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I missed a game and we lost the second game of the series to the Astros, 2-7.

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Blast Off In Houston
Home runs help Astros blow by Cardinals

Houston, TX - Tonight in Houston one thing plagued the St. Louis Cardinals, their pitching. The Cardinals gave up 14 hits and 2 home runs in route to a losing effort to close another series.

Lance Berkman was one of the shining spots for the Cardinals in the loss as he hit his fourth home run of the season going 2-4 with a single to add. Skip Schumaker also went 3-5 with a stolen base.

Kyle Lohse picked up the loss after 5.0 innings and giving up 9 hits, 5 runs, and striking out 3 batters.

"Our pitching staff has started off really strong and it was finally time for them to show that they were human," said manager Mike Matheny, "I expect no problems though and I am confident that we have one of the best staffs in the National League."

St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros
May 6, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (12-16)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	14	1
Houston (11-17)	3	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	X	9	14	1
W: Bud Norris (2-4) L: Kyle Lohse (0-2) S: Fernando Rodriguez

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	HOU
STL	1st	Holliday grounded to center for a single, Beltran scores	1	0
HOU	1st	Cust hit a sacrifice fly to Beltran, Bogusevic scores.	1	1
HOU	1st	Castro homered to right, Martinez scores.	1	3
HOU	5th	Cust doubled to right, Paredes scores.	1	4
HOU	5th	Castro hit a sacrifice fly to Holliday, Martinez scores.	1	5
HOU	7th	Martinez homered to left, Paredes and Bogusevic score.	1	8
STL	8th	Berkman homered to right, Holliday scores.	3	8
STL	8th	Freese doubled to left, Craig scores.	4	8
HOU	8th	Bogusevic grounded to center for a single, Shuck scores.	4	9

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Beltran, CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.239
Schumaker, 2B	5	0	3	0	0	0	.290
Holliday, LF	4	1	2	1	0	1	.277
Berkman, 1B	4	1	2	2	0	1	.318
Craig, RF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.247
Molina, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.281
Freese, 3B	4	0	2	1	0	1	.211
Descalso, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	.220
Lohse, P	2	0	1	0	0	0	.100
Chambers, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263
Jay, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143
BATTING 2B: Freese 2 (5) HR: Berkman (4) RBI: Holliday (9), Berkman 2 (17), Freese (6)
BASERUNNING SB: Beltran (19), Schumaker (15) CS: Jay (1), Schumaker 2 (6)
FIELDING E: Westbrook (1)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Lohse (L, 0-2)	5.0	9	5	5	0	3	5.15
McClellan	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Westbrook	2.0	5	4	3	0	2	6.43

Houston Astros
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Paredes, 3B	5	2	2	0	0	1	.202
Bogusevic, RF	5	2	2	1	0	2	.310
Martinez, LF	5	3	3	3	0	0	.274
Cust, 1B	3	0	1	2	0	0	.233
Castro, C	3	1	1	3	0	0	.264
Downs, 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.283
Lowrie, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.256
Shuck, CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	.224
Norris, P	3	0	0	0	0	1	.214
Hernandez, SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222
BATTING 2B: Bogusevic (6), Cust (1), Paredes (5), Downs (5), Shuck (4) HR: Martinez (5), Castro (3) RBI: Martinez 3 (14), Bogusevic (8), Cust 2 (3), Castro 3 (15) SF: Cust, Castro
FIELDING E: Cust (1)

Houston Astros
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Norris (W, 2-4)	7.2	13	4	4	1	6	3.86
Rodriguez (S, 1)	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00

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Going, Going, Gone
Beltran's home run lifts the Cardinals in extra innings

Phoenix, AZ - The Cardinals won a late inning affair to open out the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on a good foot. After Kyle McClellan and Jaime Garcia gave up 2 runs in the 7th innings, Carlos Beltran hit a solo home run in the top of the 10th inning to give the Cardinals the lead. Jason Motte woud come into the game in the bottom of the 10th and close it out for his 8th save of the year.

Beltran was of course the hero going 3-5 with a HR, 2 R, RBI, and a stolen base. Lance Berkman and Matt Holliday also both went 1-4 with an RBI.

Jaime Garcia threw an excellent game going 6.1 innings giving up 5 hits, 2 runs and striking out 4.

When questioned after the game Jaime Garcia had this to say, "I had another good game. I have no reason to complain this year at all. I'm going to just keep pitching and hopefully we keep playing well and get to the top of our division."

St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks
May 7, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
St. Louis (13-16)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	9	1
Arizona (17-13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	1
W: Chris Clements (2-2) L: Joe Paterson (0-1) S: Jason Motte (8)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			STL	ARI
STL	1st	Berkman reaches first on a throwing error by Robers, Schumaker scores.	1	0
STL	6th	Holliday doubled to center, Beltran scores.	2	0
ARI	7th	Blanco doubled on a ground rule double, Young scores.	2	1
ARI	7th	Hill grounded to left for a single, Blanco scores.	2	2
STL	10th	Beltran homered to left.	3	2

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Beltran, CF	5	2	3	1	0	1	.254
Schumaker, 2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.286
Holliday, LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.276
Berkman, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.316
Jay, RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.125
Molina, C	4	0	2	0	0	0	.290
Freese, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.213
Furcal, SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	.187
Garcia, P	3	0	0	0	0	2	.125
Clements, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
BATTING 2B: Holliday (7), Freese (6) HR: Beltran (4) RBI: Beltran (13), Holliday (10), Berkman (18) GIDP: Freese
BASERUNNING SB: Beltran (20), Schumaker (16) CS: Beltran (5)
FIELDING E: Furcal (5)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Garcia	6.1	5	2	2	0	4	2.20
McClellan (BS, 1)	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0.00
Clements (W, 2-2)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	4.63
Motte (S, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	4.91

Arizona Diamondbacks
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Parra, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.212
Roberts, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.267
Upton, RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.342
Young, CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.216
Blanco, C	4	1	1	1	0	1	.238
Overbay, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.235
Hill, 2B	3	0	1	1	0	1	.287
Kubel, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208
McDonald, SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.320
Collmenter, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083
Bloomquist, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.163
Montero, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256
Drew, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256
BATTING 2B: Young (7), Blanco (5) RBI: Hill (13), Blanco (5) SAC: Collmenter GIDP: Upton
BASERUNNING CS: Young (2)
FIELDING E: Roberts (1)

Arizona Diamondbacks
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Collmenter	6.0	6	2	1	0	6	5.08
Ziegler	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	4.08
Paterson (L, 0-1)	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0.73

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Game 30
May 8th, 2012


Baffled by Kennedy
Ian Kennedy strikes out 11 in route to win

Ian Kennedy took a no hitter into the 7th where it was broken up

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Game 31
May 9th, 2012


Another Pitching Duel
Cards lose another close game with superb pitching from both sides

Daniel Hudson pitched a great game for the win

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Game 32
May 11th, 2012


Disappointing Outing
Adam Wainwright give up 3 home runs in Cardinals loss

Wainwright is disgusted after giving up his 3rd HR

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Quote: Originally Posted by jct32

Game 32 May 11th, 2012 Disappointing Outing Adam Wainwright give up 3 home runs in Cardinals loss Wainwright is disgusted after giving up his 3rd HR

For my readers I need help with my decision for my final format. I like both but would you rather see the above format or the sports center type?

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Game 34
May 13th, 2012

Finally
Someone finally scores a run in the 18th inning during a extra inning marathon

Matt Holliday chases the winning home run

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personally, I like the sportscenter type.

just my opinion.