Monday, September 06, 2021

Series Thread (Games 138-141): Sept 6-9 @ Cardinals

Mon Sep 6 1p: Scherzer vs. Mikolas
Tue Sep 7 4.45p: TBD vs. Happ
Wed Sep 8 4.45p: TBD vs. Wainwright
Thu Sep 9 10.15a: TBD vs. Kim

Albrt Pujols returns to St. Louis, but we've got more pressing things to which to attend, after dropping the rubber match to the Giants and dropping back ou tof first place by a game. I'm posting this late (after Monday's win), in which Scherzer dominated but the Giants won as well, so we just kept pace (one back). And we don't have a starting pitcher named for the rest of this series. Hoo boy. I don't know if House of Cards refers to Busch Stadium, or our precarious attempt to summit the NL West.

29 comments:

Steve Sax said...

We are up 2-0 in the first

Steve Sax said...

Ok so we won game 1. So did the Giants. Still one back.

Steve Sax said...

GAME TWO

Trea Turner
Justin Turner
Albert Pujols
Corey Seager
Chris Taylor
Will Smith
Stephen Souza Jr
Cody Bellinger
Corey Knebel

Bellinger is batting .165

Souza Jr is even worse (.160)

Steve Sax said...

Pujols HR! Unbelievable. You can’t write this stuff.

Steve Sax said...

1-0 through 0.5

Steve Sax said...

Well that was quick. Knebel getting hit here, 1-1 and we are not out of the first.

Steve Sax said...

We were down 2-1 to STL through three.

Corey Seager leadoff single, then PB to take second with one out. Then Souza double to tie it up, and then Cody RBI groundout to re-take the lead.

3-2 LA, through 3.5.

Steve Sax said...

3-2 LA through four frames.

Giants score 3 in the first on Colorado. Ugh.

Steve Sax said...

JT HR in the fifth. 4-2 LA

Steve Sax said...

5-2 LA through six frames.

SF up 5-0 in COL

Steve Sax said...

5-2 LA through 8.

Steve Sax said...

JT with another bomb in the ninth! 7-2 LA

Steve Sax said...

Final, 7-2 LA.

Looks like SF is romping, so we won't make up any ground.

Steve Sax said...

And of course, Colorado rolled over and played dead in letting the Giants sweep, even at Coors Field. Thanks, Rockies.

Steve Sax said...

GAME THREE

We're already down 3-1, through 2.

Trea Turner 2B
Max Muncy 3B
Mookie Betts RF
Corey Seager SS
Will Smith C
Chris Taylor LF
Albert Pujols 1B
Cody Bellinger CF
Mitch White P

Steve Sax said...

Cody swings at the first pitch, for a fly out to end the top of the second. Great.

Steve Sax said...

Three Ks for Mitch White to end the third.

St Louis still up 3-1 through 3.

Steve Sax said...

Betts Seager Smith to start the fourth.

Steve Sax said...

Wainwright is making mincemeat of us. four innings, 52 pitches, 3 hits and only 1 ER (2 Ks, 0 BB)

Steve Sax said...

Dodgers go 1-2-3 in the fifth. Bellinger flies out, he's got no power.

4-1 StL through 4.5

Steve Sax said...

Whelp, it was 4-2 and I thought we were in striking distance (even though we rolled over in the eighth). But now it's 5-2, none out in the bottom of the eighth, and I'm less hopeful.

Steve Sax said...

Four hits for us through eight innings. Pathetic.

Steve Sax said...

We rally for two in the ninth, but lose 5-4.

Now two games back.

We're done.

Steve Sax said...

Cayman tomorrow 😬

Steve Sax said...

(that comment should have read "Catman")

It was late.

Steve Sax said...

GAME FOUR

1 Mookie Betts 2B
2 Max Muncy 1B
3 Trea Turner SS
4 Justin Turner 3B
5 Cody Bellinger CF
6 Steven Souza Jr LF
7 Billy McKinney RF
8 Austin Barnes C
9 Tony Gonsolin P

My god, Cody in the five-hole. We're basically raising the white flag now.

Steve Sax said...

I do like the all-infield top four, though.

Steve Sax said...

We are down 2-1 late

Steve Sax said...

Final.

We are now 2.5 GB ahead and fading fast. Wild card here we come