Cardinals to begin critical road trip with clash vs. Brewers
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09/06/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coming off a much-needed series win, the playoff-hopeful
St. Louis Cardinals know they still have a lot of work to do.
St. Louis continues that uphill battle this afternoon with the opener of a
three-game series at Miller Park against a Milwaukee Brewers club that has
given it some trouble this year.
The Cardinals went into a three-game weekend series with first-place
Cincinnati on a five-game losing streak and eight games back of the top spot
in the National League Central. The Cardinals did not fall any further behind
after taking two of three in the set, with Sunday's 4-2 victory shaving a game
off that deficit and pulling St. Louis to within 5 1/2 games of the NL Wild
Card spot as well.
Matt Holliday blasted a three-run homer in the sixth inning for St. Louis and
Chris Carpenter gave up just two runs over 7 1/3 innings while striking out a
season-high 11 batters.
"When you can locate pitches, especially your fastball on both sides of the
plate it makes your off-speed pitches that much better," Carpenter said. "If
you locate those when you're ahead in the count, you're going to get
strikeouts."
Jake Westbrook draws the starting assignment for the Cardinals as he faces the
Brewers for the first time since June 17, 2006. Making his first-ever
appearance against the club, the then-Indians hurler got a no-decision despite
giving up just one unearned run over eight innings of work.
Westbrook picked up his first win with the Cardinals on Aug. 13 after getting
dealt to the club from Cleveland, but has lost three straight starts since. He
gave up three runs on nine hits over seven innings of a 3-0 setback in Houston
on Monday, falling to 1-3 with a 4.03 earned run average in six starts with
St. Louis and 7-10 with a 4.51 ERA in 27 starts total.
The Cardinals hope that a fresh face can get them on track versus the Brewers,
who have won five of the last seven meetings between the teams to even the
season series at six games apiece.
Today's starter for the Brewers, Yovani Gallardo, has never beaten the
Cardinals, however, having gone 0-4 with a 6.32 ERA in six lifetime outings.
He gave up six runs -- one earned -- over 2 2/3 innings the last time he faced
St. Louis, back on July 4.
Gallardo left that outing early due to a side injury and did not pitch again
until July 22, missing out on a chance to pitch in the All-Star Game. The 24-
year-old righty has not been the same since that injury, as he is 3-3 with a
7.23 ERA in eight starts after notching a 2.58 ERA in 18 games prior to the
ailment.
Gallardo has lost consecutive starts and has posted a 9.97 ERA over his last
four outings. He lasted just five innings in Cincinnati on Tuesday, yielding
eight runs on nine hits and three walks.
"There's not much I can do about it right now. There's still September," he
told Milwaukee's website after falling to 11-7 with a 3.86 ERA on the season.
The Brewers halted a five-game losing streak with Sunday's 6-2 victory over
the Phillies. Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer in the first inning to
become the second player in club history to notch four straight 30-homer
seasons. The other was Jeromy Burnitz from 1998-2001.
Rickie Weeks added three hits, scored once and drove in a run for the Brewers,
who got 6 2/3 innings of two-run ball from Randy Wolf.
"It's nice to at least go home on a positive note," Brewers manager Ken Macha
said.
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