I think the Cardinals have hit rock bottom. The amazing thing is, no other team in the NL Central has stepped up to pass up the Cardinals, so despite dropping eight of their last ten games (including two against the worst team in baseball) the Cardinals are still in first place, one game ahead of the Reds.
On Friday, the Cardinals gave up a two run lead then lost the game in the tenth inning. Brandon Looper was the culprit and he dropped his first game of the season. Jeff Suppan didn’t have a great start but he did drive in two runs to help out his own cause. Adam Wainwright gave up the tying run in the top of the eighth and that proved to be just as important as the two runs in the tenth.
Yesterday’s game was almost a carbon copy of Friday’s. This time though, the Cardinals tied it up in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings. Then two innings later, Jason Isringhausen gave up the winning run. Sidney Ponson got shelled and the Cardinals hit four homeruns. Scott Rolen, Yadier Molina, Jim Edmonds and Scott Spiezio all went deep for the Red Birds.
Today’s game was scary. The Cardinals took a 6-1 lead in the third then made it 8-1 in the fifth. The Royals then proceeded to score six runs in the final three innings to make it very close. Final was 9-7 and Albert Pujols drove in four runs and homered. Jason Marquis won his tenth game and Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds also homered.
The Cardinals have three All Stars and they were the usual suspects. Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and Chris Carpenter all got the nod.
Next up for the Cardinals is three games in Atlanta. The Braves have finally pulled themselves out of the cellar but hopefully the Cardinals can turn their skid around and give themselves some cushion heading into the All Star break.
