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Rookie Casey McGehee hit a two-run homer off John Smoltz after St. Louis failed to turn a double play, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cardinals 4-3 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Skip Schumaker's first career pinch-hit home run started a five-run eighth-inning rally for St. Louis that included Pirates pitcher Matt Capps' ejection for hitting Albert Pujols, and the Cardinals finished off a three-game sweep by winning 7-3 Sunday.
Kyle Lohse threw a career-best three-hitter, retiring 24 in a row after giving up a single on his first pitch, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 3-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Converted outfielder Skip Schumaker committed his fourth error of the spring at second base on Wednesday. St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is sticking with the experiment for now, although he said Schumaker would be the designated hitter Thursday against Boston.
Johan Santana gave the Mets exactly what they needed after a 14-inning marathon used up their bullpen. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched his seventh complete game, Fernando Tatis and Ramon Castro hit two-run homers and New York pounded Kyle Lohse and the St. Louis Cardinals 9-1 on Sunday to wrap up another successful homestand.
Brian Barton, Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan each drove in two runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Braden Looper (9-5) gave up four runs on three homers in six-plus innings.
Skip Schumaker doubled with one out in the ninth inning over a drawn-in outfield, driving in the winning run and capping the St. Louis Cardinals' rally from a three-run deficit in a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
Skip Schumaker hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning, taking struggling closer Jason Isringhausen off the hook in the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.
Joey Votto and his Cincinnati teammates made like the Big Red Machine and the Colorado Rockies found some of that Rocktober magic for one of the few times this season.
Skip Schumaker singled to left to score pinch-runner Cesar Izturis in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 4-3 victory that snapped the Houston Astros' six-game winning streak.
Skip Schumaker doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a fielding blunder in the eighth to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Monday night in the opener of a two-game set.
Matt Cain absorbed the worst beating of his career from the same team he held hitless for six innings last weekend.
Chris Duncan was stuck in traffic about 15 minutes before gametime after getting about a dozen stitches for a cut on his head. That's when Skip Schumaker found out he was getting a rare start. Schumaker responded with a career-best three hits and two RBIs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals rally from an early four-run deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5 Thursday.
Could the Triple Crown be within reach? The article below is meant to provide a quick look at how my preseason projections match up with the paces of select major league hitters.
It's amazing how quickly a few injuries can turn strength into weakness.
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