to 24-17 on the year.

Cards vs. Brewers

The game on May 15th was postponed to the following Monday due to weather.

May 16, 2009
Milwaukee 1, St. Louis 0
Losing pitcher - Adam Wainwright (3-2)

May 17, 2009
Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 2
Losing pitcher - Todd Wellemeyer (3-4)

May 18, 2009
Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 4
Losing pitcher - Kyle Lohse (3-3)
HR: Colby Rasmus (3), Skip Schumaker (2)

The Cards lose 3 and move to 21-17 on the season.

Cards vs. Pirates

May 12, 2009
St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 7
Losing pitcher - Todd Wellemeyer (3-3)
HR: Albert Pujols (13)

May 13, 2009
St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 5
Losing pitcher - Joel Pineiro (4-3)
HR: Skip Schumaker (1)

May 14, 2009
St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1
Winning pitcher - Trever Miller (1-0)
HR: Colby Rasmus (2)

The Cards leave the series with a 21-14 record.

Cards vs. Reds

May 8, 2009
St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 6
Losing pitcher - Joel Pineiro (4-2)
HR: Tyler Greene (1)

The home run by Greene was the first career home run.

May 9, 2009
St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 8
Losing pitcher - Kyle Lohse (3-2)
HR: Ryan Ludwick (8)

May 10, 2009
St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 7
Winning pitcher - Ryan Franklin (1-0)
SV - Chris Perez (1)

The Cards hold on to leave the series with a 20-12 record on the season. At the end of the night, St. Louis holds on to first place in the NL Central by 2 games.

Albert Pujols currently leads the NL in home runs (12) and runs batted in (33). His .330 batting average is good enough for 11th place.

Cards vs. Pirates

May 6, 2009
Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 4
Winning pitcher - Kyle McClellan (2-1)
SV - Ryan Franklin (8)
HR: Albert Pujols (11)

May 7, 2009
Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 5
Winning pitcher - Todd Wellemeyer (3-2)
SV - Ryan Franklin (9)
HR: Jason LaRue (1)

The Cards moved to 19-10 on the season.

Cards vs. Phillies

May 4, 2009
Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 1
Losing pitcher - Kyle Lohse (3-1)

May 5, 2009
Philadelphia 10, St. Louis 7
Losing pitcher - Adam Wainwright (3-1)
HR: Ryan Ludwick (7), Yadier Molina (3), Albert Pujols (10)

The Cards moved to 17-10 on the season.

Cards vs. Nationals

April 30, 2009
St. Louis 9, Washington 4
Winning pitcher - Chris Perez (1-1)
HR: Albert Pujols (8)

May 1, 2009
St. Louis 6, Washington 2
Winning pitcher - Todd Wellemeyer (2-2)
HR: Albert Pujols (9), Chris Duncan (3), Ryan Ludwick (6), Joe Thurston (1)

May 2, 2009
St. Louis 1, Washington 6
Losing pitcher - Joel Pineiro (4-1)

Sunday's game ended up being postponed due to the rain and the Cards remain on top the NL Central with a 17-8 record on the season. The Cards are tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the best record in baseball.

Cards vs. Braves

April 27, 2009
St. Louis 3, Atlanta 2
Winning pitcher - Joel Pineiro (4-0)
SV - Ryan Franklin (6)

April 28, 2009
St. Louis 1, Atlanta 2
Losing pitcher - Kyle McClellan (1-1)

April 29, 2009
St. Louis 5, Atlanta 3
Winning pitcher - Adam Wainwright (3-0)
SV - Ryan Franklin (7)

The Cards moved to 15-7 on the season.

Cards vs. Cubs

April 24, 2009
Chi. Cubs 3, St. Louis 4
Winning pitcher - Kyle McClellan (1-0)
SV - Ryan Franklin (5)

April 25, 2009
Chi. Cubs 2, St. Louis 8
Winning pitcher - Mitchell Boggs (1-0)
HR: Albert Pujols (7)

The 7th home run for Pujols was a grand slam, giving him 1,002 RBIs for his career and makes Pujols the 23rd active player to get to the 1,000-RBI mark.

April 26, 2009
Chi. Cubs 10, St. Louis 3
Losing pitcher - Todd Wellemeyer (1-2)
HR: Yadier Molina (2), Rick Ankiel (2)

The Cards moved to 13-6 for the season.