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Looper faces old team in new role as Cardinals visit Marlins

Jul 16, 2007 - 1:20 PM St Louis (41-47) at Florida (44-48) 7:05 pm EDT

MIAMI (Ticker) - Braden Looper used to close games for the Florida Marlins. On Monday, the righthander will face his former team as a starter for the first time.

Looper (6-7, 4.72 ERA) takes the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals as they open a three-game series with the Marlins.

The 32-year-old recorded 46 saves in four seasons for the Marlins from 1999-2003 and won a world championship with the team in his final season there. Now Looper will look to beat his former team and help the Cardinals to just their third win in the last seven games.

Looper is just 1-5 with a 7.51 ERA in his last eight starts after allowing five runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings to San Francisco on July 7.

On Sunday, Albert Pujols hit two of the Cardinals six homers in a 10-2 win over Philadelphia. Pujols has homered in three straight games after going a career-worst 22 games without a blast.

Byung-Hyun Kim (4-4, 4.94) takes the mound for the Marlins. The Korean righthander won for the first time since May 28 by limiting the San Diego Padres to two runs and three hits in 6 1/3 innings on July 5.

Miguel Cabrera has hit three homers in the past two days, including pair of solo shots in a 5-3 win over Washington on Sunday.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 10 0
    FLORIDA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: STL - BRADEN LOOPER, RYAN FRANKLIN (7TH), JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (9TH)
    AND GARY BENNETT
    FLA - BYUNG-HYUN KIM, TAYLOR TANKERSLEY (7TH), LEE
    GARDNER (7TH), JUSTIN MILLER

    Jul 16 10:10 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MIGUEL CABRERA (22) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF RYAN FRANKLIN.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 5, FLORIDA 3
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M JACOBS (.276, 1-FOR-3)

    Cardinals vs. MarlinsJul 16 9:46 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CHRIS DUNCAN SCORED DAVID ECKSTEIN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A PUJOLS ON FIRST, S SCHUMAKER ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 5
    FLORIDA 2 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S ROLEN (.264, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Cardinals vs. MarlinsJul 16 9:07 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY ADAM KENNEDY (2) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF BYUNG-HYUN KIM.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 4, FLORIDA 2
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: G BENNETT (.224, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Cardinals vs. MarlinsJul 16 8:48 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GARY BENNETT SCORED JUAN ENCARNACION.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G BENNETT ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3
    FLORIDA 2 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B LOOPER (.148, 0-FOR-1)

    Cardinals vs. MarlinsJul 16 8:07 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MATT TREANOR SCORED JOSH WILLINGHAM.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J HERMIDA ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 2
    FLORIDA 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A AMEZAGA (.275, 2 HR, 23 RBI)

    Cardinals vs. MarlinsJul 16 7:37 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JEREMY HERMIDA SCORED MIKE JACOBS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J HERMIDA ON FIRST, J WILLINGHAM ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 2
    FLORIDA 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M TREANOR (.288, 1 HR, 5 RBI)

    Cardinals vs. MarlinsJul 16 7:35 PM


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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 2 2 1 0
    FLORIDA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - BRADEN LOOPER
    FLA - BYUNG-HYUN KIM

    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.331, 14 HR, 36 RBI)
    D UGGLA (.243, 17 HR, 53 RBI)
    M CABRERA (.326, 21 HR, 65 RBI)

    Cardinals vs. MarlinsJul 16 7:14 PM

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