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Cards ride four-run fourth to take series from Brewers
(MLB.com)
Kyle Lohse's tenure in St. Louis ended after last season largely because the Cardinals believed their farm system had enough promising talent to cushion his departure. That talent not only pushed him out of town, but it has now outpitched him three times this season.
Once again picking on their former teammate, the Cardinals closed a 10-game homestand with a 4-2 win over the Brewers. Sunday's victory, the team's 13th in 17 games this month, came in front of an announced crowd of 39,878 at Busch Stadium and secured a series win for St. Louis.
Having been beaten twice earlier this year by rookie starter Shelby Miller, Lohse lost a matchup against rookie John Gast on Sunday. All of the Cardinals' scoring came during a seven-batter span in the fourth, giving the Cardinals a 4-0 lead at the time.
With one on and one out, the Cardinals strung together four straight hits, including RBI knocks by Yadier Molina, Jon Jay and David Freese. The final run of the frame came on an executed squeeze bunt by Pete Kozma on Lohse's 2-1 offering with runners on the corners. Jay scored from third and Kozma reached on the team's first bunt hit of the year.
Gast, making his second start in place of an injured Jake Westbrook, pitched well enough to help that lead stand. He faced little trouble until the sixth the same inning that gave Gast fits in his Major League debut last week. The Brewers opened the frame with two straight singles before Gast got Ryan Braun to ground into a force out.
That ended the day for the lefty, who allowed four hits and struck out five in the 5 1/3-inning effort. He has now won both of his Major League ... [ More ]
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Cards calling up Lyons to take Garcia's spot; Boggs back with team
(STLToday.com) Manager Mike Matheny said before Sunday's game that the Cardinals would call up lefty Tyler Lyons from Memphis to take Jaime Garcia's spot in the rotation on Wednesday in San Diego.
He didn't say what the corresponding roster move would be, and the team doesn't have to make it until Wednesday morning.
Lyons is 2-1 with a 4.47 ERA at Memphis. He has 38 strikeouts in 46 1/3 innings.
Matheny said one of the reasons for choosing Lyons is that Wednesday would be his ... [ More ]
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Cards unable to capitalize in extra-inning loss to Crew
(MLB.com) After weeks of watching the starting rotation pick up a wobbly bullpen and underachieving offense, the Cardinals' starters have spent much of the last week as the beneficiaries of some payback assistance from both.
On Saturday, they simply didn't get enough.
After pitching four scoreless innings, a stingy St. Louis bullpen bent in the 10th. With a two-out, two-run single off Joe Kelly, Brewers infielder Jeff Bianchi lifted Milwaukee to a 6-4 win in front of an announced ... [ More ]
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Chris Carpenter
Carpenter took another small step toward returning on Saturday, when he threw an extended bullpen session shortly before the Cardinals took the field ... -- MLB.com
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Jaime Garcia
Jaime Garcia, who has been bothered by an increasing amount of shoulder discomfort over the past two weeks, has been placed on the 15-day disabled ... -- MLB.com
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