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| name = St. Louis Cardinals |
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| season = 2008 |
| season = 2008 |
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| image = St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg |
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| league = National League |
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| division = [[National League Central|Central]] |
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| y1 = 1892 |
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| division = [[National League Central|Central Division]] |
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| y2 = 1994 |
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| ballpark = [[Busch Stadium]] |
| ballpark = [[Busch Stadium]] |
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| city = [[St. Louis, Missouri]] |
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| y4 = 2006 |
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| record = 86–76 (.531) |
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| city = [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]] |
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| divisional_place = 4th |
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| y5 = 1882 |
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| owners = [[William DeWitt, Jr.]], Fred Hanser |
| owners = [[William DeWitt, Jr.]], Fred Hanser |
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| general_managers = [[John Mozeliak]] |
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| managers = [[Tony La Russa]] |
| managers = [[Tony La Russa]] |
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| television = [[Fox Sports Net|FSN Midwest]]<br>[[KSDK]] |
| television = [[Fox Sports Net|FSN Midwest]]<br>([[Dan McLaughlin]], [[Al Hrabosky]])<br>[[KSDK]] ([[NBC]] 5)<br>([[Jay Randolph]], [[Rick Horton]]) |
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| radio = [[KTRS (AM)|KTRS]] |
| radio = [[KTRS (AM)|KTRS]]<br>([[Mike Shannon]], [[John Rooney (sportscaster)|John Rooney]]) |
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The '''[[St. Louis Cardinals]]' |
The '''[[St. Louis Cardinals]]' 2008 season''' was the 127th season for the franchise in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] and the 117th season in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]. The Cardinals, coming off a 78–84 season that was their worst since 1999, improved by eight games, going 86–76 in 2008. However, this was only good for fourth place in the [[National League Central]], 11.5 games behind the division champion Chicago Cubs. |
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==Offseason departures and acquisitions== |
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The Cardinals are coming off a 78-84 season, their worst since finishing 75-86 in 1999 and only the second time since that 1999 season that they missed the playoffs. Concerns include bolstering a starting rotation that finished 14th out of 16 teams in the NL in ERA<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggregate?sort=ERA&split=127&group=8&season=2007&seasonType=2&statType=pitching&type=reg ESPN - MLB Baseball Team Statistics - Major League Baseball<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, finding a leadoff hitter after the departure of [[David Eckstein]], and finding a permanent right fielder after [[Juan Encarnacion|Juan Encarnacion's]] severe eye injury, suffered when he was hit by a foul ball on August 31, {{by|2007}}. |
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===Front office=== |
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==Offseason departures and acquistions== |
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[[Walt Jocketty]], GM of the Cardinals for twelve years, was fired |
[[Walt Jocketty]], GM of the Cardinals for twelve years, was fired due to "tension mounting" that had "grown counterproductive ... with respect to some baseball issues."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071003&content_id=2247373&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Jocketty no longer GM of Cardinals<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=January 13, 2008 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308034632/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071003&content_id=2247373&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tony La Russa, however, signed a contract to return to manage the Cardinals for his 13th and 14th seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071022&content_id=2275736&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: La Russa remains Cardinals manager<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=January 13, 2008 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308034751/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071022&content_id=2275736&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[John Mozeliak]] took Jocketty's place as GM.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3088259 ESPN - Mozeliak replaces former boss Jocketty with Cardinals - MLB<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> John Abbamondi, former senior director of labor economics working for Major League Baseball in New York, joined the Cardinals as assistant GM. |
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On March 13, it was announced that [[Mark Lamping]], president of the Cardinals for 13 years, resigned to become the [[chief executive officer|CEO]] of the [[Meadowlands Stadium|New Meadowlands Stadium Company]]. Bill DeWitt III, son of Cardinals chairman [[William DeWitt, Jr.]] and formerly the team's vice-president of business development, took Lamping's place as president.<ref>[http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/B01F824178ED2CD18625740C000986E7?OpenDocument Stltoday.com - Lamping resigns from Cards, takes job in New York] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315052225/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/B01F824178ED2CD18625740C000986E7?OpenDocument |date=March 15, 2008 }}</ref> |
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Center fielder [[Jim Edmonds]], the senior Cardinal on the roster (having been with the team since the 2000 season) was traded to the [[San Diego Padres]] for single-A third baseman [[David Freese]] and cash considerations on [[December 14]], 2007.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071215&content_id=2327183&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cards deal icon Edmonds to Padres<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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===Hitters=== |
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[[So Taguchi]], backup outfielder and the only [[List of Japanese players in Major League Baseball|Japanese player]] in franchise history, was released by the Cardinals in December after six seasons with the organization.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3143881 ESPN - Report: Cards release Taguchi to open spot for Rule 5 draft pick - MLB<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Cardinals declined to offer arbitration to shorstop [[David Eckstein]]<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071201&content_id=2315185&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Eckstein's tenure in St. Louis likely over<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and acquired [[Cesar Izturis]] as a possible replacement.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3135423 ESPN - Cards agree to deal with infielder Izturis - MLB<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Starting pitcher [[Kip Wells]], who posted a 5.70 ERA in 2007<ref>[http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wellski01.shtml Kip Wells Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, departed via free agency. St. Louis acquired [[Jason LaRue]] to be the backup catcher, replacing [[Gary Bennett (baseball)|Gary Bennett]].<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071119&content_id=2304107&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Catcher LaRue signs with Cardinals<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Cardinals took outfielder [[Brian Barton]] from Cleveland on December 6 in the [[Rule 5 draft]].<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071206&content_id=2320188&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cardinals nab outfielder in Rule 5 Draft<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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A major offseason story for the Cardinals was the hostile relationship between manager Tony La Russa and third baseman [[Scott Rolen]]. LaRussa publicly criticized Rolen on December 5,<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071205&content_id=2318778&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: La Russa criticizes Rolen's demeanor<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Rolen requested a trade, but the team was unable to find a suitable offer at the winter meetings.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071203&content_id=2316331&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cardinals in no hurry to move Rolen<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071204&content_id=2317847&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: No deal imminent for Rolen<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3143441 ESPN - La Russa says Cards will do what's right for team, not player - MLB<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On January 12, the Cardinals reached a tentative agreement with the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] to trade Rolen for their third baseman, [[Troy Glaus]], and the trade was finalized on January 14.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080112&content_id=2344452&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Glaus-Rolen deal near completion<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080114&content_id=2345263&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Doctors sign off on Rolen-Glaus trade<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Center fielder [[Jim Edmonds]], the most senior member of the Cardinals' roster, having been with the team since the 2000 season, was traded to the [[San Diego Padres]] for single-A third baseman [[David Freese]] and cash considerations on December 14, 2007.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071215&content_id=2327183&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cards deal icon Edmonds to Padres<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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[[So Taguchi]], backup outfielder and the only [[List of Japanese players in Major League Baseball|Japanese player]] in franchise history, was released by the Cardinals in December after six seasons with the organization.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3143881 ESPN - Report: Cards release Taguchi to open spot for Rule 5 draft pick - MLB<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Cardinals declined to offer arbitration to shortstop [[David Eckstein]]<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071201&content_id=2315185&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Eckstein's tenure in St. Louis likely over<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and acquired [[César Izturis]] as his replacement.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3135423 ESPN - Cards agree to deal with infielder Izturis - MLB<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> St. Louis acquired [[Jason LaRue]] to be the backup catcher, replacing [[Gary Bennett (baseball)|Gary Bennett]].<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071119&content_id=2304107&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Catcher LaRue signs with Cardinals<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Cardinals took outfielder [[Brian Barton]] from [[Cleveland Indians|Cleveland]] on December 6 in the [[Rule 5 draft]].<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071206&content_id=2320188&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cardinals nab outfielder in Rule 5 Draft<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Utility player [[Scott Spiezio]] was released by the Cardinals on February 27 after California authorities issued a warrant for his arrest on charges that included hit-and-run, drunk driving and assault. Spiezio had previously missed a month of the 2007 season to go on rehab for drug abuse problems.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080227&content_id=2392223&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Cardinals cut ties with Spiezio]</ref> |
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In spring training, LaRussa confirmed that he would continue to bat the pitcher eighth after the Cardinals adopted the unconventional lineup for the last two months of the 2007 season.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080226&content_id=2390500&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Cardinals Notes 2-26-08]</ref><ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080310&content_id=2416664&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Pitcher bats 8th]</ref> |
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===Pitchers=== |
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==Spring Training games== |
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Starting pitcher [[Kip Wells]], who posted a 5.70 ERA in 2007, departed via free agency. Starting pitcher [[Joel Piñeiro]], effective for the Cardinals in 2007 after a late-season trade from Boston, signed a two-year deal to remain with the team.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071015&content_id=2266839&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Pineiro signs]</ref> |
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On January 3, St. Louis signed starting pitcher [[Matt Clement]], a former All-Star who missed the entire 2007 season after undergoing shoulder surgery.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080103&content_id=2338616&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cardinals add Clement to rotation mix<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However, Clement's rehab went slowly and he was not ready for Opening Day. |
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The Cardinals are officially 6-9-1 in [[Spring Training|The Grapefruit League]] (29 games). |
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Concerned over health issues in the rotation, with Clement not ready and Piñeiro suffering from shoulder pain, St. Louis signed another [[free agent]], starting pitcher [[Kyle Lohse]], to a one-year contract on March 14.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080314&content_id=2425942&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=Lohse signs contract with Cards |author=Matthew Leach |publisher=St. Louis Cardinals.MLB.com |date=March 14, 2008 |access-date=March 14, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080315234706/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080314&content_id=2425942&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl| archive-date= March 15, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> |
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All games, times (CT), and teams subject to change |
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==Regular season== |
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The Cardinals were 17-10-2 in Grapefruit League play with a .286 team batting average (5th in NL) and a 4.01 ERA (4th in NL). Attendance at [[Roger Dean Stadium]] was 92,465 in 16 home games (9-5-2) for an average home attendance of 5,779. In 13 road games (8-5-0), attendance 85,655; road average 6,589.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://presspass.mlb.com/dbdocs/77/129/3700_1750.pdf |title=St. Louis Cardinals GAME NOTES |page=2 |date=March 28, 2008 |access-date=March 29, 2008|format=PDF}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Their overall [[Spring training]] record was 19-11-2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://presspass.mlb.com/dbdocs/77/129/3700_1751.pdf |title=St. Louis Cardinals GAME NOTES |date=March 29, 2008 |access-date=March 29, 2008|format=PDF}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> St. Louis started the season with three players--[[Brian Barton]], [[Kyle McClellan]], and [[Rico Washington]] – who were making their big-league debuts. Only nine players on the Opening Day roster – [[Yadier Molina]], [[Albert Pujols]], [[Chris Duncan]], [[Aaron Miles]], [[Randy Flores]], [[Anthony Reyes]], [[Adam Wainwright]], [[Braden Looper]] and [[Brad Thompson]] – were on the roster of the [[2006 World Series]] champion Cardinals. With a pitching rotation in flux and many long-time Cardinals off to other teams, and coming off a losing season, most experts picked St. Louis to play poorly again in 2008.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview08/team?team=stl ESPN 2008 St. Louis Cardinals preview]</ref><ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/previews/ Sports Illustrated 2008 predictions]</ref><ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/previews/cardinals.html Sports Illustrated Scouting Report: St. Louis Cardinals]</ref> |
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===April=== |
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[[Opening Day]], scheduled for March 31, was postponed to April 1 due to rain after the Cards and Rockies had played 2½ innings. The rain wiped out an Albert Pujols home run.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080331&content_id=2469074&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Opener postponed]</ref> In the make-up game, St. Louis lost 2-1, with a [[Yadier Molina]] home run the only offense.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080401&content_id=2479120&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=Lohse strong, Cardinals can't hold on: Bullpen surrenders two runs in the eighth inning |publisher=MLB.com |author=Matthew Leach |date=April 2, 2008 |access-date=April 2, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080404125205/http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080401&content_id=2479120&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl| archive-date= April 4, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> After the opening loss the Cardinals won the other five games on their home stand; the 5-1 start marked the first time since 2006 that the Cardinals had been more than one game above .500. St. Louis finished the month of April with an 18-11 record and in sole possession of first place in the NL Central. [[Albert Pujols]] reached base safely in all 29 games for the month. Staff ace [[Adam Wainwright]] finished the month 3-1 with a 2.79 ERA.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?playerId=5403 Adam Wainwright splits]</ref> Jason Isringhausen had nine saves in April. However, new third baseman Troy Glaus ended April hitting only .260 and had only one home run for the month. |
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| 1 || [[February 27]] || [[St. Louis University|StL University]] || [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], 12:05pm || 15 - 2 || '''Walters''' (1-0) || Zielinski || || 2,639 || 1-0 |
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| 2 || [[February 28]] || [[New York Mets|Mets]] || [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], 12:05pm || 7 - 0 || '''[[Anthony Reyes|Reyes]]''' (1-0) || [[John Maine|Maine]] (0-1) || || 5,496 || 2-0 |
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| 3 || [[February 29]] || @ [[New York Mets|Mets]] || [[Port St. Lucie]], 12:10pm || 5 - 4 || '''[[Mike Parisi|Parisi]]''' (1-0) || [[Duaner Sanchez|Sanchez]] (0-1) || '''[[Ron Flores|Flores]]''' (1) || 5,038 || 3-0 |
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| 4 || [[March 1]] || @ [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], 12:05pm || 3 - 2 || [[Matt Lindstrom|Lindstrom]] (1-0) || '''[[Tyler Herron|Herron]]''' (0-1) || || 4,665 || 3-1 |
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| 5 || [[March 2]] || [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], 12:05pm || 5 - 4 || [[Scott Olsen|Olsen]] (1-0) || '''[[Blake Hawksworth|Hawksworth]]''' (0-1) || [[Doug Waechter|Waechter]] (1) || 5,914 || 3-2 |
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| 6 || [[March 3]] || @ [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || [[Viera, Florida|Viera]], 12:05pm || 3 - 2 || [[Tim Redding|Redding]] (0-1) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (0-1) || [[Saul Rivera|Rivera]] (1) || 2,792 || 3-3 |
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| 7 || [[March 4]] || @ [[Baltimore Orioles|Orioles]] || [[Fort Lauderdale|Ft. Lauderdale]], 12:05pm || 10 - 2 || [[Adam Loewen|Loewen]] (1-1) || '''[[Anthony Reyes|Reyes]]''' (1-1) || || 4,399 || 3-4 |
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| 8 || [[March 5]] || [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], 12:05pm || 6 - 5 || [[John Lannan|Lannan]] (1-0) || '''[[Mike Parisi|Parisi]]''' (1-1) || [[Chris Schroder|Schroder]] (1) || 3,674 || 3-5 |
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| 9 || [[March 5]] || @ [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], 6:05pm || 5 - 4 || '''[[Jaime Garcia|Garcia]]''' (1-0) || [[Eulogio De La Cruz|De La Cruz]] (0-1) || '''[[Kelvin Jimenez|Jimenez]]''' (1) || 3,258 || 4-5 |
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|10 || [[March 6]] || [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], 12:05pm || 5 - 2 || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (1-0) || [[Kevin Gregg|Gregg]] (0-1) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (1) || 4,584 || 5-5 |
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|11 || [[March 7]] || @ [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || [[Vero Beach]], 12:05pm || 6 - 4 || '''[[Joel Pineiro|Pineiro]]''' (1-0) || [[Chad Billingsley|Billingsley]] (0-1) || '''[[Jason Motte|Motte]]''' (1) || 6,789 || 6-5 |
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|12 || [[March 8]] || [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || [[Jupiter, Florida|Jupiter]], 12:05pm || 20-6 || [[Hiroki Kuroda|Kuroda]] (1-0) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (0-2) || || 7,227 || 6-6 |
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|13 || [[March 9]] || @ [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], 12:05pm || 12 - 5 || [[Tim Hudson|Hudson]] (2-0) || '''[[Clayton Mortensen|Mortensen]]''' (0-1) || || 11,259 || 6-7 |
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|14 || [[March 10]] || @ [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], 12:05pm (FSN-tv) || 3 - 1 || [[Jair Jurrjens|Jurrjens]] (2-0) || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (0-1) || [[Jorge Campillo|Campillo]] (1) || 8,903 || 6-8 |
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===May=== |
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May opened with St. Louis' first series of the year against their [[Cardinals–Cubs rivalry|arch-rival]] and the preseason NL Central favorite [[Chicago Cubs]], with the Cardinals winning two of three games to stay atop the NL Central standings. Pujols continued to get on base: on May 6 he reached base safely for the 34th consecutive game since the start of the season, the longest such streak in MLB since 1999.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280506127 Cards 6, Rockies 5]</ref> |
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===Season standings=== |
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Jason Isringhausen struggled mightily as Cardinal closer in late April and early May, blowing four saves and taking three losses between April 25 and May 9. His ERA rose from 4.50 to 7.47 during that span.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120718220738/http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?n1=isrinja01&t=p&year=2008 Jason Isringhausen game log]</ref> After Isringhausen's fifth blown save of the season on May 9, LaRussa announced that Isringhausen would no longer be closing games and instead the Cardinals would be adopting a closer-by-committee approach.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3390003&type=story Isringhausen out of closer role]</ref> [[Ryan Franklin]] received the first save opportunity after LaRussa's decision.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080510&content_id=2675025&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Cards 5, Brewers 3]</ref> |
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On May 16, Isringhausen was placed on the 15-day [[disabled list]] with a right hand laceration. [[Josh Kinney]] was transferred to the 60-day disabled list (from the 15-day list) to make room for highly touted prospect [[Chris Perez (baseball)|Chris Perez]], who was called up from Memphis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080516&content_id=2711612&vkey=pr_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=Cardinals disable Jason Isringhausen |publisher=St. Louis Cardinals PRESS RELEASE |date=May 16, 2008| access-date= September 27, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> Finally, on May 17, Manager [[Tony La Russa|La Russa]] officially designated [[Ryan Franklin]] as his closer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/50D27BAE9A88E4688625744C000A263A?OpenDocument |title=Notes: Franklin backs taxed bullpen |publisher=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |author=Derrick Goold |date=May 17, 2008 |access-date=September 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420094634/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/50D27BAE9A88E4688625744C000A263A?OpenDocument |archive-date=April 20, 2009 }}</ref> |
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Albert Pujols' on-base streak was snapped at 42 games when he failed to reach safely in a 3-1 loss to the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] on May 16. It was six games shy of his career-best 48 games in a row on base, set in his rookie season of 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080508&content_id=2661978&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=Cards not fazed by lost lead |author=Owen Perkins |publisher=MLB.com |date=May 8, 2008| access-date= September 27, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref><ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080516&content_id=2712581&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Rays 3, Cards 1]</ref> The loss was the eighth in ten games for the Cardinals, a stretch that dropped them into second place behind the Cubs. |
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In late May, Piñeiro went to the DL and rookie [[Mike Parisi]] took his spot in the rotation.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080528&content_id=2787398&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Pineiro to DL]</ref> Chris Duncan, slumping all year after offseason hernia surgery, followed him to the DL, with [[Joe Mather]] getting the callup.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080530&content_id=2799093&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Duncan to DL]</ref> Parisi and Mather were the fifth and sixth players to make their big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals, following Brian Barton, Kyle McClellan, Rico Washington and Chris Perez. After slumping in the middle of the month, the Cardinals got hot at the end of May, going 15-13 for the month. They remained in second place behind the Cubs. Todd Wellemeyer was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 4-0 with a 2.19 ERA in May.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080602&content_id=2822806&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Wellemeyer pitcher of the month]</ref> |
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On June 1, pitcher [[Mark Worrell]] got called up; he became the seventh rookie to make his MLB debut with the Cardinals in 2008.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080531&content_id=2807459&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Worrell up, Jiminez down]</ref> On June 5, Worrell hit a home run in his first big-league at-bat, the eight Cardinal in franchise history to do so.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080605&content_id=2851074&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Worrell homers]</ref> On June 6, [[Mitchell Boggs]] followed Worrell to the big leagues as the eighth rookie to make his debut with the 2008 Cardinals; fellow rookie Parisi was sent down to make room.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080606&content_id=2854149&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Boggs called up]</ref> |
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Troy Glaus began to find his power stroke, hitting four home runs between May 31 and June 5 after hitting only two in the first two months of the season. Ryan Ludwick, who never hit more than 14 home runs in a season prior to 2008, hit his 15th home run on June 10. |
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The Cardinals suffered a serious setback on June 9, when staff ace Adam Wainwright went to the DL with a sprained finger.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080609&content_id=2880251&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Wainwright to DL]</ref> The injury situation became even worse on June 10, when [[Albert Pujols]] strained his left calf muscle running from home on a ground ball, sending him to the [[disabled list]] for only the second time in his eight-year career.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080610&content_id=2885019&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Pujols suffers strained left calf: Cards slugger to be examined Wednesday, likely headed to DL]</ref><ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080611&content_id=2891897&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Pujols to miss at least three weeks: With slugger sidelined due to calf strain, Cards recall Duncan]</ref> Meanwhile, former closer Jason Isringhausen made his return from the disabled list on June 14, with the club intending to use him in middle relief.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080614&content_id=2925602&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Isringhausen activated]</ref> |
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On June 20 the Cardinals traveled to Boston for a three-game set with the [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]]; it was St. Louis' first trip to Fenway since the [[2004 World Series]]. They won two of three in Boston. [[Nick Stavinoha]], called up on June 22 after Izturis went on the DL, became the ninth player to make his big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080621&content_id=2978194&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Stavinoha up]</ref> |
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Albert Pujols was activated from the disabled list on June 26. The Cardinals went 6-7 in his absence. In Pujols' first game back he got four hits, but the Cardinals lost 3-2 to the Tigers after closer Franklin blew the save in the bottom of the 9th and Mike Parisi issued a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080626&content_id=3007890&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Tigers 3, Cardinals 2]</ref> The loss was part of a season-long trend of bullpen failures and blowups. It was the 19th blown save and 18th loss for Cardinal relievers, as opposed to 11 blown saves and 12 losses for the bullpen in all of 2007.<ref>[http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/9C7A60EFFB181C6586257475000709C2?OpenDocument "Closers providing scant relief"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630071952/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/9C7A60EFFB181C6586257475000709C2?OpenDocument |date=June 30, 2008 }}</ref> |
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[[Mark Mulder]], who had pitched only sporadically for the Cardinals since undergoing shoulder surgery in 2006, was activated on June 27 and sent to the bullpen.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_06_27_slnmlb_kcamlb_1 Mulder activated]</ref> In his first appearance, on June 30, he threw a scoreless ninth inning against the [[New York Mets]]. |
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Despite Pujols (June 11–25) and Wainwright (June 9-?) both going on the DL in June, the Cardinals went 15-12 for the month. |
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===July=== |
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The [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] weekend brought a showdown series in St. Louis between the Cardinals (49-38) and Cubs (51-35) with the Cardinals 2.5 games behind Chicago. It was the first meeting between the teams since the first week of May. On July 4, [[Albert Pujols]] (aged 28 years, 170 days), became the fifth-youngest player to hit his 300th home run, but the Cardinals lost 2-1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article_perspectives.jsp?ymd=20080705&content_id=3069143&vkey=perspectives&fext=.jsp |title=Cubs-Cards rivalry transcends time: Intensity between both clubs nearly like Yankees-Red Sox |publisher=MLB.com |date=July 5, 2008| access-date= September 27, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> On July 5, a crowd of 46,865, the biggest ever in the short history of the new [[Busch Stadium]], saw St. Louis score three in the bottom of the 9th against ace closer [[Kerry Wood]] to beat Chicago 5-4.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080705&content_id=3069911&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Cards 5, Cubs 4]</ref> It was the first time in 33 games in 2008 where the Cardinals had won a game when trailing after eight innings.<ref>[http://presspass.mlb.com/dbdocs/77/129/3700_1840.pdf (July 6 GAME NOTES) PDF]{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Cubs won the rubber game 7-1 to take a 3½ game lead in the Central Division. The three-game series set a new attendance record of 140,067 at the new [[Busch Stadium]]. |
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On July 6, [[Albert Pujols]] and [[Ryan Ludwick]] were named as the Cardinal representatives to the National League All-Star Team.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/roster_team.jsp All-Stars by team]</ref> Ludwick, who had never hit more than 14 home runs in a season before 2008, entered the break with 21 homers, leading the team. |
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[[Mark Mulder]]'s comeback ended when, in his first start since September 2007, he suffered pain in his throwing shoulder on July 9 and had to leave the game after only 16 pitches against the [[Philadelphia Phillies]].<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080709&content_id=3101470&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Mulder's start cut short by hurt shoulder]</ref> He was replaced on the roster by [[Jaime García (baseball)|Jaime García]], who debuted against the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] on July 11, and became the 10th rookie to make his big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080711&content_id=3113679&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=Garcia ready to step into relief role: La Russa hints left-hander could eventually move into rotation |publisher=MLB.com |date=July 11, 2008| access-date= September 27, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> the most since 13 rookies made their debut in 1997. |
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St. Louis entered the All-Star break with a 53-43 record, in second place in the NL Central and one-half game ahead of Milwaukee for the NL Wild Card. This was the second-best record in the National League, but it was also the product of St. Louis playing .500 baseball after reaching ten games over .500 in early May, at 22-12. |
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In their first series after the break, the Cardinals swept the Padres in four games to reach a season-high 14 games over .500 (57-43). They promptly were then swept by the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] in four games (Jul. 21–24) to return to only 10 games over .500 (57-47). Cardinal relief pitchers took the losses in all four games against Milwaukee, part of a season-long trend of ineffective to disastrous performances by the bullpen, then leading all of MLB in 23 games lost by the bullpen and 24 blown [[save (baseball)|save]]s. |
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In a game against the NY Mets on July 26, the Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak by winning 10-8 in 14 innings. [[Albert Pujols]]' game-winning home run was his first since he hit his 300th on July 4. [[Skip Schumaker]] had six singles in seven at-bats; he became the first Cardinal since [[Terry Moore (baseball)|Terry Moore]] in 1935 to have six base hits in one game. Pujols and Schumaker, meanwhile, were the first Cardinals' teammates with five or more hits apiece in a game since [[Charley Gelbert]] and [[Taylor Douthit]] each had five against the Cubs on May 16, 1930.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080726&content_id=3200965&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Cards 10, Mets 8 in 14 inn.]</ref> The extra-inning affair was made necessary by Ryan Franklin's blown save, his second blown save in a row and third consecutive appearance with a home run allowed. On July 28, LaRussa gave the closer's job back to Isringhausen, who lost it to Franklin earlier in the year.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080728&content_id=3213261&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Izzy to close]</ref> |
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On July 30, 2005 [[Cy Young Award]] winner [[Chris Carpenter]] was re-activated from the 60-day disabled list, and started versus the [[Atlanta Braves]], his first start since April 1, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080730&content_id=3224992&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl |title=Cards activate Carpenter, option Flores |publisher=MLB.com |date=July 30, 2008| access-date= September 27, 2008 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> Operating on a pitch count not to exceed 80, Carpenter threw 67 pitches (36 for strikes) in four innings, and gave up one run and five hits (all singles), while walking two and striking out two.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080731&content_id=3229006&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Carpenter solid in season debut: Ace righty thrilled to be back on hill after 16 months away]</ref> |
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The Cardinals made no trades at the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline. They went 13-14 in July, their first losing month of the season. They ended July (61-50), a fraction of a percentage point behind the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] for the NL [[Wild card (sports)#Major League Baseball|Wild card]] spot. |
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===August=== |
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On August 1, Isringhausen got his first save since May 5, as the Cardinals beat the Phillies, 6-3. On August 2, [[Matt Clement]], signed in the offseason to fill out the rotation but unable to complete a comeback from injury, was released by the Cardinals without ever pitching for them.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080802&content_id=3242012&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Clement released]</ref> |
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[[Ryan Ludwick]] was named 'NL Player of the Week' for the week ending August 3, as he led the league with a .538 batting average, 14 hits, a .613 on-base percentage, 8 RBI and 27 total bases. He also hit four home runs and recorded a 1.038 slugging percentage. |
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On August 5, [[Brendan Ryan (baseball)|Brendan Ryan]] was optioned to [[Memphis Redbirds|(AAA) Memphis]] and the Cardinals signed [[free agent]] infielder [[Felipe López (baseball)|Felipe López]], who was released by the [[Washington Nationals]] on July 31.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080806&content_id=3261749&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Cardinals sign infielder Lopez]</ref> |
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Bullpen issues continued to dog St. Louis. On August 5, the Cardinals took a 4-0 lead into the top of ninth inning, only to have Villone, Isringhausen and Franklin combine to give up four runs to the Dodgers. It was the 27th blown save of the season for the Cardinal bullpen, worst in MLB. (The Cardinals eventually salvaged a 6-4 win when Ryan Ludwick hit a walk-off homer in extra innings.) After the game, the Cardinals announced that Isringhausen was again being removed from the [[Closer (baseball)|closer]]'s role.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080806&content_id=3265566&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Closer-by committee likely in the Cards: Isringhausen loses stopper job after Tuesday's four-run ninth]</ref> [[Chris Perez (baseball)|Chris Perez]] returned from the minor leagues and got the first save of his career; a five-out save as the Cardinals beat L.A. 9-6 on August 6.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080806&content_id=3266618&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Cards 9, Dodgers 6]</ref> |
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[[Rick Ankiel]] was limited to pinch-hitting for 14 games at the end of July and the beginning of August due to an abdominal strain.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080811&content_id=3292394&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Ankiel returns to Cards' starting lineup: Slugger gets start in left field on Monday (Aug. 11) against Marlins]</ref> Chris Carpenter suffered a physical setback with a strain in his right [[triceps]] and had to be removed after only 5.1 innings, trailing 1-0 against the Cubs on August 10. The Cardinals lost the game and two of three in the series.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080810&content_id=3288668&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Cards suffer double loss in finale: Carpenter exits with injury in defeat to division-leading Cubs]</ref><ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080810&content_id=3289511&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Carpenter exits with arm injury: Cards right-hander strains right triceps on 66th pitch vs. Cubs]</ref> On August 15 Carpenter returned to the DL, diagnosed with a strained muscle in his shoulder.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080815&content_id=3313502&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Carp to DL]</ref> Brad Thompson started in Carpenter's place and won, while Chris Perez picked up his fourth save in four chances. August ended with the Astros sweeping the Cardinals in three at Houston, dropping them to 13-13 for the month and 74-63 for the season and leaving St. Louis a full six games behind Milwaukee in the loss column. |
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[[Jason Isringhausen]]'s frustrating season came to a disappointing finish when he was diagnosed on August 19 with elbow tendinitis and a partially torn tendon.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080820&content_id=3336721&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Izzy out for year]</ref> Meanwhile, staff ace [[Adam Wainwright]], out since June 7 with a right middle finger sprain, made a triumphant return for the Cardinals on August 22, giving up only one run and five hits in six innings – and going 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI, as St. Louis thrashed Atlanta 18-3 with 26 hits – 21 of them singles (5 doubles). |
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A crucial two-game series with Milwaukee August 26–27 ended in a split and with the Cardinals still four losses behind the Brewers in the race for the NL Wild Card. It ended the season series with the Brewers, which Milwaukee won 10 games to 5. August ended with the Astros sweeping the Cardinals in three in Houston. The Cardinals went 13-13 for the month and ended August six games behind Milwaukee in the loss column. |
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September opened on a particularly unpleasant note as the Cardinals blew a 5-1 lead against the Diamondbacks on September 1, losing 8-6. [[Stephen Drew]] of the D-backs [[Hitting for the cycle|hit for the cycle]]. The next day St. Louis promoted six players from Memphis as part of September call-ups. Included in the call-ups was [[Jason Motte]], the 11th player to make his debut with the 2008 Cardinals.<ref>[http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/8B281B96F93E8D61862574B80016BACE?OpenDocument Six called up] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905204833/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/8B281B96F93E8D61862574B80016BACE?OpenDocument |date=September 5, 2008 }}</ref> |
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A loss to the Cubs on September 10 dropped them into fourth place behind the surging Astros. That loss was the start of a season-high seven-game losing streak that saw the Cardinals officially eliminated in the NL Central race and fall out of wild-card contention. The losing streak was finally snapped on September 18 versus [[Cincinnati Reds|Cincinnati]] with the first save of [[Jason Motte]]'s career. [[Rick Ankiel]], slowed by a sports hernia, was shut down for the year on September 13.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080913&content_id=3465845&vkey=news_stl&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl Ankiel out]</ref> |
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The Cardinals finished the year on a high note, winning six in a row (their longest winning streak of the year) against Arizona and Cincinnati. They ended the season with an 86-76 record. |
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===Season standings=== |
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{{2008 NL Central standings|highlight=St. Louis Cardinals}} |
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===Record vs. opponents=== |
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{{2009 NL Record vs. opponents|team=STL}} |
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| -- || March 31 || [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] ||colspan=6|''Postponed (rain)'' <small>Rescheduled for April 1</small> |
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| 1 || April 1 || [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || 2 – 1 || [[Taylor Buchholz|Buchholz]] (1-0) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (0-1) || [[Manny Corpas|Corpas]] (1) || 45,996 || 0-1 |
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| 2 || April 2 || [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || 8 – 3 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (1-0) || [[Aaron Cook (baseball)|Cook]] (0-1) || || 39,915 || 1-1 |
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| 3 || April 3 || [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || 3 – 0 || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (1-0) || [[Ubaldo Jiménez|Jiménez]] (0-1) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (1) || 33,748 || 2-1 |
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| 4 || April 4 || [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || 5 – 4 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (1-0) || [[Odalis Pérez|Pérez]] (0-1) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (2) || 37,191 || 3-1 |
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| 5 || April 5 || [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || 5 – 4 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (1-0) || [[Matt Chico|Chico]] (0-1) || '''[[Randy Flores|Flores]]''' (1) || 41,463 || 4-1 |
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| 6 || April 6 || [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || 3 – 0 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (1-0) || [[John Lannan|Lannan]] (0-1) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (3) || 41,912 || 5-1 |
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| 7 || April 7 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 5 – 3 || [[José Valverde|Valverde]] (2-0) || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (0-1) || || 43,483 || 5-2 |
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| 8 || April 8 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 5 – 3 || '''[[Anthony Reyes|Reyes]]''' (1-0) || [[Geoff Geary|Geary]] (0-1) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (4) || 30,184 || 6-2 |
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| 9 || April 9 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 6 – 4 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (2-0) || [[Chris Sampson|Sampson]] (0-1) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (5) || 29,187 || 7-2 |
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| 10 || April 10 || @ [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || 5 – 1 || [[Kevin Correia|Correia]] (1-1) || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (1-1) || [[Brian Wilson (baseball)|Wilson]] (2) || 30,333 || 7-3 |
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| 11 || April 11 || @ [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || 8 – 2 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (2-0) || [[Barry Zito|Zito]] (0-3) || || 33,954 || 8-3 |
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| 12 || April 12 || @ [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || 8 – 7 <small> (10)</small> || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (1-0) || [[Erick Threets|Threets]] (0-1 || '''[[Anthony Reyes|Reyes]]''' (1) || 35,717 || 9-3 |
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| 13 || April 13 || @ [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || 7 – 4 || [[Tim Lincecum|Lincecum]] (2-0) || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (0-1) || [[Brian Wilson (baseball)|Wilson]] (3) || 37,195 || 9-4 |
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| 14 || April 15 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 6 – 1 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (3-0) || [[Dave Bush|Bush]] (0-3) || || 39,438 || 10-4 |
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| 15 || April 16 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 5 – 4 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (2-1) || [[Carlos Villanueva (baseball)|Villanueva]] (1-2) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (6) || 40,712 || 11-4 |
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| 16 || April 17 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 5 – 3 <small> (10)</small> || [[Brian Shouse|Shouse]] (1-0) || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (1-1) || [[Éric Gagné|Gagné]] (4) || 36,850 || 11-5 |
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| 17 || April 18 || [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || 11 – 1 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (2-0) || [[Matt Cain|Cain]] (0-2) || || 40,684 || 12-5 |
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| 18 || April 19 || [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || 3 – 0 || [[Tim Lincecum|Lincecum]] (3-0) || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (0-2) || [[Brian Wilson (baseball)|Wilson]] (5) || 41,707 || 12-6 |
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| 19 || April 20 || [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || 8 – 2 || [[Jonathan Sánchez|Sánchez]] (1-1) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (3-1) || || 41,127 || 12-7 |
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| 20 || April 21 || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 4 – 3 || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (1-1) || [[Derrick Turnbow|Turnbow]] (0-1) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (7) || 31,240 || 13-7 |
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| 21 || April 22 || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 9 – 8 <small>(12)</small> || [[Seth McClung|McClung]] (1-0) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (1-1) || || 23,478 || 13-8 |
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| 22 || April 23 || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 7 – 4 || [[Dámaso Marte|Marte]] (1-0) || '''[[Anthony Reyes|Reyes]]''' (1-1) || [[Matt Capps|Capps]] (6) || 10,487 || 13-9 |
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| 23 || April 24 || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 6 – 2 || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (1-2) || [[Tom Gorzelanny|Gorzelanny]] (1-3) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (8) || 9,544 || 14-9 |
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| 24 || April 25 || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 3 – 2 || [[Wesley Wright|Wright]] (3-0) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (1-2) || [[José Valverde|Valverde]] (4) || 41,193 || 14-10 |
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| 25 || April 26 || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 4 – 3 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (3-1) || [[Dave Borkowski|Borkowski]] (0-1) || || 43,040 || 15-10 |
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| 26 || April 27 || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 5 – 1 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (3-0) || [[Brandon Backe|Backe]] (1-3) || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (1) || 44,222 || 16-10 |
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| 27 || April 28 || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 4 – 3 || [[Bronson Arroyo|Arroyo]] (1-3) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (2-1) || [[Francisco Cordero|Cordero]] (4) || 37,229 || 16-11 |
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| 28 || April 29 || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 7 – 2 || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (2-2) || [[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]] (1-3) || || 35,356 || 17-11 |
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| 29 || April 30 || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 5 – 2 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (4-1) || [[Aaron Harang|Harang]] (1-4) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (9) || 40,629 || 18-11 |
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| 30 || May 2 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 5 – 3 <small>(11)</small> || '''[[Ron Villone|Villone]]''' (1-0) || [[Chad Fox|Fox]] (0-1) || || 45,077 || 19-11 |
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| 31 || May 3 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] (FOX) || 9 – 3 || [[Ted Lilly|Lilly]] (2-4) || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (3-1) || || 46,792 || 19-12 |
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| 32 || May 4 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] [[List of games televised on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball#2008|(ESPN)]] || 5 – 3 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (3-1) || [[Jason Marquis|Marquis]] (1-2) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (10) || 44,969 || 20-12 |
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| 33 || May 5 || @ [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || 6 – 5 || '''[[Randy Flores|Flores]]''' (1-0) || [[Brian Fuentes|Fuentes]] (0-2) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (11) || 28,183 || 21-12 |
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| 1 || [[March 31]] || [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || || || || || || |
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| 34 || May 6 || @ [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || 6 – 5 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (5-1) || [[Mark Redman|Redman]] (2-3) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (1) || 25,460 || 22-12 |
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| 35 || May 7 || @ [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || 4 – 3 || [[Ryan Speier|Speier]] (1-1) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (1-3) || [[Brian Fuentes|Fuentes]] (3) || 25.432 || 22-13 |
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| 36 || May 8 || @ [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || 9 – 3 || [[Jorge de la Rosa|de la Rosa]] (1-1) || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (3-2) || || 25,376 || 22-14 |
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| 37 || May 9 || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 4 – 3 || [[Brian Shouse|Shouse]] (3-0) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (1-4) || || 42,705 || 22-15 |
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| 38 || May 10 || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 5 – 3 || '''[[Russ Springer|Springer]]''' (1-0) || [[Éric Gagné|Gagné]] (1-2) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (2) || 43,382 || 23-15 |
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| 39 || May 11 || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 5 – 3 || [[Jeff Suppan|Suppan]] (2-2) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (5-2) || [[Brian Shouse|Shouse]] (1) || 41,197 || 23-16 |
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| 40 || May 12 || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 8 – 3 || [[Dave Bush|Bush]] (1-4) || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (3-2) || [[Guillermo Mota|Mota]] (1) || 25,757 || 23-17 |
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| 41 || May 13 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 8 – 4 <small>(10)</small> || [[Marino Salas|Salas]] (1-0) || '''[[Ron Villone|Villone]]''' (1-1) || || 38,800 || 23-18 |
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| 42 || May 14 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 5 – 1 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (4-1) || [[Paul Maholm|Maholm]] (2-4) || || 38,720 || 24-18 |
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| 43 || May 15 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 11-5 || [[John Grabow|Grabow]] (3-1) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (1-5) || || 41,244 || 24-19 |
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| 44 || May 16 || [[Tampa Bay Rays|Rays]] || 3 – 1 || [[Andy Sonnanstine|Sonnanstine]] (6-1) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (5-3) || [[Troy Percival|Percival]] (11) || 43,136 || 24-20 |
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| 45 || May 17 || [[Tampa Bay Rays|Rays]] || 9 – 8 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (2-1) || [[Dan Wheeler|Wheeler]] (0-3) || || 43,907 || 25-20 |
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| 46 || May 18 || [[Tampa Bay Rays|Rays]] || 5 – 4 || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (1-0) || [[Gary Glover|Glover]] (0-2) || || 46,392 || 26-20 |
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| 47 || May 19 || @ [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || 8 – 2 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (5-1) || [[Wilfredo Ledezma|Ledezma]] (0-1) || || 22,638 || 27-20 |
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| 48 || May 20 || @ [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || 3 – 2 || [[Bryan Corey|Corey]] (1-0) || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (2-3) || [[Trevor Hoffman|Hoffman]] (9) || 27,181 || 27-21 |
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| 49 || May 21 || @ [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || 11 – 3 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (6-3) || [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Young]] (4-4) || || 21,011 || 28-21 |
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| 50 || May 23 || @ [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || 2 – 1 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (4-2) || [[Derek Lowe|Lowe]] (2-5) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (3) || 52,281 || 29-21 |
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| 51 || May 24 || @ [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || 4 – 0 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (4-2) || [[Brad Penny|Penny]] (5-5) || || 44,785 || 30-21 |
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| 52 || May 25 || @ [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || 4 – 3 <small>(10)</small> || [[Takashi Saito (baseball)|Saito]] (3-1) || '''[[Mike Parisi|Parisi]]''' (0-1) || || 46,566 || 30-22 |
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| 53 || May 27 || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 8 – 2 || [[Shawn Chacón|Chacón]] (2-0) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (6-4) || || 41,104 || 30-23 |
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| 54 || May 28 || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 6 – 1 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (5-2) || [[Wandy Rodríguez|Rodríguez]] (1-1) || || 41,115 || 31-23 |
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| 55 || May 29 || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 3 – 2 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (5-2) || [[Roy Oswalt|Oswalt]] (4-5) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (4) || 41,786 || 32-23 |
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| 56 || May 30 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 5 – 4 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (6-1) || [[Zach Duke|Duke]] (2-4) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (5) || 42,791 || 33-23 |
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| 57 || May 31 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 14 – 4 || [[Paul Maholm|Maholm]] (3-5) || '''[[Mike Parisi|Parisi]]''' (0-2) || || 44,302 || 33-24 |
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| 58 || June 1 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 7 – 4 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (7-4) || [[Ian Snell|Snell]] (2-5) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (6) || 43,462 || 34-24 |
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| 59 || June 2 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 5 – 4 || [[Franquelis Osoria|Osoria]] (3-1) || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (5-3) || [[Matt Capps|Capps]] (11) || 42,129 || 34-25 |
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| 60 || June 3 || @ [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || 6 – 1 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (6-2) || [[Odalis Pérez|Pérez]] (2-5) || || 26,875 || 35-25 |
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| 61 || June 5 || @ [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || 4 – 1 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (7-1) || [[John Lannan|Lannan]] (4-6) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (7) || 27,264 || 36-25 |
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| 62 || June 5 || @ [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || 10 – 9 <small>(10)</small> || [[Brian Sanches|Sanches]] (2-0) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (2-2) || || 32,357 || 36-26 |
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| 63 || June 6 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || | 6 – 1 || [[Brian Moehler|Moehler]] (3-2) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (7-5) || || 38,596 || 36-27 |
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| 64 || June 7 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 8 – 4 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (6-3) || [[Shawn Chacón|Chacón]] (2-2) || || 39,811 || 37-27 |
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| 65 || June 8 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 5 – 4 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (7-2) || [[Wandy Rodríguez|Rodríguez]] (2-2) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (8) || 39,923 || 38-27 |
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| 66 || June 10 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 7 – 2 || '''[[Mitchell Boggs|Boggs]]''' (1-0) || [[Homer Bailey|Bailey]] (0-2) || || 34,234 || 39-27 |
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| 67 || June 11 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 10 – 0 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (8-5) || [[Johnny Cueto|Cueto]] (5-6) || || 19,851 || 40-27 |
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| 68 || June 12 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 6 – 2 || [[Jared Burton|Burton]] (3-1) || '''[[Mark Worrell|Worrell]]''' (0-1) || || 22,121 || 40-28 |
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| 69 || June 13 || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || 20 – 2 || [[Kyle Kendrick|Kendrick]] (6-2) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (7-2) || || 44,376 || 40-29 |
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| 70 || June 14 || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] (FOX) || 3 – 2 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (8-2) || [[Adam Eaton (pitcher)|Eaton]] (2-4) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (9) || 45,089 || 41-29 |
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| 71 || June 15 || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || 7-6 <small>(10)</small> || '''[[Anthony Reyes|Reyes]]''' (2-1) || [[Tom Gordon|Gordon]] (5-4) || || 45,391 || 42-29 |
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| 72 || June 17 || [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || 2 – 1 || [[Kyle Davies (baseball)|Davies]] (3-0) || '''[[Ron Villone|Villone]]''' (1-2) || [[Joakim Soria|Soria]] (16) || 44,050 * || 42-30 |
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| 73 || June 18 || [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || 3 – 2 || [[Brian Bannister|Bannister]] (6-6) || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (0-2) || [[Joakim Soria|Soria]] (17) || 43,810 || 42-31 |
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| 74 || June 19 || [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || 4 – 1 || [[Zack Greinke|Greinke]] (6-4) || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (1-2) || [[Joakim Soria|Soria]] (18) || 44,277 || 42-32 |
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| 75 || June 20 || @ [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] || 5 – 4 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (9-2) || [[Tim Wakefield|Wakefield]] (4-5) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (10) || 37,671 || 43-32 |
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| 76 || June 21 || @ [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] (FOX) || 9 – 3 || '''[[Mitchell Boggs|Boggs]]''' (2-0) || [[Daisuke Matsuzaka|Matsuzaka]] (8-1) || || 37,227 || 44-32 |
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| 77 || June 22 || @ [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] || 5 – 3 <small>(13)</small> || [[Javier López (baseball)|Lopez]] (2-0) || '''[[Mike Parisi|Parisi]]''' (0-3) || || 37,085 || 44-33 |
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| 78 || June 24 || @ [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] || 8 – 4 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (9-5) || [[Kenny Rogers (baseball)|Rogers]] (5-5) || || 44,446 || 45-33 |
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| 79 || June 25 || @ [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] || 8 – 7 || [[Todd Jones|Jones]] (3-0) || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (0-3) || || 40,091 || 45-34 |
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| 80 || June 26 || @ [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] || 3 – 2 <small>(10)</small> || [[Bobby Seay|Seay]] (1-1) || '''[[Mike Parisi|Parisi]]''' (0-4) || || 41,022 || 45-35 |
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| 81 || June 27 || @ [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || 7 – 2 || [[Gil Meche|Meche]] (6-8) || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (2-4) || || 36,360 || 45-36 |
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| 82 || June 28 || @ [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || 5 – 1 || '''[[Mitchell Boggs|Boggs]]''' (3-0) || [[Kyle Davies (baseball)|Davies]] (3-1) || || 37,537 || 46-36 |
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| 83 || June 29 || @ [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || 9 – 6 || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (2-0) || [[Brian Bannister|Bannister]] (7-7) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (11) || 31,803 || 47-36 |
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| 84 || June 30 || [[New York Mets|Mets]] (ESPN) || 7 – 1 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (10-2) || [[John Maine|Maine]] (8-6) || || 42,206 || 48-36 |
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| 85 || July 1 || [[New York Mets|Mets]] || 7 – 4 || [[Tony Armas|Armas]] (1-0) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (7-3) || [[Billy Wagner|Wagner]] (19) || 42,425 || 48-37 |
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| 86 || July 2 || [[New York Mets|Mets]] || 8 – 7 || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (3-2) || [[Carlos Muñiz|Muñiz]] (0-1) || || 40,995 || 49-37 |
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| 87 || July 3 || [[New York Mets|Mets]] || 11 – 1 || [[Mike Pelfrey|Pelfrey]] (6-6) || '''[[Mitchell Boggs|Boggs]]''' (3-1) || || 43,099 || 49-38 |
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| 88 || July 4 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 2 – 1 || [[Carlos Zambrano (baseball)|Zambrano]] (9-3) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (9-6) || [[Kerry Wood|Wood]] (22) || 46,450 || 49-39 |
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| 2 || [[April 2]] || [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || || || || || || |
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| 89 || July 5 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] (FOX) || 5 – 4 || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (1-3) || [[Kerry Wood|Wood]] (4-2) || || 46,865 ** || 50-39 |
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| 3 || [[April 3]] || [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || || || || || || |
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| 90 || July 6 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] (TBS) || 7 – 1 || [[Sean Marshall (baseball)|Marshall]] (1-2) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (7-4) || || 46,752 || 50-40 |
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| 4 || [[April 4]] || [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || || || || || || |
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| 91 || July 8 || @ [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || 2 – 0 || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (3-4) || [[Cole Hamels|Hamels]] (9-6) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (12) || 41,519 || 51-40 |
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| 5 || [[April 5]] || [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || || || || || || |
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| 92 || July 9 || @ [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || 4 – 2 || [[Clay Condrey|Condrey]] (2-1) || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (1-4) || [[Brad Lidge|Lidge]] (20) || 44,951 || 51-41 |
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| 6 || [[April 6]] || [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || || || || || || |
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| 93 || July 10 || @ [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || 4 – 1 || [[Jamie Moyer|Moyer]] (8-6) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (9-7) || [[J. C. Romero|Romero]] (1) || 44,241 || 51-42 |
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| 7 || [[April 7]] || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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| 94 || July 11 || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 6 – 0 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (11-2) || [[Zach Duke|Duke]] (4-6) || || 37,113 || 52-42 |
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| 8 || [[April 8]] || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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| 95 || July 12 || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 12 – 11 <small>(10)</small> || [[Denny Bautista|Bautista]] (3-2) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (2-1) || || 29,387 || 52-43 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 9 || [[April 9]] || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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| 96 || July 13 || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 11 – 6 || '''[[Russ Springer|Springer]]''' (2-0) || [[Franquelis Osoria|Osoria]] (3-3) || || 21,052 || 53-43 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbb;" |
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| 10 || [[April 10]] || @ [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || || || || || || |
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| -- || July 15 || [[2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] ||colspan=6|[[American League]] 4, [[National League (baseball)|National League]] 3 <small> (15)</small> |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 11 || [[April 11]] || @ [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || || || || || || |
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| 97 || July 17 || [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || 4 – 3 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (12-2) || [[Jake Peavy|Peavy]] (7-6) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (13) || 42,148 || 54-43 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 12 || [[April 12]] || @ [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || || || || || || |
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| 98 || July 18 || [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || 11 – 7 || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (2-4) || [[Heath Bell|Bell]] (6-4) || || 44,398 || 55-43 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 13 || [[April 13]] || @ [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || || || || || || |
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| 99 || July 19 || [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] (FOX) || 6 – 5 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (8-4) || [[Randy Wolf|Wolf]] (6-10) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (14) || 45,399 || 56-43 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 14 || [[April 15]] || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| 100 || July 20 || [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || 9 – 5 || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (2-2) || [[Bryan Corey|Corey]] (1-2) || || 44,214 || 57-43 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 15 || [[April 16]] || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| 101 || July 21 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] (ESPN) || 6 – 3 <small>(10)</small> || [[Salomón Torres|Torres]] (5-2) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (3-3) || || 41,006 || 57-44 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 16 || [[April 17]] || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| 102 || July 22 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 4 – 3 || [[Brian Shouse|Shouse]] (4-1) || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (2-5) || [[Salomón Torres|Torres]] (18) || 41,955 || 57-45 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 17 || [[April 18]] || [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || || || || || || |
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| 103 || July 23 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 3 – 0 || [[CC Sabathia|Sabathia]] (10-8) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (9-8) || || 41,513 || 57-46 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 18 || [[April 19]] || [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || || || || || || |
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| 104 || July 24 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 4 – 3 || [[Éric Gagné|Gagné]] (3-2) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (3-4) || [[Salomón Torres|Torres]] (19) || 41,233 || 57-47 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 19 || [[April 20]] || [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] || || || || || || |
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| 105 || July 25 || @ [[New York Mets|Mets]] || 7 – 2 || [[Mike Pelfrey|Pelfrey]] (9-6) || '''[[Mitchell Boggs|Boggs]]''' (3-2) || || 55,372 || 57-48 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 20 || [[April 21]] || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| 106 || July 26 || @ [[New York Mets|Mets]] || 10 – 8 <small>(14)</small> || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (3-2) || [[Aaron Heilman|Heilman]] (1-4) || || 53,799 || 58-48 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 21 || [[April 22]] || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| 107 || July 27 || @ [[New York Mets|Mets]] || 9 – 1 || [[Johan Santana|Santana]] (9-7) || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (12-3) || || 53,691 || 58-49 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 22 || [[April 23]] || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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| 108 || July 28 || @ [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || 12 – 3 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (10-8) || [[Charlie Morton (pitcher)|Morton]] (2-4) || || 28,705 || 59-49 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 23 || [[April 24]] || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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| 109 || July 29 || @ [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || 8 – 3 || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (4-4) || [[Rafael Soriano|Soriano]] (0-1) || || 29,541 || 60-49 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 24 || [[April 25]] || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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| 110 || July 30 || @ [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || 7 – 2 || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (4-2) || [[Jair Jurrjens|Jurrjens]] (10-6) || || 35,257 || 61-49 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 25 || [[April 26]] || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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| 111 || July 31 || @ [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || 9 – 4 || [[Jeff Bennett (baseball)|Bennett]] (2-4) || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (3-5) || || 40,653 || 61-50 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 26 || [[April 27]] || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 27 || [[April 28]] || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 28 || [[April 29]] || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || || || || || || |
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| 29 || [[April 30]] || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || || || || || || |
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| 112 || August 1 || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || 6 – 3 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (13-3) || [[Cole Hamels|Hamels]] (9-7) || '''[[Jason Isringhausen|Isringhausen]]''' (12) || 44,234 || 62-50 |
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| 113 || August 2 || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || 2 – 1 || [[Joe Blanton|Blanton]] (6-12) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (10-9) || [[Brad Lidge|Lidge]] (27) || 45,450 || 62-51 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 114 || August 3 || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] (ESPN) || 5 – 4 || [[Chad Durbin|Durbin]] (4-2) || '''[[Jaime García (baseball)|García]]''' (0-1) || [[Brad Lidge|Lidge]] (28) || 44,655 || 62-52 |
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| 115 || August 5 || [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || 6 – 4 <small>(11)</small> || '''[[Jaime García (baseball)|García]]''' (1-1) || [[Jason Johnson (baseball)|Johnson]] (1-1) || || 40,773 || 63-52 |
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| 116 || August 6 || [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || 9 – 6 || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (4-5) || [[Derek Lowe|Lowe]] (8-10) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (1) || 42,581 || 64-52 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 117 || August 7 || [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || 4 – 1 || [[Clayton Kershaw|Kershaw]] (2-3) || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (13-4) || [[Jonathan Broxton|Broxton]] (6) || 40,500 || 64-53 |
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| 118 || August 8 || @ [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 3 – 2 <small>(11)</small> || [[Bob Howry|Howry]] (5-4) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (4-5) || || 41,539 || 64-54 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 119 || August 9 || @ [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] (FOX) || 12 – 3 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (9-4) || [[Carlos Zambrano (baseball)|Zambrano]] (12-5) || || 41,436 || 65-54 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 120 || August 10 || @ [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] (ESPN) || 6 – 2 || [[Ryan Dempster|Dempster]] (13-5) || '''[[Chris Carpenter|Carpenter]]''' (0-1) || || 41,268 || 65-55 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 121 || August 11 || @ [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || 4 – 2 || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (5-5) || [[Aníbal Sánchez|Sánchez]] (1-2) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (2) || 13,419 || 66-55 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 122 || August 12 || @ [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || 4 – 3 || [[Chris Volstad|Volstad]] (4-2) || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (13-5) || [[Kevin Gregg|Gregg]] (26) || 14,211 || 66-56 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 123 || August 13 || @ [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || 6 – 4 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (11-9) || [[Renyel Pinto|Pinto]] (2-4) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (3) || 15,233 || 67-56 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 124 || August 14 || @ [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || 3 – 0 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (10-4) || [[Scott Olsen|Olsen]] (6-8) || || 15,609 || 68-56 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 125 || August 15 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 5 – 3 || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (5-2) || [[Bronson Arroyo|Arroyo]] (10-10) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (4) || 26,234 || 69-56 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 126 || August 16 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 9 – 3 || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (6-5) || [[Aaron Harang|Harang]] (3-13) || || 30,713 || 70-56 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 127 || August 17 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 7 – 3 || [[Edinson Vólquez|Vólquez]] (15-5) || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (13-6) || || 37,468 || 70-57 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 128 || August 19 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 4 – 1 || [[Ian Snell|Snell]] (5-10) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (11-10) || [[T.J. Beam|Beam]] (1) || 39,502 || 70-58 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 129 || August 20 || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 11 – 2 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (11-4) || [[Jason Davis (baseball)|Davis]] (1-3) || || 37,269 || 71-58 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 130 || August 22 || [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || 18 – 3 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (7-3) || [[Charlie Morton (pitcher)|Morton]] (3-8) || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (1) || 43,926 || 72-58 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 131 || August 23 || [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] (FOX) || 8 – 4 || [[Buddy Carlyle|Carlyle]] (1-0) || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (2-6) || [[Mike Gonzalez (pitcher)|Gonzalez]] (6) || 44,074 || 72-59 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 132 || August 24 || [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || 6 – 3 || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (12-10) || [[Jo-Jo Reyes|Reyes]] (3-10) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (5) || 43,361 || 73-59 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 133 || August 26 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 12 – 0 || [[Ben Sheets|Sheets]] (12-7) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (11-5) || || 41,121 || 73-60 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 134 || August 27 || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || 5 – 3 || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (5-5) || [[David Riske|Riske]] (1-2) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (6) || 41,433 || 74-60 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 135 || August 29 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 3 – 2 || [[Doug Brocail|Brocail]] (6-5) || '''[[Russ Springer|Springer]]''' (2-1) || || 33,347 || 74-61 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 136 || August 30 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 8 – 5 || [[Brian Moehler|Moehler]] (10-5) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (12-11) || [[José Valverde|Valverde]] (36) || 37,569 || 74-62 |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 137 || August 31 || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || 3 – 0 || [[Wandy Rodríguez|Rodríguez]] (8-6) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (11-6) || [[José Valverde|Valverde]] (37) || 35,638 || 74-63 |
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| 138 || September 1 || @ [[Arizona Diamondbacks|D-backs]] || 8 – 6 || [[Chad Qualls|Qualls]] (3-8) || '''[[Kyle McClellan|McClellan]]''' (2-7) || [[Brandon Lyon|Lyon]] (26) || 35,075 || 74-64 |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="8%" | Score |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Win |
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| 139 || September 2 || @ [[Arizona Diamondbacks|D-backs]] || 8 – 2 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (8-3) || [[Yusmeiro Petit|Petit]] (3-4) || || 27,568 || 75-64 |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Loss |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Save |
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| 140 || September 3 || @ [[Arizona Diamondbacks|D-backs]] || 4 – 3 || [[Chad Qualls|Qualls]] (4-8) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (2-2) || || 24,350 || 75-65 |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="8%" | Attendance |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Record |
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| 141 || September 5 || [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || 4 – 1 <small>(11)</small> || [[Arthur Rhodes|Rhodes]] (2-0) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (5-6) || [[Matt Lindstrom|Lindstrom]] (1) || 42,633 || 75-66 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 30 || [[May 2]] || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || || || || || || |
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| 142 || September 6 || [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || 5 – 3 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (12-6) || [[Scott Olsen|Olsen]] (6-10) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (15) || 42,814 || 76-66 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 31 || [[May 3]] || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] (FOX) || || || || || || |
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| 143 || September 7 || [[Florida Marlins|Marlins]] || 3 – 1 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (9-3) || [[Josh Johnson (pitcher)|Johnson]] (4-1) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (7) || 46,045 || 77-66 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 32 || [[May 4]] || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] (ESPN) || || || || || || |
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| 144 || September 9 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 4 – 3 || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (3-2) || [[Carlos Mármol|Mármol]] (2-4) || || 43,806 || 78-66 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 33 || [[May 5]] || @ [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || || || || || || |
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| 145 || September 10 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 4 – 3 || [[Ted Lilly|Lilly]] (14-9) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (12-12) || [[Kerry Wood|Wood]] (29) || 43,955 || 78-67 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 34 || [[May 6]] || @ [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || || || || || || |
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| 146 || September 11 || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 3 – 2 || [[Rich Harden|Harden]] (5-1) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (12-7) || [[Kerry Wood|Wood]] (30) || 44,155 || 78-68 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 35 || [[May 7]] || @ [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || || || || || || |
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| 147 || September 12 || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 10 – 2 || [[Paul Maholm|Maholm]] (9-8) || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (6-6) || || 14,903 || 78-69 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 36 || [[May 8]] || @ [[Colorado Rockies|Rockies]] || || || || || || |
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| 148 || September 13 || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 7 – 6 <small>(12)</small> || [[Craig Hansen|Hansen]] (1-3) || '''[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Perez]]''' (3-3) || || 17,132 || 78-70 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 37 || [[May 9]] || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| 149 || September 14 || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || 7 – 2 || [[T.J. Beam|Beam]] (2-1) || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (5-3) || || 18,994 || 78-71 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 38 || [[May 10]] || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] (FOX) || || || || || || |
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| 150 || September 16 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 7 – 2 || [[Bronson Arroyo|Arroyo]] (15-10) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (12-13) || || 19,708 || 78-72 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 39 || [[May 11]] || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| 151 || September 17 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 3 – 0 || [[Aaron Harang|Harang]] (5-16) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (12-8) || || 14,850 || 78-73 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 40 || [[May 12]] || @ [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| 152 || September 18 || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 5 – 4 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (14-6) || [[Edinson Vólquez|Vólquez]] (16-6) || '''[[Jason Motte|Motte]]''' (1) || 14,041 || 79-73 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 41 || [[May 13]] || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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| 153 || September 19 || @ [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 12 – 6 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (10-3) || [[Carlos Zambrano (baseball)|Zambrano]] (14-6) || || 40,972 || 80-73 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 42 || [[May 14]] || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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| 154 || September 20 || @ [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 5 – 4 || [[Ted Lilly|Lilly]] (16-9) || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (6-7) || [[Kerry Wood|Wood]] (32) || 41,597 || 80-74 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 43 || [[May 15]] || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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| 155 || September 21 || @ [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || 5 – 1 || [[Ryan Dempster|Dempster]] (17-6) || '''[[Braden Looper|Looper]]''' (12-14) || || 40,551 || 80-75 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" |
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| 44 || [[May 16]] || [[Tampa Bay Rays|Rays]] || || || || || || |
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| 156 || September 22 || [[Arizona Diamondbacks|D-backs]] || 4 – 2 || [[Brandon Webb|Webb]] (22-7) || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (12-9) || [[Chad Qualls|Qualls]] (7) || 40,349 || 80-76 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 45 || [[May 17]] || [[Tampa Bay Rays|Rays]] || || || || || || |
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| 157 || September 23 || [[Arizona Diamondbacks|D-backs]] || 7 – 4 || '''[[Kyle Lohse|Lohse]]''' (15-6) || [[Randy Johnson|Johnson]] (10-10) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (16) || 40,013 || 81-76 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 46 || [[May 18]] || [[Tampa Bay Rays|Rays]] || || || || || || |
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| 158 || September 24 || [[Arizona Diamondbacks|D-backs]] || 4 – 2 || '''[[Adam Wainwright|Wainwright]]''' (11-3) || [[Max Scherzer|Scherzer]] (0-4) || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (17) || 40,029 || 82-76 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 47 || [[May 19]] || @ [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || || || || || || |
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| 159 || September 25 || [[Arizona Diamondbacks|D-backs]] || 12 – 3 || '''[[Joel Piñeiro|Piñeiro]]''' (7-7) || [[Leo Rosales|Rosales]] (1-1) || || 40,502 || 83-76 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 48 || [[May 20]] || @ [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || || || || || || |
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| 160 || September 26 || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 7 – 6 || '''[[Ryan Franklin|Franklin]]''' (6-6) || [[Bill Bray|Bray]] (2-2) || || 44,709 || 84-76 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 49 || [[May 21]] || @ [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || || || || || || |
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| 161 || September 27 || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 8 – 5 || '''[[Todd Wellemeyer|Wellemeyer]]''' (13-9) || [[Aaron Harang|Harang]] (6-17) || || 43,682 || 85-76 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" |
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| 50 || [[May 23]] || @ [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || || || || || || |
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| 162 || September 28 || [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || 11 – 4 || '''[[Brad Thompson|Thompson]]''' (6-3) || [[Adam Pettyjohn|Pettyjohn]] (0-1) || || 43,300 || 86-76 |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 51 || [[May 24]] || @ [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 52 || [[May 25]] || @ [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 53 || [[May 27]] || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 54 || [[May 28]] || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 55 || [[May 29]] || [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 56 || [[May 30]] || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 57 || [[May 31]] || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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|}</div></div> |
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{{Game log section end}} |
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{{Game log end}} |
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> June 17, originally 43,793 reported. <br> |
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> July 5, largest ever at [[Busch Stadium]]. |
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==Players== |
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{{see also|St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster}} |
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===Roster=== |
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! colspan="10" style="background:#c41e3a; color:#fff; text-align:center;"| 2008 St. Louis Cardinals |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="4%" | # |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Date |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Opponent |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="8%" | Score |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Win |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Loss |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Save |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="8%" | Attendance |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Record |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 58 || [[June 1]] || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 59 || [[June 2]] || [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 60 || [[June 3]] || @ [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 61 || [[June 4]] || @ [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 62 || [[June 5]] || @ [[Washington Nationals|Nationals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 63 || [[June 6]] || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 64 || [[June 7]] || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 65 || [[June 8]] || @ [[Houston Astros|Astros]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 66 || [[June 10]] || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 67 || [[June 11]] || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 68 || [[June 12]] || @ [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 69 || [[June 13]] || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 70 || [[June 14]] || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] (FOX) || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 71 || [[June 15]] || [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 72 || [[June 17]] || [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 73 || [[June 18]] || [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 74 || [[June 19]] || [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 75 || [[June 20]] || @ [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 76 || [[June 21]] || @ [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] (FOX) || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 77 || [[June 22]] || @ [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 78 || [[June 24]] || @ [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 79 || [[June 25]] || @ [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 80 || [[June 26]] || @ [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 81 || [[June 27]] || @ [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 82 || [[June 28]] || @ [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 83 || [[June 29]] || @ [[Kansas City Royals|Royals]] || || || || || || |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| 84 || [[June 30]] || [[New York Mets|Mets]] || || || || || || |
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|}</div></div> |
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|- |
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| colspan="10" style="background:#0a2252; color:#fff; text-align:center;"| '''Roster''' |
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|<div class="NavFrame"> |
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<div class="NavHead" style="background:#9EBD69; ">July</div> |
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<div class="NavContent" style="text-align:center;"> |
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |
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| valign="top" | '''Pitchers''' |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="4%" | # |
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{{MLBplayer|68|[[Mitchell Boggs]]}} |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Date |
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{{MLBplayer|29|[[Chris Carpenter]]}} |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="11%" | Opponent |
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{{MLBplayer|34|[[Randy Flores]]}} |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="8%" | Score |
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{{MLBplayer|31|[[Ryan Franklin]]}} |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Win |
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{{MLBplayer|64|[[Jaime García (baseball)|Jaime García]]}} |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Loss |
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{{MLBplayer|44|[[Jason Isringhausen]]}} |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Save |
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{{MLBplayer|56|[[Kelvin Jiménez]]}} |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="8%" | Attendance |
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{{MLBplayer|52|[[Josh Kinney]]}} |
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Record |
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{{MLBplayer|26|[[Kyle Lohse]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|41|[[Braden Looper]]}} |
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| 85 || [[July 1]] || [[New York Mets|Mets]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|46|[[Kyle McClellan]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|60|[[Jason Motte]]}} |
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| 86 || [[July 2]] || [[New York Mets|Mets]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|30|[[Mark Mulder]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|65|[[Mike Parisi]]}} |
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| 87 || [[July 3]] || [[New York Mets|Mets]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|63|[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Chris Perez]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|35|[[Joel Piñeiro]]}} |
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| 88 || [[July 4]] || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|23|[[Anthony Reyes]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|36|[[Russ Springer]]}} |
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| 89 || [[July 5]] || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] (FOX) || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|48|[[Brad Thompson]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|27|[[Ron Villone]]}} |
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| 90 || [[July 6]] || [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|50|[[Adam Wainwright]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|37|[[Todd Wellemeyer]]}} |
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| 91 || [[July 8]] || @ [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|67|[[Mark Worrell]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| style="width:25px;"| |
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| 92 || [[July 9]] || @ [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || || || || || || |
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| valign="top" | '''Catchers''' |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|53|[[Mark Johnson (catcher)|Mark Johnson]]}} |
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| 93 || [[July 10]] || @ [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|21|[[Jason LaRue]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer| 4|[[Yadier Molina]]}} |
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| 94 || [[July 11]] || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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'''Infielders''' |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|23|[[Brian Barden]]}} |
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| 95 || [[July 12]] || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer| 8|[[Troy Glaus]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer| 3|[[César Izturis]]}} |
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| 96 || [[July 13]] || @ [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer| 7|[[Adam Kennedy]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|22|[[Felipe López (baseball)|Felipe López]]}} |
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| 97 || [[July 17]] || [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|12|[[Aaron Miles]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|33|[[Josh Phelps]]}} |
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| 98 || [[July 18]] || [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer| 5|[[Albert Pujols]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|13|[[Brendan Ryan (baseball)|Brendan Ryan]]}} |
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| 99 || [[July 19]] || [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] (FOX) || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|59|[[Rico Washington]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| style="width:25px;"| |
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| 100 || [[July 20]] || [[San Diego Padres|Padres]] || || || || || || |
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| valign="top" | '''Outfielders''' |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|24|[[Rick Ankiel]]}} |
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| 101 || [[July 21]] || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|54|[[Brian Barton]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|16|[[Chris Duncan]]}} |
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| 102 || [[July 22]] || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|47|[[Ryan Ludwick]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|62|[[Joe Mather]]}} |
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| 103 || [[July 23]] || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|55|[[Skip Schumaker]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|61|[[Nick Stavinoha]]}} |
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| 104 || [[July 24]] || [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] || || || || || || |
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| style="width:25px;"| |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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| valign="top" | '''Manager''' |
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| 105 || [[July 25]] || @ [[New York Mets|Mets]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|10|[[Tony La Russa]]}} |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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'''Coaches''' |
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| 106 || [[July 26]] || @ [[New York Mets|Mets]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|18|[[Dave Duncan (baseball)|Dave Duncan]]}} (pitching) |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|38|[[Marty Mason]]}} (bullpen) |
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| 107 || [[July 27]] || @ [[New York Mets|Mets]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|39|[[Dave McKay (baseball)|Dave McKay]]}} (first base) |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|16|[[Hal McRae]]}} (hitting) |
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| 108 || [[July 28]] || @ [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] || || || || || || |
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{{MLBplayer|11|[[José Oquendo]]}} (third base) |
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|- align="center" bgcolor=" |
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{{MLBplayer|49|[[Joe Pettini]]}} (bench) |
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==Scoring by inning== |
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! CARDINALS !! 117 !! 82 !! 103 !! 93 !! 75 !! 81 !! 80 !! 80 !! 57 !! 5 !! 4 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2 !! 779 |
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! OPPONENTS !! 72 !! 66 !! 85 !! 98 !! 78 !! 76 !! 69 !! 81 !! 77 !! 15 !! 4 !! 2 !! 2 !! 0 !! 725 |
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==Player stats== |
==Player stats== |
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===Batting=== |
===Batting=== |
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''Note: G = Games played; AB = At |
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B= Doubles; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base Percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage'' |
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[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?c_id=stl&baseballScope=SL4&subScope=pos&teamPosCode=all&statType=1&timeSubFrame=2008&sitSplit=&venueID=&Submit=Submit&timeFrame=1 Cardinals Hitting Statistics] |
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|[[Albert Pujols]] ('''[[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]]''') || 148 || 524 (49) || 100 (14) || 187 (3) || 44 (4) || 37 (4) || 116 (4) || 104 (2) || 54 || .357 (2) || .462 (2) || '''.653 (1)''' |
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|[[Ryan Ludwick]] || 152 || 538 (43) || 104 (10) || 161 (30) || 40 (13) || 37 (4) || 113 (6) || 62 (31) || 146 (7) || .299 (15) || .375 (17) || .591 (2) |
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|[[Troy Glaus]] || 151 || 544 (38) || 69 || 147 (47) || 33 (34) || 27 (20) || 99 (15) || 87 (10) || 104 (40) || .270 || .372 (20) || .483 (30) |
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|[[Rick Ankiel]] [9/10] || 120 || 413 || 65 || 109 || 21 || 25 (25) || 71 (46) || 42 || 100 (49) || .264 || .337 (50) || .506 (21) |
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|[[Skip Schumaker]] || 153 || 540 (39) || 87 (26) || 163 (25) || 22 || 8 || 46 || 47 || 60 || .302 (10) || .359 (31) || .406 |
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|[[Felipe López (baseball)|Felipe López]] || 143 || 481 || 84 || 136 || 28 || 6 || 46 || 43 || 82 || .283 || .343 || .387 |
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|[[Yadier Molina]] || 124 || 444 || 37 || 135 || 18 || 7 || 56 || 32 || 29 || .304 * (10) || .349 (38) || .392 |
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|[[César Izturis]] || 135 || 414 || 50 || 109 || 10 || 1 || 24 || 29 || 26 || .263 || .319 || .309 |
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|[[Aaron Miles]] || 134 || 379 || 49 || 120 || 15 || 4 || 31 || 23 || 37 || .317 || .355 || .398 |
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|[[Adam Kennedy]] || 115 || 339 || 42 || 95 || 17 || 2 || 36 || 21 || 43 || .280 || .321 || .372 |
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|[[Chris Duncan]] || 76 || 222 || 26 || 55 || 8 || 6 || 27 || 34 || 52 || .248 || .321 || .372 |
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|[[Brendan Ryan (baseball)|Brendan Ryan]] || 80 || 197 || 30 || 48 || 9 || 0 || 10 || 18 || 31 || .244 || .307 || .289 |
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|[[Jason LaRue]] || 61 || 164 || 17 || 35 || 8 || 4 || 21 || 15 || 20 || .213 || .296 || .348 |
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|[[Brian Barton]] || 82 || 153 || 23 || 41 || 9 || 2 || 13 || 19 || 39 || .268 || .354 || .392 |
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|[[Joe Mather]] || 54 || 133 || 20 || 32 || 7 || 8 || 18 || 12 || 32 || .241 || .306 || .474 |
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|[[Nick Stavinoha]] || 29 || 57 || 4 || 11 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 11 || .193 || .217 || .211 |
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|[[Josh Phelps]] || 19 || 34 || 4 || 9 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 11 || .265 || .306 || .294 |
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|[[Rico Washington]] || 14 || 19 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 6 || .158 || .273 || .263 |
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|[[Mark Johnson (catcher)|Mark Johnson]] || 10 || 17 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || .294 || .333 || .294 |
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|[[Brian Barden]] || 9 || 9 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4 || .222 || .222 || .222 |
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|[[Kyle Lohse]] (P) || 31 || 63 || 1 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 20 || .111 || .111 || .127 |
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|[[Braden Looper]] (P) || 40 || 63 || 5 || 16 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 21 || .254 || .299 || .333 |
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|[[Adam Wainwright]] (P) || 25 || 60 || 5 || 16 || 2 || 1 || 6 || 2 || 20 || .267 || .286 || .350 |
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|[[Todd Wellemeyer]] (P) || 32 || 58 || 2 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 29 || .155 || .167 || .155 |
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|[[Joel Piñeiro]] (P) || 30 || 51 || 3 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 35 || .098 || .148 || .157 |
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|[[Brad Thompson]] (P) || 26 || 12 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 6 || .250 || .357 || .250 |
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|(Other Pitchers) || -- || 33 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 3 || 19 || .061 || .132 || .182 |
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|'''TOTAL''' || '''162''' || '''5,636 (1)''' || '''779''' (4) || '''1,585 (1)''' || '''283''' (11) || '''174''' (6) || '''744''' (4) || '''577''' (6) || '''985''' (16) || '''.281 (1)''' || '''.350''' (2) || '''.433''' (3) |
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===Starting pitchers=== |
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|[[Chris Carpenter]] (n/a) || 3 || 14.1 || 0 || 1 || 1.88 || 14 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 1.26 || 0 || 58 || .275 || .314 || 5.0 |
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|[[Adam Wainwright]] || 20 || 132.0 || 11 || 3 || 3.20 || 122 || 12 || 34 || 91 || 1.18 || 3 || 544 || .245 || .394 || 5.8 |
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|[[Braden Looper]] || 33 || 199.0 || 12 || 14 || 4.16 || 216 || 25 || 45 || 108 || 1.31 || 11 || 842 || .278 || .436 || 4.4 |
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|[[Brad Thompson]] || 6 || 29.1 || 3 || 2 || 4.91 || 33 || 2 || 7 || 17 || 1.36 || 2 || 124 || .297 || .459 || 4.5 |
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|[[Todd Wellemeyer]] || 32 || 192.2 || 13 || 9 || 3.71 || 178 || 24 || 60 || 133 || 1.24 || 7 || 807 || .245 || .415 || 4.8 |
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|[[Kyle Lohse]] || 33 || 200.0 || 15 || 6 || 3.78 || 211 || 18 || 49 || 119 || 1.30 || 3 || 839 || .272 || .418 || 4.2 |
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|[[Mark Mulder]] *+ || 1 || 0.1 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 6.06 || 0 || 3 || .000 || .000 || 2.0 |
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|[[Joel Piñeiro]] || 25 || 145.2 || 7 || 7 || 5.13 || 175 || 22 || 34 || 80 || 1.43 || 2 || 630 || .299 || .505 || 5.1 |
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|[[Mike Parisi]] *+ || 2 || 6.2 || 0 || 1 || 17.54 || 18 || 0 || 7 || 3 || 3.75 || 0 || 46 || .500 || .667 || 6.5 |
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|[[Mitchell Boggs]] + || 6 || 26.2 || 3 || 2 || 7.55 || 37 || 4 || 21 || 13 || 1.87 || 2 || 151 || .294 || .492 || 5.2 |
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||[[Jaime García (baseball)|Jaime García]] *+ || 1 || 5.0 || 0 || 0 || 5.40 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 1.20 || 0 || 20 || .263 || .579 || 9.0 |
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|'''TOTAL''' || '''162''' || '''955.0''' || '''64''' || '''45''' || '''4.20''' || '''1,009''' || '''109''' || '''264''' || '''575''' || '''1.33''' || '''30''' || '''4,064''' || '''.272''' || '''.437''' || '''4.8''' |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:4%;"| SO |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:6%;"| WHIP |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:7%;"| O-AVG |
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|[[Jason Isringhausen]] *† (8/16) || 42 || 42.2 || 1 || 5 || 12 || 2 || 48 || 28 || 27 || 5 || 5.70 || 22 || 36 || 1.64 || .279 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Ryan Franklin]] (9/28) || 74 || 78.2 || 6 || 6 || 17 || 13 || 86 || 34 || 31 || 10 || 3.55 || 30 || 51 || 1.47 || .277 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Russ Springer]] (9/28) || 70 || 50.1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 17 || 39 || 14 || 13 || 4 || 2.32 || 18 || 45 || 1.13 || .212 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Randy Flores]] (9/14) * || 43 || 25.2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 16 || 34 || 16 || 15 || 2 || 5.26 || 20 || 17 || 2.10 || .315 |
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|[[Anthony Reyes]] * (+ 7/26) || 10 || 14.2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 16 || 8 || 8 || 2 || 4.91 || 3 || 10 || 1.30 || .276 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Ron Villone]] (9/28) || 74 || 50.0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 16 || 45 || 27 || 26 || 4 || 4.68 || 37 || 50 || 1.64 || .239 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Kyle McClellan]] (9/21) || 67 || 74.2 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 32 || 78 ||36 || 33 || 7 || 3.98 || 25 || 59 || 1.38 || .268 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Mike Parisi]] (6/26) * || 10 || 16.1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 19 || 8 || 8 || 2 || 4.41 || 8 || 10 || 1.65 || .284 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Chris Perez (baseball)|Chris Perez]] (9/27) || 41 || 41.2 || 3 || 3 || 7 || 6 || 34 || 18 || 17 || 5 || 3.67 || 22 || 42 || 1.34 || .227 |
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|[[Mark Worrell]] (6/13) * || 4 || 5.2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 5.67 || 4 || 4 || 2.12 || .364 |
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||[[Jaime García (baseball)|Jaime García]] (8/26) * || 9 || 11.0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 9 || 7 || 7 || 2 || 5.73 || 7 || 4 || 1.45 || .220 |
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|[[Mark Mulder]] (7/2) *† || 2 || 1.1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 13.50 || 0 || 1 || 3.00 || .571 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Kelvin Jiménez]] (9/28) || 15 || 24.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 28 || 15 || 15 || 5 || 5.63 || 15 || 11 || 1.79 || .295 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Joel Piñeiro]] (8/22) || 1 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 6.00 || 1 || 1 || 2.00 || .357 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Brad Thompson]] (9/22) || 20 || 35.1 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 39 || 21 || 21 || 3 || 5.35 || 12 || 15 || 1.44 || .287 |
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|[[Chris Carpenter]] (9/2) n/a || 1 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 0 || 1 || 2.00 || .400 |
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|[[Josh Kinney]] (9/27) || 7 || 7.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.00 || 1 || 8 || 0.57 || .125 |
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|- style="text-align:center;" |
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|[[Jason Motte]] (9/28) || 12 || 11.0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0.82 || 3 || 16 || 0.73 || .139 |
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|'''TOTAL Relief''' || '''160''' || '''495.0''' || '''22''' || '''31''' || '''43''' || '''114''' || '''503''' || '''244''' || '''232''' || '''52''' || '''4.22''' || '''229''' || '''381''' || '''1.48''' || '''.263''' |
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|'''TOTAL PITCHING''' || '''162''' || '''1,454.0''' (12) || '''86''' (5) || '''76''' || '''42''' (6) || '''106 (1)''' || '''1,517''' (4) || '''725''' (10) || '''677''' (10) || '''163''' (7) || '''4.19''' (7) || '''496''' (13) || '''957''' (16)|| '''1.38''' (8) || '''.270''' (13) |
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TOTAL PITCHING: '''O-OBP .332''' (9), '''O-SLG .431''' (12) |
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Pitchers: Last date pitched in ( ) <br> |
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TOTAL PITCHING: (NL rank) |
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TOTAL Relief (through 9/27) |
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[http://presspass.mlb.com/pp_archiveteam.asp?d=27 St. Louis Cardinals GAME NOTES]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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Sv/SvOpp: 43/73 (59%) <br> |
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1st batter/retired: 491/331 (67%) <br> |
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Inherited runners/scored: 228/67 (29%) |
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> not on 25-man active roster <br> |
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<nowiki>†</nowiki> on 15-day disabled list <br> |
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<nowiki>+</nowiki> traded away |
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==Cardinals Record When== |
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Home 46-35 <br> |
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Away 40-41 |
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Scoring more than 3 runs 78-18 <br> |
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Scoring 3 runs 6-18 <br> |
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Scoring fewer than 3 runs 2-40 |
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Leading after 7 innings 73-14 <br> |
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Tied after 7 innings 8- 11 <br> |
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Trailing after 7 innings 5-51 |
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Leading after 8 innings 75-6 <br> |
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Tied after 8 innings 10- 9 <br> |
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Trailing after 8 innings 1-61 |
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Blown [[Save (baseball)|Save]]s by bullpen: 31 (1st in NL) <br> |
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Games lost by bullpen: 31 (2nd in NL to [[2008 San Diego Padres season|San Diego Padres]]) |
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Extra innings 6-12 <br> |
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Shutouts 7-5 |
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One-run games 24-28 |
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Out-hit opponents 60-18 <br> |
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Same hits as opponents 9-9 <br> |
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Out-hit by opponents 17-49 |
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Runs via HR 279 <br> |
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Opp. Runs via HR 247 |
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By Day |
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Mon. 6- 7 <br> |
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Tue. 13-12 <br> |
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Wed. 15- 9 <br> |
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Thu. 8-14 <br> |
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Fri. 14-12 <br> |
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Sat. 17- 9 <br> |
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Sun. 13-13 |
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By Opponent |
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HOME ROAD TOTAL |
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Division |
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NL Central 20-19 16-22 36-41 <br> |
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NL East 12-7 10-7 22-14 <br> |
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NL West 12-5 9-8 21-13 <br> |
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AL East 2-1 2-1 4-2 <br> |
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AL Central 0-3 3-3 3-6 |
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TOTALS 46-35 40-41 86-76 <br> |
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(Interleague 7-8) |
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==Busch Stadium (Indexes)== |
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'''2008''' (100 = Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits <br> |
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81 G; Cardinals: 2,731 AB; Opponents: 2,847 AB) |
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BA 98 |
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R 94 |
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H 96 |
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2B 88 |
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3B 102 |
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HR 93 |
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BB 99 |
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SO 97 |
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E 94 |
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E-inf. 93 |
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LHB-BA 97 |
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LHB-HR 105 |
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RHB-BA 98 |
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RHB-HR 87 |
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'''2006–2008 Index (3-yr. composite)''' |
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242 G; Cardinals: 8,143 AB; Opponents: 8,506 AB) |
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BA 99 |
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R 94 |
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H 99 |
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2B 91 |
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3B 92 |
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HR 84 |
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BB 99 |
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SO 94 |
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E 108 |
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E-inf. 106 |
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LHB-BA 98 |
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LHB-HR 86 |
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RHB-BA 99 |
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RHB-HR 83 <ref>{{cite book |title=The Bill James Handbook 2009 |author=Baseball Info Solutions and [[Bill James]] |year=2008 |publisher=ACTA Sports |page=372}}</ref> |
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==Draft picks== |
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St. Louis' picks at the [[2008 Major League Baseball draft]] in [[Lake Buena Vista, Florida]] on June 5, 2008.<ref>[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2008/drafttracker.jsp?p=0&s=30&sc=pick_number&so=ascending&st=number&ft=TM&fv=stl 2008 First-Year DraftTracker, St. Louis Cardinals]</ref><ref>2007 Cards tab third baseman with top pick: Arizona State product Wallace a Pac-10 Triple Crown winner [http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080605&content_id=2846781&vkey=draft2008&fext=.jsp]</ref> |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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|- |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:2.0%;"| Round |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:1.5%;"| # |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:5.0%;"| Player |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:2.5%;"| Position |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:12.0%;"| Class, Bats/Throws, Ht/Wt., birthdate (birthplace) |
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! style="background:#ddf; width:8.0%;"| College |
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|- |
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| 1 |
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| 13 |
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| [[Brett Wallace]] |
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| 3B / 1B |
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| Junior, L/R, 6' 2" / 235 lbs., Aug 26, 1986 ([[Sonoma, California]]) |
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| [[Arizona State University]] |
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|- |
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| Comp A |
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| 39 |
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| [[Lance Lynn]] |
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| SP |
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| Junior, R/R, 6' 5" / 250 lbs., May 12, 1987 ([[Brownsburg, Indiana]]) |
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| [[University of Mississippi]] |
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|- |
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| 2 |
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| 59 |
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| [[Shane Peterson]] |
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| OF / 1B |
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| Junior, L/L, 6' 0" / 195 lbs., Feb 11, 1988 ([[Temecula, California]]) |
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| [[California State University, Long Beach|Cal State Longbeach]] |
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|- |
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| 3 |
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| 91 |
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| [[Ernest Vasquez]] |
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| SS |
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| High School, R/R, 5' 11" / 175 lbs., Feb 26, 1989 ([[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas, Nevada]]) |
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| [[Durango High School (Nevada)]] |
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|- |
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| 4 |
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| 125 |
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| [[Scott Gorgen]] |
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| SP |
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| Junior, R/R, 5' 10" / 190 lbs., Jan 27, 1987 ([[Concord, California]]) |
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| [[University of California, Irvine]] |
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|- |
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| 5 |
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| 155 |
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| [[Jermaine Curtis]] |
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| 3B |
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| Junior, R/R, 5' 11" / 190 lbs., Jul 10, 1987 ([[Fontana, California]]) |
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| [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] |
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|- |
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| 6 |
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| 185 |
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| [[Eric Fornataro]] |
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| SP |
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| High School, R/R, 6' 1" / 195 lbs., Jan 2, 1988 ([[Richmond, Virginia]]) |
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| [[Miami Dade College]] (South) |
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|- |
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| 7 |
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| 215 |
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| [[Anthony Ferrara]] |
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| SP |
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| High School, R/L, 6' 1" / 175 lbs., Sep 9, 1989 ([[Riverview, Florida]]) |
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| Riverview HS (FL) |
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|- |
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| 8 |
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| 245 |
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| Ryan Kulik |
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| SP |
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| Senior, L/L, 5' 11" / 205 lbs., Dec 3, 1985 |
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| [[Rowan University]] |
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|- |
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| 9 |
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| 275 |
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| Aaron Luna |
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| LF |
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| Junior, R/R, 5' 11" / 200 lbs., Mar 28, 1987 |
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| [[Rice University]] |
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|- |
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| 10 |
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| 305 |
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| Alejandro Castellanos |
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| 2B |
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| Sophomore, R/R, 5' 11" / 180 lbs., Aug 4, 1986 |
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| [[Belmont Abbey College]] |
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|- |
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| 11 |
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| 335 |
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| Devin Shepherd |
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| RF |
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| Junior, R/R, 6' 3" / 180 lbs., Sep 9, 1987 |
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| [[College of Southern Nevada]] |
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|- |
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| 12 |
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| 365 |
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| Michael Swinson |
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| CF |
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| High School, L/R, 6' 2" / 185 lbs., Sep 24, 1989 |
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| Coffee HS (GA) |
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|- |
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| 13 |
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| 395 |
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| Mitchell Harris |
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| RHP |
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| Senior, R/R, 6' 4" / 215 lbs., Nov 7, 1985 |
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| [[United States Naval Academy]] |
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|- |
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| 14 |
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| 425 |
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| Charles Cutler |
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| C |
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| Junior, L/R, 6' 0" / 200 lbs., Jul 29, 1986 |
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| [[University of California, Berkeley|California]] |
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|- |
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| 15 |
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| 455 |
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| Scott McGregor |
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| RHP |
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| Junior, R/R, 6' 2" / 193 lbs., Dec 19, 1986 |
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| [[University of Memphis|Memphis]] |
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|- |
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| 16 |
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| 485 |
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| Miguel Flores |
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| RHP |
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| Junior, R/R, 6' 0" / ? lbs., Jan 2, 1988 |
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| [[Cerritos College]] |
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|} |
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==Farm system== |
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{{See also|Minor League Baseball}} |
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{{MLB Farm System|level14=[[Triple-A (baseball)|AAA]]|team14=[[Memphis Redbirds]]|league14=[[Pacific Coast League]]|manager14=[[Chris Maloney]] |
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|level15=[[Double-A (baseball)|AA]] |team15=[[Springfield Cardinals]]|league15=[[Texas League]]|manager15=[[Ron Warner (baseball)|Ron Warner]] |
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|level16=[[Single-A (baseball)|A]] |team16=[[Palm Beach Cardinals]]|league16=[[Florida State League]]|manager16=[[Gaylen Pitts]] |
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|level17=[[Single-A (baseball)|A]] |team17= [[Quad Cities River Bandits]]|league17=[[Midwest League]]|manager17=[[Steve Dillard (baseball)|Steve Dillard]] |
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|level18=[[Class A-Short Season|A-Short Season]]|team18=[[Batavia Muckdogs]]|league18=[[New York–Penn League]]|manager18=[[Mark DeJohn]] |
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|level19=[[Rookie League|Rookie]]|team19=[[Johnson City Cardinals]]|league19=[[Appalachian League]]|manager19=[[Joe Almaraz]] |
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|level20=[[Rookie League|Rookie]]|team20=[[Gulf Coast Cardinals|GCL Cardinals]]|league20=[[Gulf Coast League]]|manager20=[[Enrique Brito]] |
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}} |
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<small>LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Batavia</small> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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*[http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/2008.shtml 2008 St. Louis Cardinals season at Baseball Reference] |
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==External links== |
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{{reflist}} |
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*{{MLBTeam|StLouis|Cardinals|STL}} |
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*[http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/standings/index.jsp Current records and standings] |
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*[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?c_id=stl NL Team Batting Statistics] |
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*[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?statType=2&statType=1&timeFrame=1&timeFrame=1&c_id=stl&c_id=stl&statSet1=null&groupByTeam=true&groupByTeam=true&sitSplit=&checkBoxTotal=0§ion1=null&Submit=Submit&Submit=Submit&baseballScope=NL&baseballScope=NL&prevPage1=1&timeSubFrame=2008&timeSubFrame=2008&sortByStat=ERA NL Team Pitching Statistics] |
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*[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stats/sortable_team_stats.jsp?c_id=stl&baseballScope=NL&statType=3&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame=2008&groupByTeam=true&Submit=Submit&timeFrame=1 NL Team Fielding Statistics] |
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*[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/2008.shtml St. Louis Cardinals 2008 Team Stats at Baseball Reference] |
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*[http://www.thestlcardinals.com St. Louis Cardinals Team Page at Scout.com] |
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*[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2008/drafttracker.jsp?p=0&s=30&sc=pick_number&so=ascending&st=number&ft=TM&fv=stl 2008 First-Year Player Draft, June 5–6] |
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*[http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/team/draft.jsp?c_id=stl&year=2008 2008 Draft Results] |
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*[http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ros&cid=235&stn=true&sid=t235 (AAA) Memphis Redbirds: Roster] |
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2008 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 86–76 (.531) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | William DeWitt, Jr., Fred Hanser | |
General managers | John Mozeliak | |
Managers | Tony La Russa | |
Television | FSN Midwest (Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky) KSDK (NBC 5) (Jay Randolph, Rick Horton) | |
Radio | KTRS (Mike Shannon, John Rooney) | |
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The St. Louis Cardinals' 2008 season was the 127th season for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri and the 117th season in the National League. The Cardinals, coming off a 78–84 season that was their worst since 1999, improved by eight games, going 86–76 in 2008. However, this was only good for fourth place in the National League Central, 11.5 games behind the division champion Chicago Cubs.
Offseason departures and acquisitions[edit]
Front office[edit]
Walt Jocketty, GM of the Cardinals for twelve years, was fired due to "tension mounting" that had "grown counterproductive ... with respect to some baseball issues."[1] Tony La Russa, however, signed a contract to return to manage the Cardinals for his 13th and 14th seasons.[2] John Mozeliak took Jocketty's place as GM.[3] John Abbamondi, former senior director of labor economics working for Major League Baseball in New York, joined the Cardinals as assistant GM.
On March 13, it was announced that Mark Lamping, president of the Cardinals for 13 years, resigned to become the CEO of the New Meadowlands Stadium Company. Bill DeWitt III, son of Cardinals chairman William DeWitt, Jr. and formerly the team's vice-president of business development, took Lamping's place as president.[4]
Hitters[edit]
A major offseason story for the Cardinals was the hostile relationship between manager Tony La Russa and third baseman Scott Rolen. LaRussa publicly criticized Rolen on December 5,[5] and Rolen requested a trade, but the team was unable to find a suitable offer at the winter meetings.[6][7][8] On January 12, the Cardinals reached a tentative agreement with the Toronto Blue Jays to trade Rolen for their third baseman, Troy Glaus, and the trade was finalized on January 14.[9][10]
Center fielder Jim Edmonds, the most senior member of the Cardinals' roster, having been with the team since the 2000 season, was traded to the San Diego Padres for single-A third baseman David Freese and cash considerations on December 14, 2007.[11]
So Taguchi, backup outfielder and the only Japanese player in franchise history, was released by the Cardinals in December after six seasons with the organization.[12] The Cardinals declined to offer arbitration to shortstop David Eckstein[13] and acquired César Izturis as his replacement.[14] St. Louis acquired Jason LaRue to be the backup catcher, replacing Gary Bennett.[15] The Cardinals took outfielder Brian Barton from Cleveland on December 6 in the Rule 5 draft.[16]
Utility player Scott Spiezio was released by the Cardinals on February 27 after California authorities issued a warrant for his arrest on charges that included hit-and-run, drunk driving and assault. Spiezio had previously missed a month of the 2007 season to go on rehab for drug abuse problems.[17]
In spring training, LaRussa confirmed that he would continue to bat the pitcher eighth after the Cardinals adopted the unconventional lineup for the last two months of the 2007 season.[18][19]
Pitchers[edit]
Starting pitcher Kip Wells, who posted a 5.70 ERA in 2007, departed via free agency. Starting pitcher Joel Piñeiro, effective for the Cardinals in 2007 after a late-season trade from Boston, signed a two-year deal to remain with the team.[20]
On January 3, St. Louis signed starting pitcher Matt Clement, a former All-Star who missed the entire 2007 season after undergoing shoulder surgery.[21] However, Clement's rehab went slowly and he was not ready for Opening Day.
Concerned over health issues in the rotation, with Clement not ready and Piñeiro suffering from shoulder pain, St. Louis signed another free agent, starting pitcher Kyle Lohse, to a one-year contract on March 14.[22]
Regular season[edit]
The Cardinals were 17-10-2 in Grapefruit League play with a .286 team batting average (5th in NL) and a 4.01 ERA (4th in NL). Attendance at Roger Dean Stadium was 92,465 in 16 home games (9-5-2) for an average home attendance of 5,779. In 13 road games (8-5-0), attendance 85,655; road average 6,589.[23] Their overall Spring training record was 19-11-2.[24] St. Louis started the season with three players--Brian Barton, Kyle McClellan, and Rico Washington – who were making their big-league debuts. Only nine players on the Opening Day roster – Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols, Chris Duncan, Aaron Miles, Randy Flores, Anthony Reyes, Adam Wainwright, Braden Looper and Brad Thompson – were on the roster of the 2006 World Series champion Cardinals. With a pitching rotation in flux and many long-time Cardinals off to other teams, and coming off a losing season, most experts picked St. Louis to play poorly again in 2008.[25][26][27]
April[edit]
Opening Day, scheduled for March 31, was postponed to April 1 due to rain after the Cards and Rockies had played 2½ innings. The rain wiped out an Albert Pujols home run.[28] In the make-up game, St. Louis lost 2-1, with a Yadier Molina home run the only offense.[29] After the opening loss the Cardinals won the other five games on their home stand; the 5-1 start marked the first time since 2006 that the Cardinals had been more than one game above .500. St. Louis finished the month of April with an 18-11 record and in sole possession of first place in the NL Central. Albert Pujols reached base safely in all 29 games for the month. Staff ace Adam Wainwright finished the month 3-1 with a 2.79 ERA.[30] Jason Isringhausen had nine saves in April. However, new third baseman Troy Glaus ended April hitting only .260 and had only one home run for the month.
May[edit]
May opened with St. Louis' first series of the year against their arch-rival and the preseason NL Central favorite Chicago Cubs, with the Cardinals winning two of three games to stay atop the NL Central standings. Pujols continued to get on base: on May 6 he reached base safely for the 34th consecutive game since the start of the season, the longest such streak in MLB since 1999.[31]
Jason Isringhausen struggled mightily as Cardinal closer in late April and early May, blowing four saves and taking three losses between April 25 and May 9. His ERA rose from 4.50 to 7.47 during that span.[32] After Isringhausen's fifth blown save of the season on May 9, LaRussa announced that Isringhausen would no longer be closing games and instead the Cardinals would be adopting a closer-by-committee approach.[33] Ryan Franklin received the first save opportunity after LaRussa's decision.[34] On May 16, Isringhausen was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right hand laceration. Josh Kinney was transferred to the 60-day disabled list (from the 15-day list) to make room for highly touted prospect Chris Perez, who was called up from Memphis.[35] Finally, on May 17, Manager La Russa officially designated Ryan Franklin as his closer.[36]
Albert Pujols' on-base streak was snapped at 42 games when he failed to reach safely in a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on May 16. It was six games shy of his career-best 48 games in a row on base, set in his rookie season of 2001.[37][38] The loss was the eighth in ten games for the Cardinals, a stretch that dropped them into second place behind the Cubs.
In late May, Piñeiro went to the DL and rookie Mike Parisi took his spot in the rotation.[39] Chris Duncan, slumping all year after offseason hernia surgery, followed him to the DL, with Joe Mather getting the callup.[40] Parisi and Mather were the fifth and sixth players to make their big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals, following Brian Barton, Kyle McClellan, Rico Washington and Chris Perez. After slumping in the middle of the month, the Cardinals got hot at the end of May, going 15-13 for the month. They remained in second place behind the Cubs. Todd Wellemeyer was named NL Pitcher of the Month after going 4-0 with a 2.19 ERA in May.[41]
June[edit]
On June 1, pitcher Mark Worrell got called up; he became the seventh rookie to make his MLB debut with the Cardinals in 2008.[42] On June 5, Worrell hit a home run in his first big-league at-bat, the eight Cardinal in franchise history to do so.[43] On June 6, Mitchell Boggs followed Worrell to the big leagues as the eighth rookie to make his debut with the 2008 Cardinals; fellow rookie Parisi was sent down to make room.[44]
Troy Glaus began to find his power stroke, hitting four home runs between May 31 and June 5 after hitting only two in the first two months of the season. Ryan Ludwick, who never hit more than 14 home runs in a season prior to 2008, hit his 15th home run on June 10.
The Cardinals suffered a serious setback on June 9, when staff ace Adam Wainwright went to the DL with a sprained finger.[45] The injury situation became even worse on June 10, when Albert Pujols strained his left calf muscle running from home on a ground ball, sending him to the disabled list for only the second time in his eight-year career.[46][47] Meanwhile, former closer Jason Isringhausen made his return from the disabled list on June 14, with the club intending to use him in middle relief.[48]
On June 20 the Cardinals traveled to Boston for a three-game set with the Red Sox; it was St. Louis' first trip to Fenway since the 2004 World Series. They won two of three in Boston. Nick Stavinoha, called up on June 22 after Izturis went on the DL, became the ninth player to make his big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals.[49]
Albert Pujols was activated from the disabled list on June 26. The Cardinals went 6-7 in his absence. In Pujols' first game back he got four hits, but the Cardinals lost 3-2 to the Tigers after closer Franklin blew the save in the bottom of the 9th and Mike Parisi issued a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th.[50] The loss was part of a season-long trend of bullpen failures and blowups. It was the 19th blown save and 18th loss for Cardinal relievers, as opposed to 11 blown saves and 12 losses for the bullpen in all of 2007.[51]
Mark Mulder, who had pitched only sporadically for the Cardinals since undergoing shoulder surgery in 2006, was activated on June 27 and sent to the bullpen.[52] In his first appearance, on June 30, he threw a scoreless ninth inning against the New York Mets.
Despite Pujols (June 11–25) and Wainwright (June 9-?) both going on the DL in June, the Cardinals went 15-12 for the month.
July[edit]
The Fourth of July weekend brought a showdown series in St. Louis between the Cardinals (49-38) and Cubs (51-35) with the Cardinals 2.5 games behind Chicago. It was the first meeting between the teams since the first week of May. On July 4, Albert Pujols (aged 28 years, 170 days), became the fifth-youngest player to hit his 300th home run, but the Cardinals lost 2-1.[53] On July 5, a crowd of 46,865, the biggest ever in the short history of the new Busch Stadium, saw St. Louis score three in the bottom of the 9th against ace closer Kerry Wood to beat Chicago 5-4.[54] It was the first time in 33 games in 2008 where the Cardinals had won a game when trailing after eight innings.[55] The Cubs won the rubber game 7-1 to take a 3½ game lead in the Central Division. The three-game series set a new attendance record of 140,067 at the new Busch Stadium.
On July 6, Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick were named as the Cardinal representatives to the National League All-Star Team.[56] Ludwick, who had never hit more than 14 home runs in a season before 2008, entered the break with 21 homers, leading the team.
Mark Mulder's comeback ended when, in his first start since September 2007, he suffered pain in his throwing shoulder on July 9 and had to leave the game after only 16 pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies.[57] He was replaced on the roster by Jaime García, who debuted against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 11, and became the 10th rookie to make his big-league debut with the 2008 Cardinals,[58] the most since 13 rookies made their debut in 1997.
St. Louis entered the All-Star break with a 53-43 record, in second place in the NL Central and one-half game ahead of Milwaukee for the NL Wild Card. This was the second-best record in the National League, but it was also the product of St. Louis playing .500 baseball after reaching ten games over .500 in early May, at 22-12.
In their first series after the break, the Cardinals swept the Padres in four games to reach a season-high 14 games over .500 (57-43). They promptly were then swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in four games (Jul. 21–24) to return to only 10 games over .500 (57-47). Cardinal relief pitchers took the losses in all four games against Milwaukee, part of a season-long trend of ineffective to disastrous performances by the bullpen, then leading all of MLB in 23 games lost by the bullpen and 24 blown saves.
In a game against the NY Mets on July 26, the Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak by winning 10-8 in 14 innings. Albert Pujols' game-winning home run was his first since he hit his 300th on July 4. Skip Schumaker had six singles in seven at-bats; he became the first Cardinal since Terry Moore in 1935 to have six base hits in one game. Pujols and Schumaker, meanwhile, were the first Cardinals' teammates with five or more hits apiece in a game since Charley Gelbert and Taylor Douthit each had five against the Cubs on May 16, 1930.[59] The extra-inning affair was made necessary by Ryan Franklin's blown save, his second blown save in a row and third consecutive appearance with a home run allowed. On July 28, LaRussa gave the closer's job back to Isringhausen, who lost it to Franklin earlier in the year.[60]
On July 30, 2005 Cy Young Award winner Chris Carpenter was re-activated from the 60-day disabled list, and started versus the Atlanta Braves, his first start since April 1, 2007.[61] Operating on a pitch count not to exceed 80, Carpenter threw 67 pitches (36 for strikes) in four innings, and gave up one run and five hits (all singles), while walking two and striking out two.[62]
The Cardinals made no trades at the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline. They went 13-14 in July, their first losing month of the season. They ended July (61-50), a fraction of a percentage point behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the NL Wild card spot.
August[edit]
On August 1, Isringhausen got his first save since May 5, as the Cardinals beat the Phillies, 6-3. On August 2, Matt Clement, signed in the offseason to fill out the rotation but unable to complete a comeback from injury, was released by the Cardinals without ever pitching for them.[63]
Ryan Ludwick was named 'NL Player of the Week' for the week ending August 3, as he led the league with a .538 batting average, 14 hits, a .613 on-base percentage, 8 RBI and 27 total bases. He also hit four home runs and recorded a 1.038 slugging percentage.
On August 5, Brendan Ryan was optioned to (AAA) Memphis and the Cardinals signed free agent infielder Felipe López, who was released by the Washington Nationals on July 31.[64]
Bullpen issues continued to dog St. Louis. On August 5, the Cardinals took a 4-0 lead into the top of ninth inning, only to have Villone, Isringhausen and Franklin combine to give up four runs to the Dodgers. It was the 27th blown save of the season for the Cardinal bullpen, worst in MLB. (The Cardinals eventually salvaged a 6-4 win when Ryan Ludwick hit a walk-off homer in extra innings.) After the game, the Cardinals announced that Isringhausen was again being removed from the closer's role.[65] Chris Perez returned from the minor leagues and got the first save of his career; a five-out save as the Cardinals beat L.A. 9-6 on August 6.[66]
Rick Ankiel was limited to pinch-hitting for 14 games at the end of July and the beginning of August due to an abdominal strain.[67] Chris Carpenter suffered a physical setback with a strain in his right triceps and had to be removed after only 5.1 innings, trailing 1-0 against the Cubs on August 10. The Cardinals lost the game and two of three in the series.[68][69] On August 15 Carpenter returned to the DL, diagnosed with a strained muscle in his shoulder.[70] Brad Thompson started in Carpenter's place and won, while Chris Perez picked up his fourth save in four chances. August ended with the Astros sweeping the Cardinals in three at Houston, dropping them to 13-13 for the month and 74-63 for the season and leaving St. Louis a full six games behind Milwaukee in the loss column.
Jason Isringhausen's frustrating season came to a disappointing finish when he was diagnosed on August 19 with elbow tendinitis and a partially torn tendon.[71] Meanwhile, staff ace Adam Wainwright, out since June 7 with a right middle finger sprain, made a triumphant return for the Cardinals on August 22, giving up only one run and five hits in six innings – and going 3-for-5 at the plate with an RBI, as St. Louis thrashed Atlanta 18-3 with 26 hits – 21 of them singles (5 doubles).
A crucial two-game series with Milwaukee August 26–27 ended in a split and with the Cardinals still four losses behind the Brewers in the race for the NL Wild Card. It ended the season series with the Brewers, which Milwaukee won 10 games to 5. August ended with the Astros sweeping the Cardinals in three in Houston. The Cardinals went 13-13 for the month and ended August six games behind Milwaukee in the loss column.
September[edit]
September opened on a particularly unpleasant note as the Cardinals blew a 5-1 lead against the Diamondbacks on September 1, losing 8-6. Stephen Drew of the D-backs hit for the cycle. The next day St. Louis promoted six players from Memphis as part of September call-ups. Included in the call-ups was Jason Motte, the 11th player to make his debut with the 2008 Cardinals.[72]
A loss to the Cubs on September 10 dropped them into fourth place behind the surging Astros. That loss was the start of a season-high seven-game losing streak that saw the Cardinals officially eliminated in the NL Central race and fall out of wild-card contention. The losing streak was finally snapped on September 18 versus Cincinnati with the first save of Jason Motte's career. Rick Ankiel, slowed by a sports hernia, was shut down for the year on September 13.[73]
The Cardinals finished the year on a high note, winning six in a row (their longest winning streak of the year) against Arizona and Cincinnati. They ended the season with an 86-76 record.
Season standings[edit]
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Chicago Cubs | 97 | 64 | 0.602 | — | 55–26 | 42–38 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 7½ | 49–32 | 41–40 |
Houston Astros | 86 | 75 | 0.534 | 11 | 47–33 | 39–42 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 11½ | 46–35 | 40–41 |
Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 23½ | 43–38 | 31–50 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 30½ | 39–42 | 28–53 |
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Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 8-10 | 3-3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 10-8 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10-8 | 7–8 |
Chicago | 2-4 | 2–4 | – | 10-5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–6 | 3–5 | 10-7 | 3-3 | 1–5 | 10-4 | 4–5 | 4-2 | 6-10 | 5–2 | 6–9 |
Cincinnati | 5-1 | 6-3 | 5-10 | – | 0-7 | 3-3 | 12-4 | 1-5 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 13-5 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 8-8 | 3-4 | 6-9 |
Colorado | 11-7 | 4-4 | 4-2 | 7-0 | – | 2-4 | 2-5 | 4-14 | 6-0 | 3-4 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 10-8 | 8-10 | 6-1 | 6-0 | 11-4 |
Florida | 3-5 | 10-8 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 4-2 | – | 4–3 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 11-7 | 9-9 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 12-6 | 10-8 |
Houston | 4–5 | 3-3 | 6-11 | 4-12 | 5-2 | 3-4 | – | 4–3 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 6-9 |
Los Angeles | 11-7 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 14-4 | 3-3 | 3-4 | – | 3–3 | 5-1 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 10-8 | 11-7 | 2-5 | 3-2 | 9-9 |
Milwaukee | 5-2 | 3-3 | 7-10 | 7-8 | 0-6 | 4-3 | 10-5 | 3-3 | – | 3-3 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 9-9 | 5-3 | 5-10 |
New York | 2-5 | 5-13 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 7-11 | 5-1 | 1-5 | 3-3 | – | 6-12 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 10-8 | 5–10 |
Philadelphia | 5-1 | 8-10 | 5-1 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 9-9 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 12-6 | – | 4-2 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 15-3 | 6-12 |
Pittsburgh | 1-6 | 4-3 | 4-10 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 4-2 | 5-10 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2-4 | – | 3-4 | 2-4 | 5-10 | 5-3 | 8–7 |
San Diego | 7-11 | 3-3 | 5-4 | 6-1 | 8-10 | 2-4 | 1-6 | 8-10 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 2-5 | 4-3 | – | 10-8 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 5–10 |
San Francisco | 13-5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 10-8 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 7-11 | 5-4 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 8-10 | – | 4–3 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
St. Louis | 4-2 | 2-4 | 10-6 | 8-8 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 1-4 | 10-5 | 6-1 | 3-4 | – | 6–1 | 9–6 |
Washington | 5-1 | 8-10 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-6 | 6-12 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 3-15 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-6 | – | 7–11 |
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Scoring by inning[edit]
INNING | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | TOTAL |
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CARDINALS | 117 | 82 | 103 | 93 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 779 |
OPPONENTS | 72 | 66 | 85 | 98 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 81 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 725 |
Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B= Doubles; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On-base Percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | Avg. | OBP | SLG |
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Albert Pujols (MVP) | 148 | 524 (49) | 100 (14) | 187 (3) | 44 (4) | 37 (4) | 116 (4) | 104 (2) | 54 | .357 (2) | .462 (2) | .653 (1) |
Ryan Ludwick | 152 | 538 (43) | 104 (10) | 161 (30) | 40 (13) | 37 (4) | 113 (6) | 62 (31) | 146 (7) | .299 (15) | .375 (17) | .591 (2) |
Troy Glaus | 151 | 544 (38) | 69 | 147 (47) | 33 (34) | 27 (20) | 99 (15) | 87 (10) | 104 (40) | .270 | .372 (20) | .483 (30) |
Rick Ankiel [9/10] | 120 | 413 | 65 | 109 | 21 | 25 (25) | 71 (46) | 42 | 100 (49) | .264 | .337 (50) | .506 (21) |
Skip Schumaker | 153 | 540 (39) | 87 (26) | 163 (25) | 22 | 8 | 46 | 47 | 60 | .302 (10) | .359 (31) | .406 |
Felipe López | 143 | 481 | 84 | 136 | 28 | 6 | 46 | 43 | 82 | .283 | .343 | .387 |
Yadier Molina | 124 | 444 | 37 | 135 | 18 | 7 | 56 | 32 | 29 | .304 * (10) | .349 (38) | .392 |
César Izturis | 135 | 414 | 50 | 109 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 29 | 26 | .263 | .319 | .309 |
Aaron Miles | 134 | 379 | 49 | 120 | 15 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 37 | .317 | .355 | .398 |
Adam Kennedy | 115 | 339 | 42 | 95 | 17 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 43 | .280 | .321 | .372 |
Chris Duncan | 76 | 222 | 26 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 34 | 52 | .248 | .321 | .372 |
Brendan Ryan | 80 | 197 | 30 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 31 | .244 | .307 | .289 |
Jason LaRue | 61 | 164 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 20 | .213 | .296 | .348 |
Brian Barton | 82 | 153 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 39 | .268 | .354 | .392 |
Joe Mather | 54 | 133 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 32 | .241 | .306 | .474 |
Nick Stavinoha | 29 | 57 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .193 | .217 | .211 |
Josh Phelps | 19 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .265 | .306 | .294 |
Rico Washington | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .158 | .273 | .263 |
Mark Johnson | 10 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .294 | .333 | .294 |
Brian Barden | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 |
Kyle Lohse (P) | 31 | 63 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | .111 | .111 | .127 |
Braden Looper (P) | 40 | 63 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | .254 | .299 | .333 |
Adam Wainwright (P) | 25 | 60 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | .267 | .286 | .350 |
Todd Wellemeyer (P) | 32 | 58 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | .155 | .167 | .155 |
Joel Piñeiro (P) | 30 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 35 | .098 | .148 | .157 |
Brad Thompson (P) | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .357 | .250 |
(Other Pitchers) | -- | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .061 | .132 | .182 |
TOTAL | 162 | 5,636 (1) | 779 (4) | 1,585 (1) | 283 (11) | 174 (6) | 744 (4) | 577 (6) | 985 (16) | .281 (1) | .350 (2) | .433 (3) |
* not eligible for batting average title (NL ranking)
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Loss; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = (Walks + Hits) per inning pitched; HBP = Hit by pitch; BF = Batters faced; O-AVG = Opponent Batting Ave.; O-SLG = Opponent Slugging Ave.; R support avg = Average Runs support from his team per Games Started
Player | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | H | HR | BB | SO | WHIP | HBP | BF | O-AVG | O-SLG | R support avg |
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Chris Carpenter (n/a) | 3 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | 1.88 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1.26 | 0 | 58 | .275 | .314 | 5.0 |
Adam Wainwright | 20 | 132.0 | 11 | 3 | 3.20 | 122 | 12 | 34 | 91 | 1.18 | 3 | 544 | .245 | .394 | 5.8 |
Braden Looper | 33 | 199.0 | 12 | 14 | 4.16 | 216 | 25 | 45 | 108 | 1.31 | 11 | 842 | .278 | .436 | 4.4 |
Brad Thompson | 6 | 29.1 | 3 | 2 | 4.91 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 1.36 | 2 | 124 | .297 | .459 | 4.5 |
Todd Wellemeyer | 32 | 192.2 | 13 | 9 | 3.71 | 178 | 24 | 60 | 133 | 1.24 | 7 | 807 | .245 | .415 | 4.8 |
Kyle Lohse | 33 | 200.0 | 15 | 6 | 3.78 | 211 | 18 | 49 | 119 | 1.30 | 3 | 839 | .272 | .418 | 4.2 |
Mark Mulder *+ | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.06 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 |
Joel Piñeiro | 25 | 145.2 | 7 | 7 | 5.13 | 175 | 22 | 34 | 80 | 1.43 | 2 | 630 | .299 | .505 | 5.1 |
Mike Parisi *+ | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 17.54 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3.75 | 0 | 46 | .500 | .667 | 6.5 |
Mitchell Boggs + | 6 | 26.2 | 3 | 2 | 7.55 | 37 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 1.87 | 2 | 151 | .294 | .492 | 5.2 |
Jaime García *+ | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.20 | 0 | 20 | .263 | .579 | 9.0 |
TOTAL | 162 | 955.0 | 64 | 45 | 4.20 | 1,009 | 109 | 264 | 575 | 1.33 | 30 | 4,064 | .272 | .437 | 4.8 |
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(n/a) not available to pitch
Relief pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; HLD = Holds; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; WHIP = (Walks + hits) per inning pitched; O-Avg = Opponent batting average
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | HLD | H | R | ER | HR | ERA | BB | SO | WHIP | O-AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Isringhausen *† (8/16) | 42 | 42.2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 48 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 5.70 | 22 | 36 | 1.64 | .279 |
Ryan Franklin (9/28) | 74 | 78.2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 86 | 34 | 31 | 10 | 3.55 | 30 | 51 | 1.47 | .277 |
Russ Springer (9/28) | 70 | 50.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2.32 | 18 | 45 | 1.13 | .212 |
Randy Flores (9/14) * | 43 | 25.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5.26 | 20 | 17 | 2.10 | .315 |
Anthony Reyes * (+ 7/26) | 10 | 14.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4.91 | 3 | 10 | 1.30 | .276 |
Ron Villone (9/28) | 74 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 45 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 4.68 | 37 | 50 | 1.64 | .239 |
Kyle McClellan (9/21) | 67 | 74.2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 78 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 3.98 | 25 | 59 | 1.38 | .268 |
Mike Parisi (6/26) * | 10 | 16.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4.41 | 8 | 10 | 1.65 | .284 |
Chris Perez (9/27) | 41 | 41.2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3.67 | 22 | 42 | 1.34 | .227 |
Mark Worrell (6/13) * | 4 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5.67 | 4 | 4 | 2.12 | .364 |
Jaime García (8/26) * | 9 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5.73 | 7 | 4 | 1.45 | .220 |
Mark Mulder (7/2) *† | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | .571 |
Kelvin Jiménez (9/28) | 15 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5.63 | 15 | 11 | 1.79 | .295 |
Joel Piñeiro (8/22) | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | .357 |
Brad Thompson (9/22) | 20 | 35.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 5.35 | 12 | 15 | 1.44 | .287 |
Chris Carpenter (9/2) n/a | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 | .400 |
Josh Kinney (9/27) | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 8 | 0.57 | .125 |
Jason Motte (9/28) | 12 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.82 | 3 | 16 | 0.73 | .139 |
TOTAL Relief | 160 | 495.0 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 114 | 503 | 244 | 232 | 52 | 4.22 | 229 | 381 | 1.48 | .263 |
TOTAL PITCHING | 162 | 1,454.0 (12) | 86 (5) | 76 | 42 (6) | 106 (1) | 1,517 (4) | 725 (10) | 677 (10) | 163 (7) | 4.19 (7) | 496 (13) | 957 (16) | 1.38 (8) | .270 (13) |
TOTAL PITCHING: O-OBP .332 (9), O-SLG .431 (12)
Pitchers: Last date pitched in ( )
TOTAL PITCHING: (NL rank)
TOTAL Relief (through 9/27) St. Louis Cardinals GAME NOTES[permanent dead link]
Sv/SvOpp: 43/73 (59%)
1st batter/retired: 491/331 (67%)
Inherited runners/scored: 228/67 (29%)
* not on 25-man active roster
† on 15-day disabled list
+ traded away
Cardinals Record When[edit]
Home 46-35
Away 40-41
Scoring more than 3 runs 78-18
Scoring 3 runs 6-18
Scoring fewer than 3 runs 2-40
Leading after 7 innings 73-14
Tied after 7 innings 8- 11
Trailing after 7 innings 5-51
Leading after 8 innings 75-6
Tied after 8 innings 10- 9
Trailing after 8 innings 1-61
Blown Saves by bullpen: 31 (1st in NL)
Games lost by bullpen: 31 (2nd in NL to San Diego Padres)
Extra innings 6-12
Shutouts 7-5
One-run games 24-28
Out-hit opponents 60-18
Same hits as opponents 9-9
Out-hit by opponents 17-49
Runs via HR 279
Opp. Runs via HR 247
By Day
Mon. 6- 7
Tue. 13-12
Wed. 15- 9
Thu. 8-14
Fri. 14-12
Sat. 17- 9
Sun. 13-13
By Opponent
HOME ROAD TOTAL
Division
NL Central 20-19 16-22 36-41
NL East 12-7 10-7 22-14
NL West 12-5 9-8 21-13
AL East 2-1 2-1 4-2
AL Central 0-3 3-3 3-6
TOTALS 46-35 40-41 86-76
(Interleague 7-8)
Busch Stadium (Indexes)[edit]
2008 (100 = Neutral Park, > 100 Ballpark favors, < 100 Ballpark inhibits
81 G; Cardinals: 2,731 AB; Opponents: 2,847 AB)
BA 98 R 94 H 96 2B 88 3B 102 HR 93 BB 99 SO 97 E 94 E-inf. 93 LHB-BA 97 LHB-HR 105 RHB-BA 98 RHB-HR 87
2006–2008 Index (3-yr. composite)
242 G; Cardinals: 8,143 AB; Opponents: 8,506 AB)
BA 99 R 94 H 99 2B 91 3B 92 HR 84 BB 99 SO 94 E 108 E-inf. 106 LHB-BA 98 LHB-HR 86 RHB-BA 99 RHB-HR 83 [74]
Draft picks[edit]
St. Louis' picks at the 2008 Major League Baseball draft in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on June 5, 2008.[75][76]
Round | # | Player | Position | Class, Bats/Throws, Ht/Wt., birthdate (birthplace) | College |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | Brett Wallace | 3B / 1B | Junior, L/R, 6' 2" / 235 lbs., Aug 26, 1986 (Sonoma, California) | Arizona State University |
Comp A | 39 | Lance Lynn | SP | Junior, R/R, 6' 5" / 250 lbs., May 12, 1987 (Brownsburg, Indiana) | University of Mississippi |
2 | 59 | Shane Peterson | OF / 1B | Junior, L/L, 6' 0" / 195 lbs., Feb 11, 1988 (Temecula, California) | Cal State Longbeach |
3 | 91 | Ernest Vasquez | SS | High School, R/R, 5' 11" / 175 lbs., Feb 26, 1989 (Las Vegas, Nevada) | Durango High School (Nevada) |
4 | 125 | Scott Gorgen | SP | Junior, R/R, 5' 10" / 190 lbs., Jan 27, 1987 (Concord, California) | University of California, Irvine |
5 | 155 | Jermaine Curtis | 3B | Junior, R/R, 5' 11" / 190 lbs., Jul 10, 1987 (Fontana, California) | UCLA |
6 | 185 | Eric Fornataro | SP | High School, R/R, 6' 1" / 195 lbs., Jan 2, 1988 (Richmond, Virginia) | Miami Dade College (South) |
7 | 215 | Anthony Ferrara | SP | High School, R/L, 6' 1" / 175 lbs., Sep 9, 1989 (Riverview, Florida) | Riverview HS (FL) |
8 | 245 | Ryan Kulik | SP | Senior, L/L, 5' 11" / 205 lbs., Dec 3, 1985 | Rowan University |
9 | 275 | Aaron Luna | LF | Junior, R/R, 5' 11" / 200 lbs., Mar 28, 1987 | Rice University |
10 | 305 | Alejandro Castellanos | 2B | Sophomore, R/R, 5' 11" / 180 lbs., Aug 4, 1986 | Belmont Abbey College |
11 | 335 | Devin Shepherd | RF | Junior, R/R, 6' 3" / 180 lbs., Sep 9, 1987 | College of Southern Nevada |
12 | 365 | Michael Swinson | CF | High School, L/R, 6' 2" / 185 lbs., Sep 24, 1989 | Coffee HS (GA) |
13 | 395 | Mitchell Harris | RHP | Senior, R/R, 6' 4" / 215 lbs., Nov 7, 1985 | United States Naval Academy |
14 | 425 | Charles Cutler | C | Junior, L/R, 6' 0" / 200 lbs., Jul 29, 1986 | California |
15 | 455 | Scott McGregor | RHP | Junior, R/R, 6' 2" / 193 lbs., Dec 19, 1986 | Memphis |
16 | 485 | Miguel Flores | RHP | Junior, R/R, 6' 0" / ? lbs., Jan 2, 1988 | Cerritos College |
Farm system[edit]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Batavia
References[edit]
- ^ "The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Jocketty no longer GM of Cardinals". Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
- ^ "The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: La Russa remains Cardinals manager". Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
- ^ ESPN - Mozeliak replaces former boss Jocketty with Cardinals - MLB
- ^ Stltoday.com - Lamping resigns from Cards, takes job in New York Archived March 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: La Russa criticizes Rolen's demeanor
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cardinals in no hurry to move Rolen
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: No deal imminent for Rolen
- ^ ESPN - La Russa says Cards will do what's right for team, not player - MLB
- ^ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Glaus-Rolen deal near completion
- ^ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Doctors sign off on Rolen-Glaus trade
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cards deal icon Edmonds to Padres
- ^ ESPN - Report: Cards release Taguchi to open spot for Rule 5 draft pick - MLB
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Eckstein's tenure in St. Louis likely over
- ^ ESPN - Cards agree to deal with infielder Izturis - MLB
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Catcher LaRue signs with Cardinals
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cardinals nab outfielder in Rule 5 Draft
- ^ Cardinals cut ties with Spiezio
- ^ Cardinals Notes 2-26-08
- ^ Pitcher bats 8th
- ^ Pineiro signs
- ^ The Official Site of The St. Louis Cardinals: News: Cardinals add Clement to rotation mix
- ^ Matthew Leach (March 14, 2008). "Lohse signs contract with Cards". St. Louis Cardinals.MLB.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
- ^ "St. Louis Cardinals GAME NOTES" (PDF). March 28, 2008. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "St. Louis Cardinals GAME NOTES" (PDF). March 29, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ ESPN 2008 St. Louis Cardinals preview
- ^ Sports Illustrated 2008 predictions
- ^ Sports Illustrated Scouting Report: St. Louis Cardinals
- ^ Opener postponed
- ^ Matthew Leach (April 2, 2008). "Lohse strong, Cardinals can't hold on: Bullpen surrenders two runs in the eighth inning". MLB.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
- ^ Adam Wainwright splits
- ^ Cards 6, Rockies 5
- ^ Jason Isringhausen game log
- ^ Isringhausen out of closer role
- ^ Cards 5, Brewers 3
- ^ "Cardinals disable Jason Isringhausen". St. Louis Cardinals PRESS RELEASE. May 16, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
- ^ Derrick Goold (May 17, 2008). "Notes: Franklin backs taxed bullpen". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
- ^ Owen Perkins (May 8, 2008). "Cards not fazed by lost lead". MLB.com. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
- ^ Rays 3, Cards 1
- ^ Pineiro to DL
- ^ Duncan to DL
- ^ Wellemeyer pitcher of the month
- ^ Worrell up, Jiminez down
- ^ Worrell homers
- ^ Boggs called up
- ^ Wainwright to DL
- ^ Pujols suffers strained left calf: Cards slugger to be examined Wednesday, likely headed to DL
- ^ Pujols to miss at least three weeks: With slugger sidelined due to calf strain, Cards recall Duncan
- ^ Isringhausen activated
- ^ Stavinoha up
- ^ Tigers 3, Cardinals 2
- ^ "Closers providing scant relief" Archived June 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mulder activated
- ^ "Cubs-Cards rivalry transcends time: Intensity between both clubs nearly like Yankees-Red Sox". MLB.com. July 5, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
- ^ Cards 5, Cubs 4
- ^ (July 6 GAME NOTES) PDF[permanent dead link]
- ^ All-Stars by team
- ^ Mulder's start cut short by hurt shoulder
- ^ "Garcia ready to step into relief role: La Russa hints left-hander could eventually move into rotation". MLB.com. July 11, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
- ^ Cards 10, Mets 8 in 14 inn.
- ^ Izzy to close
- ^ "Cards activate Carpenter, option Flores". MLB.com. July 30, 2008. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
- ^ Carpenter solid in season debut: Ace righty thrilled to be back on hill after 16 months away
- ^ Clement released
- ^ Cardinals sign infielder Lopez
- ^ Closer-by committee likely in the Cards: Isringhausen loses stopper job after Tuesday's four-run ninth
- ^ Cards 9, Dodgers 6
- ^ Ankiel returns to Cards' starting lineup: Slugger gets start in left field on Monday (Aug. 11) against Marlins
- ^ Cards suffer double loss in finale: Carpenter exits with injury in defeat to division-leading Cubs
- ^ Carpenter exits with arm injury: Cards right-hander strains right triceps on 66th pitch vs. Cubs
- ^ Carp to DL
- ^ Izzy out for year
- ^ Six called up Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ankiel out
- ^ Baseball Info Solutions and Bill James (2008). The Bill James Handbook 2009. ACTA Sports. p. 372.
- ^ 2008 First-Year DraftTracker, St. Louis Cardinals
- ^ 2007 Cards tab third baseman with top pick: Arizona State product Wallace a Pac-10 Triple Crown winner [1]
External links[edit]
- 2008 St. Louis Cardinals season official website
- Current records and standings
- NL Team Batting Statistics
- NL Team Pitching Statistics
- NL Team Fielding Statistics
- St. Louis Cardinals 2008 Team Stats at Baseball Reference
- St. Louis Cardinals Team Page at Scout.com
- 2008 First-Year Player Draft, June 5–6
- 2008 Draft Results
- (AAA) Memphis Redbirds: Roster