The Cardinals, coming into tonight’s game with the Phillies are 61-50, tied with the Brewers for the National League Wildcard. The Mets are 1.5 back, while the Marlins are 2.0 back. In those 111 games here is how our boy Albert Pujols has fared. MVP type season? Maybe!
Posted by APCMan on Aug 1 2008 in Cardinals Baseball, Pujols Matchups
After winning 4-3 yesterday the Cardinals look to continue their 8 game home stand with winning ways. Tonight, Greg Maddux, the future hall of famer will throw for the Padres, and be opposed by Cardinals righthander Braden Looper.
Maddux has struggled in 2008, going 3-8, with a 3.90 era. But he gets zero run support, which is part of his 3-8 record. Maddux, earlier in the year pitched against the Cardinals and got a no decision pitching 5 innings, allowing 5 hits and 2 runs. He is 26-20 with a 2.74 era in his career against the Cardinals. Maddux is 0-4 with 6 no decisions in his last start, and has not won a game in his last 12.
Our boy Albert Pujols is 12-38 for a .316 average lifetime against Maddux. In those 12 hits, he has 3 homeruns, and 6 rbi’s.
Looper, for the Cardinals is looking for his 10th win of the season. He is 9-7 on the year with a 4.25 era. Braden has lost his last two starts, and has not won since June 24th at Detroit. Earlier in the year Looper beat the Padres pitching five solid innings. He is 4-3 with a 2.91 era lifetime against San Diego.
Let’s go Albert and the Cardinals tonight! Keep winning!
Posted by APCMan on Jul 18 2008 in Cardinals Baseball, Featured, Pujols Game Day, Pujols Matchups
The Cardinals will begin their second half march to the postseason tonight at home against the San Diego Padres. The Cardinals start the second half with a 53-43 record, and are 26-21 at home. The Padres have struggled this season, going 37-58, and 14-28 on the road.
Jake Peavy will pitch for the Padres. He is 7-5 with a 2.47. He is 3-2 with a 2.89 era in his career against the Cardinals.
Kyle Lohse throws for the Cardinals, and he is 11-2 with a 3.39 era. Lohse is 0-2 with a 7.04 era in 3 career starts against San Diego.
Albert Pujols has faced Peavy 17 times in his career. Albert is 6-17 for a .353 batting average. In those six hits 1 was a double, and 2 were homeruns, with 6rbi’s. Pujols has struck out six times, while walking three times against Peavy.
Good luck to Albert and the Cardinals tonight!
Posted by APCMan on Jul 17 2008 in Cardinals Baseball, Featured, Pujols Club Updates, Pujols Game Day, Pujols Matchups, Pujols News
Good luck to our boy Albert Pujols, as starting DH for the NL tomorrow night!!!
Albert has never faced Cliff Lee in his career…
Posted by APCMan on Jul 14 2008 in Cardinals Baseball, Pujols Game Day, Pujols Matchups, Pujols News
The St. Louis Cardinals, 47-36 have now survived Albert Pujols’ injury. Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Mark Mulder, Cezar Izturis, and many others(15 to be exact) have also been on the DL, are still are on the DL. The Cardinals have had nine players make their major league debutes THIS season. With all that said, the Cardinals are only 2.5 games out of first place, two weeks from the all star break. This is a big week for the Cardinals. The New York Mets, 40-41, come into St. Louis for four games, before the Cubs come in for three over the weekend. The Cubs lead the Cardinals in the NL Central by 2.5 games, but the Cubs have struggled mightily on the road. The Cubs are continuing their three city road trip, for four games in San Fransisco starting tonight.
Kyle Lohse will pitch tonight for the Cardinals. A few months ago the Mets could have signed Lohse for the same deal the Cardinals got him at in March, but Mets GM Omar M. turned down the deal, sighting he felt that was too much for Lohse. Lohse would love to stick it to him and the Mets, like he has the rest of the NL so far this season. Kyle is 9-2 with a 3.94 era so far this season. Lohse has not lost a game since May 8th, where he pitched 4 innings in Colorado. He took a no decision his last time out against Detroit, but before that won his last 6 starts.
John Maine is on the mound for the Mets. Maine has been solid once again with a 8-5 record, and a 3.73 era. Maine has won his last two starts going 6+ innings in each. In his last ten starts, Maine is 5-3. He has pitched well against the Cardinals in his career, making two starts and going 1-0.
The Man, El Hombre, Albert Pujols is 2-6, with 2 homeruns, and 7 rbis in his career off John Maine.
We look for more mash city tonight in St. Louis. The Cardinals are hot, and are ready to have a huge home stand. Go El Hombre! Go Cardinals!
Posted by APCMan on Jun 30 2008 in Cardinals Baseball, Featured, Pujols Club Updates, Pujols Game Day, Pujols Matchups, Pujols News
A rematch of the 2004 World Series on the line this weekend at Fenway Park in Boston. The St. Louis Cardinals, losers of 3 straight, come in with a record of 42 wins 32 losses, while the Red Sox sit at 46 wins and 29 losses.
Friday’s matchup will feature Kyle Lohse 8-2, 3.77 v. Tim Wakefield 4-4, 4.19. Lohse has won five straight starts for the Cardinals, and is doing it with precise control of all his pitches. Wakefield is 1-2 career against the Cardinals, but is coming off a pretty good start last week against the Reds.
Saturday features rookie righthander Mitchell Boggs for the Cardinals. Boggs is 1-0 with a 5.56 era. He has made two starts this season, but may be a bit scary in homer friendly Fenway. For the Red Sox, they will counter with Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is 8-0 on the year, with a 2.53 era. This will be the 2:55 FOX game of the week on Saturday. Dice K has not made a start since May 27.
Sunday brings us Joel Piniero, 2-3, with a 4.02 era against Jon Lester 6-3, 3.18.
Good luck to the Cardinals this weekend! Let’s get two on the road!
Hurry back Albert!
Posted by APCMan on Jun 20 2008 in Cardinals Baseball, Featured, Pujols Game Day, Pujols Matchups, Pujols News
The Missouri battle. The St. Louis Cardinals, come in to the series with a 42-29 record, while the Royals sit at 28-42. So the difference is clear. One team is better than the other. But put the numbers aside for this series, and another coming up in two weeks, the Cardinals and Royals have alot of pride to play for.
The Cardinals will be missing their top Royal killer, in Albert Pujols, who is a career. 394 hitter against Kansas City in 33 games. In those 33 games, Albert has hit 10 homeruns. The Cardinals will also be without the services of Yadier Molina, who suffered a concussion in Sunday’s game. Ace of the staff, Adam Wainwright will not pitch in this series, as he sits on the DL.
For the Royals, Mark Grudzielanek, a former Cardinal leads the team in hitting with a .305 batting average. Jose Guillen has been the Royals main power threat, with 11 homeruns, and 53 rbi’s. If Joey Gathright gets on base, look out, as he leads the team with 17 stolen bases.
Tonight the Royals will throw out Kyle Davies, who is 2-0 on the year with an era of 1.53. He will face Joel Piniero for the Cardinals, who is 2-3, with a 4.41.
Wednesday the Royals will send their staff ace in Brian Bannister to the mound. Bannister is 5-6 with a 5.00 era. He will take on Braden Looper, of the Cardinals, who is 8-5 with a 4.34.
The final game of the three game series will feature young star Zach Greinke, 5-4, 3.48 against the Cardinals’ Todd Wellemeyer 7-2, 3.67.
Good luck to the Cardinals, before they travel to Boston over the weekend, and Detroit and Kansas City next week!
Best of luck to Albert on his recovery!!!!
Posted by APCMan on Jun 17 2008 in Cardinals Baseball, Featured, Pujols Game Day, Pujols Matchups, Pujols News
Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals will take on the young Cincinnati Reds for a three game set starting tonight at 6:05pm. The Cardinals will throw rookie righthander Mitchell Boggs, who will make his first major league start. He will face the Reds rookie righthander Homer Bailey. Both pitchers have only pitched in one major league game, with Boggs pitching two innings the other night, and giving a run, while Bailey dropped his start on June 5th at Phildelphia 5-0.
Obviously, our man Albert Pujols has yet to face Homer Bailey. Let’s hope tonight for Albert is a reminder of Mr. Bailey’s first name. HOMER HOMER HOMER!
Go Albert! Go Cardinals!
Posted by APCMan on Jun 10 2008 in Featured, Pujols Club Updates, Pujols Game Day, Pujols Matchups, Pujols News
Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals have dropped two straight decisions. Albert Pujols is 0-5 in those two games. All bets are on that to change tonight. Hopefully a few Albert hits, and a Cardinal win. It won’t be easy, as the redbirds will face the tough righthander Shawn Chacon, for a 6:05 start tonight in Houston.
In Chacon’s last start, he went 7 strong innings allowing 7 hits, 2 runs, striking out 7 batters, and only allowing two solo homeruns, to pick up his second win of the season. On the season Chacon is 2-1 with a 4.41 era. In his career, Chacon is 1-0 in 13 appearances.
Albert Pujols is leading the team with a .357 batting average. In his career against Chacon, he is 6-19 for a .319 batting average, with 2 homeruns, 2 rbi’s and four walks. He has struck out one time.
It’s time for Albert to have one of those “big nights” we see every so often with El Hombre. Tonight would be a good night for a big night, a strong outing from Wainwright, and a big red weezy W for the Redbirds!
Go Cardinals! Enjoy the game!
Posted by APCMan on Jun 7 2008 in Featured, Pujols Game Day, Pujols Matchups
We all know about the success the St. Louis Cardinals are having to start the 2008 season. The Cardinals sit in second place in the competitive National League Central, with a current record of 36-26, .581 win percentage. That record places them 3.5 games behind the Cubs, who are playing .639 baseball, right now with a clip of 39-22. The Cardinals are tied with the Phillies for the second best record in the National League, and trail only Boston and Anaheim in the AL, and have an even record with Tampa Bay. With 100 games to go, if the playoffs started today, the Cardinals would be the NL wildcard representative, leading that race by 2.5 games over the Florida Marlins. The Brewers sit three back of the Cardinals, and the Astros are 4.5 back.
Albert Pujols is having yet another MVP type season. Is he the MVP? Maybe, maybe not. Here are his numbers and how they compare to the rest of the NL.
Posted by APCMan on Jun 6 2008 in Pujols Club Updates, Pujols Matchups, Pujols News
