Don’t get your hopes up too much Cardinal Nation.
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“I mean, it’s not like hitting in the big leagues, but it’s close”. I believe these are the recognized Four Stages of Prospect Grieving. “I think we’ve linked together a lot of good at bats, we did it again tonight”.
Carlos Gonzalez is still a member of the Colorado Rockies.
LOUIS (AP) – Colorado right-hander Kyle Kendrick left Friday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals after one inning due to right shoulder inflammation. The umpires reviewed the play to make sure it wasn’t a home run for one minute and 46 seconds, but the call stood. The 34-year-old has pitched significantly better versus St. Louis, improving to 7-4 in his career against the club after permitting two runs on three hits in seven innings of a 4-3 win on June 9.
Things got a little dicey after that.
Other than Piscotty’s hit and a solo homer by shortstop Jhonny Peralta in the fourth, De La Rosa was in command all night.
Wacha, who had given up 10 runs over 11 innings in his previous two starts, retired seven in a row at one point. For Sunday’s game the Rockies start Yohan Flande who has allowed 22 hits and nine earned runs while striking out 14 over 22 innings for a 1-1 record and a 3.68 ERA. The bullpen, unfortunately, did not hold the lead for long. The Rockies would add two more runs in the seventh on Paulsen’s RBI double. The Rockies capitalized on a pair of throwing errors by Kevin Siegrist to snap that tie with two runs in the eighth. Another run scored on, according to Gameday, a “caught stealing error” by Siegrist.
“I knew it was pretty bad”, he said.
The Cardinals were down 8-6 in the bottom of the ninth when Carpenter led the inning off with a ground rule double.
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Carpenter was asked last night after the game about his spot in the order and of course said he would hit wherever Matheny needs him. The 29-year old had been hitting just. Kolten Wong and Peralta followed with singles as four of the first six hitters reached safely. Kozma, who came in to pinch run, stole second base, and the Rockies walked Heyward to load the bases. They can’t look ahead to that Pirates series even though easier contests with Cincinnati and Milwaukee are there. Molina up to bat, unfortunately popped out, bringing in Greg Garcia. In super dramatic fashion, he drew a walk and won the game! Carpenter is a blistering 6-for-9 with five RBIs and as many runs scored in the series, but his fortunes are decidedly different when facing Saturday starter Jorge De La Rosa – going 0-for-9 with four strikeouts. In his first 29 games of the season, he walked 11 batters. I…don’t understand. Kozma’s run didn’t matter. “Our lineup is strong; and, if we put runs up, our pitching’s good enough to win”. I invite the commenters to explain to me why this move made any sort of sense. “The ball just gets on you”. He had a two hit night as well, and is batting. He popped out and struck out.
