Lopez, Thompson lead Cardinals in rout of Reds (AP)
Lopez, Thompson lead Cardinals in rout of Reds (AP)
The St. Louis Cardinals finished their season with a season-best six game winning streak. It was almost enough for manager Tony La Russa to forget his club failed to make the playoffs for the second consecutive year. “October baseball is the best, so this is two years without it,” he said. “I feel really great about the club.
AL Capsules (AP)
Scott Baker scattered four singles over seven shutout innings, pitching the Twins past the Kansas City Royals 6-0 on Sunday to preserve their half-game lead in the AL Central. The White Sox snapped their five-game losing streak by beating Cleveland 5-1, pushing the season into an extra day. On Monday, Detroit visits Chicago for a makeup game.
Cards ride off into sunset with finale win
Cards ride off into sunset with finale win Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Cardinals were off and running toward an 11-4 victory over Cincinnati on Sunday in the season finale at Busch Stadium.
Pujols reaches milestone in win
Albert Pujols reached another milestone while helping the St. Louis Cardinals pick up another late-September win.
Lohse scratched from Sunday start (PA SportsTicker)
St. Louis Cardinals righthander Kyle Lohse was scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds.
Cardinals Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Perhaps more than anything else, the Cardinals had it reaffirmed to them this year that they can’t afford to count on injured pitchers, even a little.
When spring training began, they hoped that right-handers Chris Carpenter and Matt Clement and left-hander Mark Mulder all would be in the rotation by mid-season, if not before. Well, they were only one-third right, at best.
Carpenter, recovering from Tommy John elbow surgery, rejoined the rotation a couple of weeks after the All-Star break but lasted just three starts before encountering shoulder and nerve issues that basically shelved him for the rest of the season. Mulder made his first—and last start—on July 9 in Philadelphia and recorded one out before his shoulder acted up again.
