Saturday, March 18, 2006
Cardinals 7, Orioles 0
The St. Louis Cardinals blanked the Baltimore Orioles 7-0 in front of 6,482 onlookers at Fort Lauderdale Stadium this afternoon.
The St. Louis pitchers combined for a four hit shutout. Chris Carpenter pitched five two-hit innings, striking out three. He has continued his remarkable run this spring as he has yet to surrender a single run in 16 innings of work. He is now a perfecto 2-0 in Grapefruit League play.
Juan Mateo pitched a perfect sixth inning. Alan Benes came aboard to pitch a one-hit seventh. Randy Flores pitched a one-hit eighth, recording a strikeout. Brian Falkenborg rode a perfect ninth inning to close out the game. Falkenborg, a non-roster invitee, has yet to be charged with a run.
John Rodriguez took a free pass in the second inning and scored on Yadier Molina’s double to the left-center gap. The Cards sent eight batters to the box in the inning.
Chris Duncan and John Gall drove in two runs apiece, as the Redbirds used a four-run third to pace a 5-0 lead on Bruce Chen. Brian Daubach hit a sacrifice fly (Dauber now has nine RBI in 24 spring at-bats), Gall blooped a two-run double off of the left-centerfield wall and John Rodriguez singled to bring Gall across the plate.
Tony LaRussa also seemed to take a page from Whitey Herzog this afternoon as David Eckstein, So Taguchi and Junior Spivey all swiped bags versus the Orioles. Other Redbirds credited with base knocks were David Eckstein, who was 2-for-4, and Junior Spivey. Eck returned to the lineup after missing two days with the stomach flu.
St. Louis now heads back to Jupiter to face the Atlanta Braves tomorrow at 12:05 p.m. CST. Sidney Ponson will take the ball to begin the game as he aims to win the last spot in the Redbird rotation. Tim Hudson will take the mound for the Braves. The game will be covered by FOX Sports Net Midwest.
The St. Louis pitchers combined for a four hit shutout. Chris Carpenter pitched five two-hit innings, striking out three. He has continued his remarkable run this spring as he has yet to surrender a single run in 16 innings of work. He is now a perfecto 2-0 in Grapefruit League play.
Juan Mateo pitched a perfect sixth inning. Alan Benes came aboard to pitch a one-hit seventh. Randy Flores pitched a one-hit eighth, recording a strikeout. Brian Falkenborg rode a perfect ninth inning to close out the game. Falkenborg, a non-roster invitee, has yet to be charged with a run.
John Rodriguez took a free pass in the second inning and scored on Yadier Molina’s double to the left-center gap. The Cards sent eight batters to the box in the inning.
Chris Duncan and John Gall drove in two runs apiece, as the Redbirds used a four-run third to pace a 5-0 lead on Bruce Chen. Brian Daubach hit a sacrifice fly (Dauber now has nine RBI in 24 spring at-bats), Gall blooped a two-run double off of the left-centerfield wall and John Rodriguez singled to bring Gall across the plate.
Tony LaRussa also seemed to take a page from Whitey Herzog this afternoon as David Eckstein, So Taguchi and Junior Spivey all swiped bags versus the Orioles. Other Redbirds credited with base knocks were David Eckstein, who was 2-for-4, and Junior Spivey. Eck returned to the lineup after missing two days with the stomach flu.
St. Louis now heads back to Jupiter to face the Atlanta Braves tomorrow at 12:05 p.m. CST. Sidney Ponson will take the ball to begin the game as he aims to win the last spot in the Redbird rotation. Tim Hudson will take the mound for the Braves. The game will be covered by FOX Sports Net Midwest.
