The Gas House Gang

It’s only a two game series, but a sweep is a sweep as the Pirates rolled into town and took two games over the Pirates.  Today’s game was just a poor performance all the way around as the pitching was sub-par and the hitting was even worse.

In all, the Cardinals racked up just four hits.  The lone run came in the fifth inning when Gary Bennett drove home Scott Rolen on sac. fly.

And on the mound, the pitching wasn’t that much better. Adam Wainwright slipped to 1-1 and he was roughed up.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts in six innings of work. Brad Thompson was also tagged for a run in relief.

So the Cardinals have now slipped below .500 and they sit at 6-7, a half game back of the Pirates of all teams.  Sigh, hopefully the Cards get things going and hopefully this week because they head to San Francisco for two against a struggling Giants team.