Kyle Lohse got off to a rough start, giving up 4 runs in the 1st inning, while the St. Louis offense was never really able to get it going against Jorge DeLaRosa in the Cards’ 9-3 loss to the Rockies this afternoon.
Lohse could only get through 4 innings today, giving up 7 runs on 8 hits and pushing his ERA to 4.87. Ryan Ludwick, who has cemented himself in the Cardinals’ starting outfield, was the lone bright spot on offense, blasting 2 solo home runs to put him at 7 on the year. Yadier Molina was the only other Cardinal to collect multiple hits, going 2-4 and pushing his average to .302 on the year after a horrid start at the plate.
Todd Wellemeyer (3-1, 4.07 ERA) and the Cardinals will head to Milwaukee to face the Brewers and lefty Manny Parra (1-2, 5.86 ERA). On a side note, Mark Mulder has been shut down for at least 10 days on his minor league rehab tour as he experienced some shoulder soreness after his last start with AAA Memphis. He has been diagnosed with a mild rotator cuff strain and will be re-evaluated after his 10-day rest. Walt Jocketty didn’t guess wrong on a lot of his trades during his tenure in St. Louis (and here’s hoping that Mulder comes back, pitches well, and leads the Cards to the World Series or at least provides quality trade bait at the deadline), but it’s hard not to look at what Danny Haren is doing these days and shake your head. I suppose you can’t win them all.
