St. Louis Cardinal Dynasty (The Show 09-PS2)

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Quote: Originally Posted by marino13882

While the Phillies may be struggling they are a damn tough team, good luck against them.

Yeah, I'd say.

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Ramirez Homers In 5th Straight In Cards Victory

Manny Ramirez is officially on fire.

Manny would hit his 10th homerun of the season and 6th in the last 5 games in a 6-2 victory over the Pirates, who fell to 10-18 after the loss. Manny was 3-5 with another double in addition to the homer.

The Cards 3-6 batters would go 10-18 on the afternoon driving in 5 of the Cards 6 runs.

Troy Glaus drove in a pair of runs while going 2-4 on the afternoon with a double to his credit. Rick Ankiel (3-4) and Albert Pujols (2-5) would also each drive in a run.

Todd Wellemeyer would pick up his third win on the season hurling 7 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 8 hits while fanning 5.

The Pirates would hit 6 doubles in the loss, two of them coming off the bat of Jack Wilson (2-4).

Zack Duke was shelled this afternoon for 10 hits and 4 earned runs in 5 innings while fanning 3, bringing his ERA to 6.14 to go along with his dreadful 0-5 record.

PIT 2-9-1
STL 6-16-0
WP: Wellemeyer 3-1
LP: Duke 0-5

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Cards Sweep 2-Game Set With Pirates; Move Into First Place

He may not have homered for the first time in 6 games, but that didn't stop Manny Ramirez from playing a pivotal part in a 5-2 victory over the Pirates this afternoon at Busch.

The game was 0-0 till the 8th inning when Ryan Doumit would hit a 2-run double off Adam Wainwright who was solid going 7 2/3 innings, striking out 11 Pirates while still giving up 10 hits and 2 earned runs.

The heat was on St. Louis to come up with something late and it would be a 5-run, two-out rally in the bottom of the 8th that would burst the dam, sending the Cards to an important victory that would put them in 1st place, one game ahead of the Houston Astros.

Manny Ramirez (2-4) would hit a two-run, bases loaded single while Jason LaRue (2-4) would also drive in a pair of runs in the 8th pushing the Cards to victory despite giving days off to Albert Pujols, Ryan Ludwick, Rick Ankiel, and Skip Schumaker.

Tom Gorzelanny tossed a solid 7 2/3 innings, surrendering 2 earned runs on 7 hits, striking out 4 while Nyjer Morgan would go 4-5.

The Pirates have fallen to 10-19, while St. Louis has moved to 17-14 with the win.

PIT 2-12-1
STL 5-10-0
WP: McClellan 4-1
LP: Hansen 0-1
S: Perez 8

[BZito75]

ive noticed manny is the type of guy to go on absolute tears in this game... and pairing him with pujols is flat out ruthless. great season keep it up

[Sacrafice]

I didn't see your line up do you have Manny after Albert? Man yeah what the guy above said... That is sick.. You can't walk Albert 2 times a game anymore. You are forced to pitch to the best pure hitter in the game or you are forced to pitch to one of the best hitters in the game with at lease 1 man on! Damned if you do, damned if you don't! Can't wait to see what you do moves wise and what kind of pitching staff you can work up down the line.

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Carpenter's Struggles Continue; Reds Roll 11-5

It's hard to believe that just a few weeks ago Chris Carpenter's ERA stood at 1.93. The Cards Ace was rocked again tonight as the Reds pounded him for 9 hits in 5 1/3 innings, along with 4 earned runs to go along with his 6 strikeouts leaving his ERA at 5.12.

The Cards bullpen was worse as Miller, McClellan, and Flores would allow a combined 7 hits and 5 runs in just 2 2/3 innings.

"The pitching just wasn't there tonight. Chris struggles are frustrating. He is a guy who we count on for wins and the opposition is just locking in on him from the get. We will be working with him to get him back on course," commented LaRussa whose Cards fell into second place with the loss.

Ramon Hernandez lit up the Cards tonight going 4-4 with a triple, a homerun, 3 RBI's and scoring 3 runs while Jay Bruce (2-5) would also homer while driving in 3 runs.

In addition to going 2-3 at the plate with a RBI double, Micah Owings would throw 6 solid innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits, while walking 1 and fanning 4.

The two teams would combine for 6 errors in the contest.

STL 5-10-2
CIN 11-16-4
WP: Owings 1-1
LP: Carpenter 0-2

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Cards Stats Through 32 Games
Standings Below

Typical Batting Order For Those Who Are Curious

Schumaker .349--0 HR--5 RBI
Ludwick .314--3 HR--15 RBI
Pujols .364--6 HR--23 RBI
Ramirez .328--10 HR--25 RBI... 7 HR, 17 RBI's in last 16 Games
Ankiel .362--4 HR--19 RBI
Glaus .375--4 HR--19 RBI
Green .241--3 HR--9 RBI
Molina .255--1 HR--7 RBI

Bench Players
Duncan .396--1 HR--7 RBI in 53 AB's
LaRue .200--0 HR--5 RBI in 45 AB's
Barden .263--0 HR--0 RBI in 19 AB's
Barton .214--0 HR--0 RBI in 14 AB's
Ryan .308--0 HR--2 RBI in 39 AB's

Starting Rotation

Wainwright 1-2 2.96 ERA 45 2/3 IP 42 H 34 K
Carpenter 0-2 5.12 ERA 38 2/3 IP 51 H 32 K
Martinez 2-3 5.66 ERA 35 IP 46 H 26 K
Lohse 4-1 2.84 ERA 38 IP 34 H 28 K
Wellemeyer 3-1 3.60 ERA 35 IP 35 H 31 K

Bullpen

Thompson 1-1 2.84 ERA 25 1/3 IP 23 H 21 K
Franklin 0-1 6.52 ERA 12 1/3 IP 19 H 5 K
Flores 0-0 7.56 ERA 8 1/3 IP 14 H 9 K
Miller 0-1 7.82 ERA 12 2/3 IP 18 H 12 K
McClellan 4-1 5.52 ERA 14 2/3 IP 18 H 10 K
Stacy 0-0 10.80 ERA 5 IP 13 H 2 K

Closer

Perez 1-1 2.70 ERA 13 1/3 IP 12 H 14 K 8 Svs

Standings

NL Central

Hou 16-14
Stl 17-15 1.0
Mil 15-15 2.0
Cin 13-17 3.0
Chi 11-19 5.0
Pit 10-20 6.0

NL East

Atl 17-12
Nym 16-13 1.0
Fla 16-14 1.5
Phi 14-16 3.5
Wsh 12-18 5.5

NL West

Ariz 20-10
SF 16-12 3.0
Col 15-13 4.0
LA 15-15 5.0
SD 15-15 5.0

AL East

TB 24-7 Just won 15 straight!!!!!!!
Tor 19-13 5.5
NYY 18-13 6.0
Bos 12-18 11.5
Balt 11-19 12.5

AL Central

Chi 17-13
Det 16-14 1.0
Clev 16-14 1.0
KC 13-17 4.0
Min 13-17 4.0

AL West

Oak 16-14
Ana 15-15 1.0
Tex 12-18 4.0
Sea 10-20 6.0

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Ok...just got back from work and will be working 32 hours over the next two days...

So...you guys probably won't here from me till Monday.

Hope you enjoyed the stats update cause it was a bitch to do.