I know, I’m behind but we’ve been having some network wide problems that affected all of the Baseball Historians sites. Things were back up this weekend but I was out of town so I apologize for the three week abscence. My first order of business is to get caught up with the 1967 diary. I know it loses it’s appeal when it’s not up to date but it was one of those things.
The Cardinals haven’t lost more then two games in a row since the top of the month. The bad news is, they also haven’t won more then two in a row and they’re stuck in this win one, lose one mode. So they still sit five games below .500 in fifth place, eight games back of the first place Brewers. With a nice streak they could probably scoot into second, but I doubt if the Wild Card is going to come out of the Central so the Cardinals have to get on the ball soon or they’re going to be out of this by the All Star break.
Albert Pujols struggles continue to mystify. He’s hitting just .245 and while he leads the team in RBIs, his .755 OPS is rather pedestrian compared to seasons past. Pujols is going to have to pick it up if the Cardinals are going to make a playoff run.
Braden Looper is probably the biggest surprise. While Adam Wainwright has struggled at times, Braden Looper leads the team in wins, ERA and innings pitched. He’s given up more then three runs in a start just once and he’s given more then two just twice. His career high for innings is 87 1/3 though and he’s already at 51 so we’ll see how the former closer holds up.
Tonight is the rubber game against the Dodgers and a win sure would be nice. Kip Wells takes the mound against Randy Wolf and this one could go either way depending on which Kip Wells shows up.
