Moving On: A St. Louis Cardinals Franchise (MLB 12: The Show)

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The Cardinals were on top of the world in October 2011. The team had won the World Series, dispatching the Texas Rangers. But all good things must come to an end, and the Cardinals had an offseason they would rather forget. The team lost one of the best players of all time, as Albert Pujols took his talents to the west coast and signed on with the Angels. Manager Tony La Russa decided to call it quits, leaving the team in the hands of rookie manager Mike Matheny. The Cardinals took the money Pujols left behind and signed Carlos Beltran, while bringing Rafael Furcal back as well. 2011 surprise Lance Berkman would take Albert's spot in the field, moving to first base for the new season. Perhaps the biggest addition for the Cardinals though would be the return of Adam Wainwright, who missed their championship season after undergoing Tommy John Surgery.

With no clear favorite in the NL Central, the Cardinals still have a good chance of returning to the playoffs in 2012, even without Pujols. And as they've proved with their last couple titles, once you get to October, anything can happen.

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Game #1
St. Louis Cardinals vs Miami Marlins

Chris Carpenter (0-0, 0.00) vs Josh Johnson (0-0, 0.00)

St. Louis Cardinals at Miami Marlins
Apr 4, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	7	14	0
Miami (0-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
W: Chris Carpenter (1-0) L: Josh Johnson (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	MIA
STL	6	Berkman homered to left	1	0
STL	7	Berkman singled to right, Furcal scored	2	0
STL	7	Freese homered to left-center, Beltran and Berkman scored	5	0
STL	8	Beltran homered to right, M. Carpenter scored	7	0

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	5	1	1	0	0	2	.200
Carlos Beltran, RF	5	2	3	2	0	1	.600
Matt Holliday, LF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Lance Berkman, 1B	5	2	2	2	0	1	.400
David Freese, 3B	3	1	3	3	2	0	1.000
Yadier Molina, C	3	0	2	0	1	0	.667
Tony Cruz, C	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
John Jay, CF	5	0	2	0	0	3	.400
Skip Schumaker, 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Chris Carpenter, P	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Matt Carpenter	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
TOTALS	41	7	14	7	3	13
BATTING 2B: Freese (1) HR: Beltran (1), Berkman (1), Freese (1) RBI: Beltran 2 (2), Berkman 2 (2), Freese 3 (3)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Chris Carpenter (W, 1-0)	7.0	2	0	0	1	6	0.00
Mitchell Boggs	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0.00
Kyle McClellan	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00

Miami Marlins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Jose Reyes, SS	3	0	2	0	0	0	.667
Chris Coghlan, CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
Hanley Ramirez, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Giancarlo Stanton, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Logan Morrison, LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gaby Sanchez, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Omar Infante, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
John Buck, C	3	0	1	0	0	2	.333
Josh Johnson, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Emilio Bonifacio	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Donnie Murphy, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	31	0	4	0	1	11
BATTING 2B: Coghlan (1) HBP: Reyes

Miami Marlins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Josh Johnson (L, 0-1)	5.1	6	1	1	3	6	1.69
Steve Cishek	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
Ryan Webb	0.1	3	3	3	0	1	81.00
Sandy Rosario	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	13.50
Edward Mujica	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	18.00
Randy Choate	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.00

Beltran had a big game in his Cardinals debut


Freese's home run turned the game into a blowout


Carpenter was filthy through seven innings


Up Next: The Cardinals travel to Milwaukee for a 3-game series with the Brewers. Adam Wainwright faces Zack Greinke in the opener.

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Game #2

St. Louis Cardinals (1-0) vs Milwaukee Brewers (0-0)

Adam Wainwright (0-0, 0.00) vs Zack Greinke (0-0, 0.00)

Cardinals at Brewers |
Apr 6, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
St. Louis (1-0)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2 0	4	10	0
Milwaukee (0-0)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 1	5	11	0
W: Francisco Rodriguez (1-0) L: Jake Westbrook (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	MIL
MIL	2	LuCroy singled to center, Hart scored	0	1
MIL	3	Ramirez singled to left, Izturis scored	0	2
STL	5	Holliday singled to pitcher, Wainwright scored	1	2
STL	6	Schumaker doubled to right, Freese scored	2	2
STL	10	Freese homered to left, Berkman scored	4	2
MIL	10	Braun singled to left, Gomez and Morgan scored	4	4
MIL	11	LuCroy singled to right, Hart scored	4	5

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	5	0	1	0	1	2	0	.200
Carlos Beltran, RF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400
Matt Holliday, LF	5	0	1	1	0	3	0	.100
Lance Berkman, 1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.300
David Freese, 3B	4	2	3	2	1	0	1	.857
Yadier Molina, C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
John Jay, CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200
Skip Schumaker, 2B	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	.100
Adam Wainwright, P	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Daniel Descalso	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Shane Robinson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
TEAM TOTALS	43	4	10	3	3	9	1
BATTING: 2B: Schumaker (1) HR: Freese (2) RBI: Holliday (1), Freese 2 (5), Schumaker (1)

Milwaukee Brewers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Nyjer Morgan, CF	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	.600
Cesar Izturis, SS	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	.250
Ryan Braun, LF	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	.500
Aramis Ramirez, 3B	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.400
Corey Hart, RF	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	.000
Rickie Weeks, 2B	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Travis Ishikawa, 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200
Johnathon LuCroy, C	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	.400
Zack Greinke, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Taylor Green	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Norichika Aoki	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	38	5	11	5	6	6	0
BATTING: 2B: Morgan (1) RBI: Braun 2 (2), Ramirez (1), LuCroy 2 (2) GIDP: Ramirez, Izturis
BASERUNNING: SB: Morgan (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Adam Wainwright	7.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	2.57
Mark Rzepczynski	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fernando Salas	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Jason Motte (BS, 1)	1.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	18.00
Jake Westbrook (L, 0-1)	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	27.00

Milwaukee Brewers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Zack Greinke	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	3.00
Kameron Loe	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Tim Dillard	2.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	6.75
Vinnie Chulk	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Francisco Rodriguez (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Ramirez robs Beltran of a double in the 1st inning

Greinke was in control for the Brewers, but ran out of gas after 6 innings

The Brewers tied the game in the 10th on a very close play

Up Next: The second game of the series will feature Kyle Lohse against Yovani Gallardo

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Game #3

St. Louis Cardinals (1-1) vs Milwaukee Brewers (1-0)
Kyle Lohse (0-0, 0.00) vs Yovani Gallardo (0-0, 0.00)

St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers
Apr 7, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (1-1)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0
Milwaukee (1-0)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
W: Kyle Lohse (1-0) L: Yovani Gallardo (0-1) S: Fernando Salas (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	MIL
STL	1	Holliday singled to center, Beltran scored	1	0
STL	2	Lohse sac fly to right, Jay scored	2	0
MIL	4	Ramirez homered to left	2	1
STL	8	Schumaker grounded out to third, Freese scored	3	1

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	5	0	1	0	0	2	.200
Carlos Beltran, RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.333
Matt Holliday, LF	5	0	1	1	0	1	.133
Lance Berkman, 1B	5	0	2	0	0	1	.333
David Freese, 3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.700
Yadier Molina, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
John Jay, CF	4	1	3	0	0	0	.357
Skip Schumaker, 2B	4	0	0	1	0	1	.071
Kyle Lohse, P	1	0	1	1	1	0	1.000
Daniel Descalso	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
TOTALS	37	3	11	3	2	8
BATTING 2B: Holliday (1), Jay (1) 3B: Jay (1) RBI: Lohse (1), Holliday (2), Schumaker (2) SF: Lohse

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Kyle Lohse (W, 1-0)	7.0	3	1	1	1	4	1.29
Mitchell Boggs (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0.00
J.C. Romero (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Fernando Salas (S, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.00

Milwaukee Brewers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Nyjer Morgan, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Cesar Izturis, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
Ryan Braun, LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.500
Aramis Ramirez, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.333
Corey Hart, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.143
Rickie Weeks, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brooks Conrad, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Travis Ishikawa, 1B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.143
Jonathan Lucroy, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Yovani, Gallardo, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Taylor Green	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TOTALS	31	1	5	1	2	7
BATTING 2B: Braun (1) HR: Ramirez (1) RBI: Ramirez (2) GIDP: Ramirez

Milwaukee Brewers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Yovani Gallardo (L, 0-1)	5.1	8	2	2	1	6	3.38
Jose Veras	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0.00
Vinnie Chulk	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	3.86
Kameron Loe	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00

Jay was a home run away from the cycle


Roenicke was left frustrated as Lohse dominated the Brewers


Salas picked up the save, with Motte unavailable

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Game #4:

St. Louis Cardinals (2-1) vs Milwaukee Brewers (1-1)
Jaime Garcia (0-0, 0.00) vs Shaun Marcum (0-0, 0.00)

St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers
Apr 8, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (2-1)	0	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	14	1
Milwaukee (1-1)	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	6	11	1
W: Jaime Garcia (1-0) L: Shaun Marcum (0-1) S: Jason Motte (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	MIL
MIL	1	Braun homered to center	0	1
STL	2	Descalso ground into double-play, Jay scored	1	1
STL	2	Garcia singled to right, Molina scored	2	1
STL	3	Berkman homered to center, Beltran scored	4	1
STL	3	Schumaker singled to center, Jay scored	5	1
STL	3	Furcal singled to right, Schumaker and Descalso scored	7	1
STL	4	Berkman homered to left	8	1
MIL	6	Lucroy doubled to left, Weeks scored	8	2
MIL	6	Ishikawa doubled to right, Lucroy scored	8	3
STL	7	Craig singled to left, Jay scored	9	3
MIL	7	Gomez scored on Carpenter throwing error	9	4
MIL	7	Ramirez singled to left, Izturis scored	9	5
MIL	7	Hart doubled to left, Braun scored	9	6

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	3	0	1	2	1	1	.222
Matt Carpenter, SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Carlos Beltran, RF	4	1	3	0	0	0	.421
Matt Holliday, LF	5	0	0	0	0	3	.100
Lance Berkman, 1B	5	2	2	3	0	0	.350
John Jay, CF	4	2	1	0	1	0	.333
Yadier Molina, C	3	1	1	0	2	1	.267
Skip Schumaker, 2B	5	2	2	1	0	1	.158
Daniel Descalso, 3B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.429
Jaime Garcia, P	2	0	1	1	1	0	.500
Allen Craig	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
Shane Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
TOTALS	40	9	14	8	5	7
BATTING 2B: Beltran (1), Molina (1) HR: Berkman 2 (3) RBI: Garcia (1), Furcal 2 (2), Berkman 3 (5), Craig (1), Schumaker (3) HBP: Beltran GIDP: Descalso
BASERUNNING SB: Beltran (1), Jay 2 (2)
FIELDING E: Carpenter (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jaime Garcia (W, 1-0)	6.0	7	3	3	2	5	4.50
Kyle McClellan	0.0	4	3	2	0	0	18.00
Mitchell Boggs (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
J.C. Romero (H, 2)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Fernando Salas (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jason Motte (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9.00

Milwaukee Brewers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Carlos Gomez, CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	.400
Cesar Izturis, SS	4	1	1	0	1	1	.250
Ryan Braun, LF	5	2	1	1	0	0	.385
Aramis Ramirez, 3B	5	0	2	1	0	0	.357
Corey Hart, RF	5	0	1	1	0	3	.167
Rickie Weeks, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	1	.000
Jonathan Lucroy, C	4	1	2	1	0	1	.333
Travis Ishikawa, 1B	4	0	2	1	0	1	.273
Manny Parra, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brooks Conrad	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Taylor Green	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
George Kottaras, C	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	39	6	11	5	2	8
BATTING 2B: Hart (1), Lucroy 2 (2), Ishikawa (1) HR: Braun (1) RBI: Braun (3), Ramirez (3), Hart (1), Lucroy (3), Ishikawa (1)
BASERUNNING SB: Gomez (1)
FIELDING E: Marcum (1)

Milwaukee Brewers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Shaun Marcum (L, 0-1)	2.2	7	7	5	3	3	16.88
Manny Parra	2.1	2	1	1	0	2	3.86
Tim Dillard	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	6.00
Francisco Rodriguez	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
John Axford	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	9.00
Jose Veras	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kameron Loe	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Braun got the Brewers off to a good start with a solo home run in the first


Marcum was ineffective, giving up 7 earned runs in 2.2 innings


Berkman homered from both sides of the plate

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Game #5

St. Louis Cardinals (3-1) vs Cincinnati Reds (2-1)
Lance Lynn (0-0, 0.00) vs Mike Leake (0-0, 0.00)

St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
Apr 9, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (3-1)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0
Cincinnati (2-1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	9	2
W: Jose Arredondo (1-0) L: Mitchell Boggs (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	CIN
CIN	1	Votto doubled to right, Valdez scored	0	1
STL	2	Schumaker singled to left, Cruz scored. Jay scored on fielding error by Heisey	2	1
CIN	7	Cairo singled to center, Rolen and Hanigan scored	2	3
CIN	7	Phillips doubled to left-center, Stubbs and Cairo scored	2	5
CIN	7	Votto grounded to short, Phillips scored	2	6
STL	9	Craig homered to left	3	6

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.238
Carlos Beltran, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.348
Lance Berkman, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.304
Allen Craig, LF	4	1	1	1	0	2	.400
David Freese, 3B	3	1	0	0	1	1	.538
Tony Cruz, C	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000
John Jay, CF	3	1	0	0	0	0	.286
Shane Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Skip Schumaker, 2B	3	0	1	1	0	1	.182
Lance Lynn, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	28	3	3	2	3	9
BATTING HR: Craig (1) RBI: Craig (2), Schumaker (4) HBP: Furcal GIDP: Beltran, Berkman, Jay
BASERUNNING SB: Freese (1)
FIELDING PB: Cruz (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Lance Lynn	6.0	3	1	1	3	5	1.50
Mitchell Boggs (L, 0-1)	0.0	5	5	5	0	0	22.50
Kyle McClellan	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	9.00
Jake Westbrook	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	6.75

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Brandon Phillips, 2B	3	1	1	2	1	0	.294
Wilson Valdez, SS	3	1	0	0	1	1	.417
Joey Votto, 1B	3	0	1	2	1	0	.273
Chris Heisey, LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.154
Jay Bruce, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.313
Scott Rolen, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.200
Ryan Hanigan, C	4	1	1	0	0	2	.308
Drew Stubbs, CF	4	1	2	0	0	2	.267
Mike Leake, P	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500
Miguel Cairo	1	1	1	2	0	0	.125
TOTALS	32	6	9	6	3	9
BATTING 2B: Leake (1), Phillips (1), Votto (2) RBI: Phillips 2 (5), Votto 2 (3), Cairo 2 (2) GIDP: Heisey
FIELDING E: Rolen (1), Heisey (1)

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mike Leake	6.1	2	2	0	3	8	0.00
Jose Arredondo (W, 1-0)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Aroldis Chapman	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	7.71

Votto was erased on a double-play in the 3rd inning


Leake dominated the Cardinals, giving up only 2 hits


Boggs gave up 5 earned runs without recording an out

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Game #6

St. Louis Cardinals (3-2) vs Cincinnati Reds (3-1)
Chris Carpenter (1-0, 0.00) vs Homer Bailey (0-0, 0.00)

St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
Apr 10, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (3-2)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	5	0
Cincinnati (3-1)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	X	5	10	0
W: J.J. Hoover (2-0) L: Chris Carpenter (1-1) S: Sean Marshall (2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	CIN
CIN	1	Votto doubled to left-center, Valdez scored	0	1
STL	3	Jay grounded to short, Schumaker scored	1	1
CIN	3	Valdez doubled to left, Phillips scored	1	2
STL	7	Carpenter homered to center, Freese scored	3	2
CIN	8	Heisey homered to left, Phillips and Valdez scored	3	5
STL	9	Molina homered to left	4	5

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
John Jay, CF	4	0	0	1	0	1	.240
Carlos Beltran, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.296
Matt Holliday, LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.083
David Freese, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.471
Yadier Molina, C	4	1	1	1	0	0	.263
Matt Carpenter, 1B	4	1	2	2	0	1	.429
Daniel Descalso, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	.300
Skip Schumaker, 2B	2	1	1	0	1	0	.208
Chris Carpenter, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	30	4	5	4	1	6
BATTING 2B: Schumaker (2) HR: Molina (1), M. Carpenter (1) RBI: Jay (1), Molina (1), M. Carpenter 2 (2) SAC: C. Carpenter 2

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Chris Carpenter (L, 1-1)	7.0	8	4	4	0	6	2.57
J.C. Romero (BS, 1)	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	4.50
Fernando Salas	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Brandon Phillips, 2B	4	2	2	0	0	1	.333
Wilson Valdez, SS	4	1	3	1	0	1	.500
Joey Votto, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.267
Chris Heisey, LF	4	1	1	3	0	0	.176
Jay Bruce, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.300
Miguel Cairo, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.167
Devin Mesoraco, C	4	0	1	0	0	2	.333
Drew Stubbs, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.222
Homer Bailey, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Scott Rolen	1	0	0	0	0	1	.187
TOTALS	34	5	10	5	0	7
BATTING 2B: Votto (3), Mesoraco (1), Valdez (2) 3B: Phillips (2) HR: Heisey (1) RBI: Votto (4), Heisey 3 (3), Valdez (1)

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Homer Bailey	6.1	3	2	2	0	5	2.84
Logan Ondrusek (BS, 1)	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	8.10
Sam Le Cure	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
J.J. Hoover (W, 2-0)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Jose Arredondo (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Sean Marshall (S, 2)	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	10.80

Chris Carpenter kept Votto and the Reds off balance for the first 7 innings


Matt Carpenter thought he had won the game in the 7th...


...But Chris Heisey won it for the Reds in the 8th

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Game #7

St. Louis Cardinals (3-3) vs Cincinnati Reds (4-1)
Adam Wainwright (0-0, 2.57) vs Matt Latos (1-0, 3.86)

St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds
Apr 11, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
St. Louis (3-3)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	11	0
Cincinnati (4-1)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	9	0
W: Fernando Salas (1-0) L: Logan Ondrusek (0-1) S: Jason Motte (2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	CIN
STL	2	Descalso singled to left, Berkman scored	1	0
STL	3	Berkman grounded to third, Jay scored	2	0
CIN	3	Valdez tripled to right, Phillips scored	2	1
CIN	3	Heisey doubled to right, Valdez scored	2	2
STL	6	Wainwright singles to center, Molina scored	3	2
STL	7	Phillips singles to center, Stubbs scored	3	3
STL	10	Craig homered to left-center, Freese scored	5	3

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	4	0	0	0	1	0	.200
John Jay, CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.241
Matt Holliday, LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	.103
Lance Berkman, 1B	4	1	0	1	1	0	.259
David Freese, 3B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.429
Allen Craig, RF	5	1	1	2	0	3	.300
Yadier Molina, C	5	1	2	0	0	1	.292
Daniel Descalso, 2B	5	0	2	1	0	1	.333
Adam Wainwright	3	0	2	1	0	1	.400
Shane Robinson	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500
Matt Carpenter	1	0	0	0	0	0	.375
TOTALS	41	5	11	5	3	9
BATTING 2B: Freese (2) HR: Craig (2) RBI: Wainwright (1), Berkman (6), Craig 2 (4), Descalso (1) HBP: Jay
BASERUNNING SB: Jay (3)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Adam Wainwright	6.1	6	3	3	1	6	3.38
Mitchell Boggs (BS, 2)	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	16.88
Mark Rzepczynski	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0.00
Fernando Salas (W, 1-0)	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jason Motte (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	6.00

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Brandon Phillips, 2B	5	1	2	1	0	0	.346
Wilson Valdez, SS	5	1	1	1	0	2	.429
Joey Votto, 1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.211
Chris Heisey, LF	5	0	3	1	0	1	.273
Jay Bruce, RF	5	0	2	0	0	1	.320
Scott Rolen, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.150
Ryan Hanigan, C	3	0	0	0	1	1	.250
Drew Stubbs, CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.227
Matt Latos, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Miguel Cairo	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167
Ryan Ludwick, CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200
TOTALS	38	3	9	3	3	7
BATTING 2B: Stubbs (2), Heisey (1) 3B: Valdez (1) RBI: Phillips (6), Heisey (4), Valdez (2) GIDP: Valdez
BASERUNNING SB: Stubbs (1)

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Matt Latos	5.2	7	3	3	2	6	4.26
Alfredo Simon	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	3.86
Aroldis Chapman	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	5.40
Logan Ondrusek (L, 0-1)	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	10.38
J.J. Hoover	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Craig is making a case to be a regular part of the lineup


Holliday looks clueless at the plate

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Game #8

Chicago Cubs (2-5) vs St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
Ryan Dempster (0-1, 3.60) vs Kyle Lohse (1-0, 1.29)

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
Apr 13, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (2-5)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
St. Louis (4-3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9	0
W: Ryan Dempster (1-1) L: Kyle Lohse (1-1) S: Rafael Dolis (2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	STL
CHC	4	DeJesus singled to center, Campana scored	1	0
CHC	4	LaHair doubled to right, DeJesus scored	2	0
CHC	4	Stewart sac fly to left, Castro scored	3	0
STL	8	Carpenter homered to left-center	3	1

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Tony Campana, CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	.231
David DeJesus, RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.333
Starlin Castro, SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	.192
Bryan LaHair, 1B	3	0	1	1	1	0	.231
Alfonso Soriano, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Ian Stewart, 3B	3	0	1	1	0	2	.217
Adrian Cardenas, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.217
Geovany Soto, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	.231
Ryan Dempster, P	3	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Darwin Barney, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333
TOTALS	35	3	9	3	1	7
BATTING 2B: Campana (1), LaHair (1), Stewart (2) RBI: DeJesus (4), LaHair (6), Stewart (2) SF: Stewart

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Ryan Dempster (W, 1-1)	7.0	8	1	1	0	4	2.25
Shawn Camp (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1.80
Rafael Dolis (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	4.50

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	.241
Carlos Beltran, RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.290
Matt Holliday, LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.121
Lance Berkman, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.258
David Freese, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.400
Yadier Molina, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.286
John Jay, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.212
Skip Schumaker, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.222
Kyle Lohse, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Matt Carpenter	1	1	1	1	0	0	.444
TOTALS	34	1	9	1	0	5
BATTING 2B: Beltran (2) 3B: Berkman (1) HR: M. Carpenter (2) RBI: M. Carpenter (3) GIDP: Holliday
BASERUNNING SB: Furcal (2)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Kyle Lohse (L, 1-1)	6.0	7	3	3	0	3	2.77
Jake Westbrook	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	3.86
Kyle McClellan	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	6.00
Mitchell Boggs	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12.27

The Cardinals wasted a leadoff triple from Berkman in the third.


Dempster dominated the Cardinals


Dale Sveum enjoyed ruining the Cardinals opening day.

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Looks good! I'll be following. What sliders are you using?

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Looks good! I'll be following. What sliders are you using?

Thank you. I use armor & swords sliders, timing hitting, meter pitching.

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Re: Moving On: A St. Louis Cardinals Franchise (MLB 12: The Show)

Game #9

Chicago Cubs (3-5) vs St. Louis Cardinals (4-4)
Paul Maholm (0-1, 12.46) vs Jaime Garcia (1-0, 4.50)

Maholm Stifles Cards As Cubs Win Again

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
Apr 14, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (3-5)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
St. Louis (4-4)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
W: Paul Maholm (1-1) L: Jaime Garcia (1-1) S: Rafael Dolis (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	STL
CHC	2	Baker singles to left, Soto scores	1	0
CHC	2	Johnson grounds to second, Soriano scores	2	0
STL	5	Furcal doubles to left-center, Descalso scores	2	1

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Darwin Barney, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.316
David DeJesus, RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.353
Starlin Castro, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.200
Bryan LaHair, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	.267
Geovany Soto, C	4	1	1	0	0	1	.233
Alfonso Soriano, LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.321
Jeff Baker, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.091
Reed Johnson, CF	3	0	0	1	0	1	.350
Paul Maholm, P	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
TOTALS	34	2	9	2	0	7
BATTING 2B: Castro (2) RBI: Johnson (7), Baker (2) GIDP: LaHair, Soto
FIELDING E: Baker (1)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Paul Maholm (W, 1-1)	7.0	3	1	1	2	5	5.56
Kerry Wood (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25
Rafael Dolis (S, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	3.00

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	.242
John Jay, CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.216
Carlos Beltran, RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.265
Lance Berkman, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.235
David Freese, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.357
Yadier Molina, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	.281
Matt Holliday, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.108
Daniel Descalso, 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.333
Jaime Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Matt Carpenter	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	30	1	4	1	3	6
BATTING 2B: Furcal (1) RBI: Furcal (3) SAC: Garcia GIDP: Freese

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jaime Garcia (L, 1-1)	7.0	7	2	2	0	6	3.46
Kyle McClellan	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	4.50
Fernando Salas	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00

Maholm had the Cardinals hitters off balance all afternoon


It was a tough loss for Garcia, who was outstanding


The Cubs are now one win away from a sweep

[princealbert]

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Game #10

Chicago Cubs (4-5) vs St. Louis Cardinals (4-5)
Chris Volstad (0-1, 5.40) vs Lance Lynn (0-0, 1.50)

Cardinals Rally Late To Avoid Sweep

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
Apr 15, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (4-5)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
St. Louis (4-5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	3	6	0
W: Lance Lynn (1-0) L: James Russell (0-1) S: Jason Motte (3)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	STL
CHC	2	LaHair homered to right	1	0
STL	7	Freese scored on throwing error by Cardenas	1	1
STL	7	Holliday singled to left, Molina and Jay scored	1	3

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Tony Campana, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.200
David DeJesus, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.316
Starlin Castro, SS	4	0	1	0	0	3	.206
Bryan LaHair, 1B	3	1	1	1	0	1	.273
Ian Stewart, 3B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.200
Alfonso Soriano, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.290
Adrian Cardenas, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.192
Welington Castillo, C	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Chris Volstad, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Darwin Barney	1	0	0	0	0	0	.300
TOTALS	29	1	2	1	1	7
BATTING 3B: Castro (1) HR: LaHair (2) RBI: LaHair (7)
FIELDING E: Cardenas 2 (2)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Chris Volstad	6.0	3	1	1	2	4	3.27
James Russell (L, 0-1)	0.0	3	2	1	0	0	10.80
Lendy Castillo	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	5.06
Shawn Camp	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Carlos Beltran, RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	.243
Allen Craig, RF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.308
Lance Berkman, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.211
David Freese, 3B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.355
Yadier Molina, C	4	1	1	0	0	1	.278
John Jay, CF	3	1	0	0	0	1	.200
Skip Schumaker, 2B	3	0	2	0	0	0	.278
Lance Lynn, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Matt Holliday	1	0	1	2	0	0	.132
TOTALS	28	3	6	2	3	4
BATTING RBI: Holliday 2 (4) SAC: Lynn, Furcal GIDP: Molina, Craig

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Lance Lynn (W, 1-0)	7.0	2	1	1	1	6	1.38
J.C. Romero (H, 3)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
Fernando Salas	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jason Motte (S, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	4.50

The players all wore #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day


LaHair's solo home run looked like it was going to be enough for the Cubs


But Matt Holliday finally came through with a big hit to win it for the Cards

[princealbert]

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Series Preview

vs

Cincinnati Reds (6-4) vs St. Louis Cardinals (5-5)

Game 1: Mat Latos (1-0, 4.26) vs Chris Carpenter (1-1, 2.57)
Game 2: Johnny Cueto (0-1, 3.27) vs Adam Wainwright (0-0, 3.38)
Game 3: Bronson Arroyo (0-2, 7.20) vs Kyle Lohse (1-1, 2.77)

The Cardinals host the Reds for a 3-game series, desperate to see their offense get back on track, after nearly getting swept at home by the Chicago Cubs. Rafael Furcal, Matt Holliday, Lance Berkman, and Carlos Beltran are all struggling, making it difficult for the teams to score runs. The pitching has been outstanding of late, but the Reds offense is very intimidating, and the Cardinals know they will likely have to score a lot of runs in order to win the series. While it's still early, the team is already 3.5 games behind the first place Milwaukee Brewers, and they will not want to lose anymore ground.

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Game #11

Cincinnati Reds (6-4) vs St. Louis Cardinals (5-5)
Mat Latos (1-0, 4.26) vs Chris Carpenter (1-1, 2.57)

Offense Continues To Struggle As Reds Win

Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals
Apr 17, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (6-4)	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	9	0
St. Louis (5-5)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	1
W: Mat Latos (2-0) L: Chris Carpenter (1-2) S: Sean Marshall (4)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CIN	STL
CIN	1	Phillips homered to left	1	0
CIN	1	Valdez homered to left	2	0
CIN	3	Votto doubled to center, Valdez scored	3	0
CIN	3	Bruce singled to center, Votto scored	4	0
CIN	5	Rolen singled to right, Valdez scored	5	0
STL	5	Descalso sac fly to left, M. Carpenter scored	5	1
STL	7	Robinson doubled to left, Schumaker scored	5	2

Cincinnati Reds
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Brandon Phillips, 2B	5	1	1	1	0	0	.267
Wilson Valdez, SS	4	3	3	1	0	0	.382
Joey Votto, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	.324
Chris Heisey, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.207
Jay Bruce, RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.295
Scott Rolen, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.212
Ryan Hanigan, C	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250
Drew Stubbs, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.220
Matt Latos, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Devin Mesoraco	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214
TOTALS	36	5	9	5	0	6
BATTING 2B: Votto (5), Valdez (3) HR: Phillips (1), Valdez (1) RBI: Phillips (7), Votto (7), Bruce (6), Rolen (2), Valdez (3) SAC: Latos

Cincinnati Reds
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Mat Latos (W, 2-0)	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	3.66
Sam Le Cure (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0.00
Sean Marshall (S, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	4.91

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Rafael Furcal, SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	.220
Carlos Beltran, RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.220
Matt Holliday, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.119
Lance Berkman, 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0	.200
Matt Carpenter, 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	.429
Yadier Molina, C	4	0	2	0	0	1	.300
John Jay, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.182
Skip Schumaker, 2B	2	1	1	0	2	0	.281
Chris Carpenter, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Daniel Descalso	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
Shane Robinson	1	0	1	1	0	0	.600
Allen Craig	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286
TOTALS	32	2	7	2	4	6
BATTING 2B: Molina (2), Robinson (1) RBI: Descalso (2), Robinson (1) SF: Descalso GIDP: Craig
FIELDING E: Berkman (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Chris Carpenter (L, 1-2)	5.0	9	5	4	0	4	3.79
Jake Westbrook	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	2.08
Mitchell Boggs	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	7.94

Carpenter gave up home runs to the first two batters he faced


Latos is the latest starter to dominate the Cardinals


The offense needs to get back on track