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Wellemeyer aims to shine as starter for Cardinals

Apr 2, 2008 - 1:33 PM Colorado (1-0) at St Louis (0-1) 8:15 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - Todd Wellemeyer gets the chance to prove he belongs in the St. Louis Cardinals' rotation on Wednesday when he faces the Colorado Rockies.

After battling through tough competition in spring training, Wellemeyer earned a spot in the Cardinals' injury-plagued rotation, which has lost both Chris Carpenter and Mark Mulder.

The righthanded Wellmeyer went 3-2 with a 3.11 ERA in 11 starts last season with the Cardinals, who picked him up after he was waived by the Kansas City Royals.

"It's the goal I had coming into spring," Wellemeyer said. "Now is my chance to go out there and, these next few starts, show them I belong here."

Aaron Cook takes the hill for the defending National League champion Rockies, who came away with a 2-1 win in the season opener Tuesday. Colorado rookie Jayson Nix drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of that win.

Cook posted an 8-7 record in 25 starts with a 4.12 ERA last season which earned the righthander a $34.5 million over the next four campaigns.

The 29-year-old Cook is just 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA through six career meetings against St. Louis.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    COLORADO 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 9 1
    ST LOUIS 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 x 8 11 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: COL - AARON COOK, MATT HERGES (7TH), MICAH BOWIE (7TH), LUIS
    VIZCAINO (8TH), TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ (8TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA
    STL - TODD WELLEMEYER, KYLE MCCLELLAN (6TH),

    Apr 2 11:27 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ALBERT PUJOLS SCORED SKIP SCHUMAKER.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, A PUJOLS ON FIRST, R LUDWICK ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3
    ST LOUIS 8 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: T GLAUS (.000, 0-FOR-3, SF, RBI)

    Rockies 3, Cardinals 8  Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 2 11:02 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY RYAN LUDWICK SCORED RICO WASHINGTON AND CESAR
    IZTURIS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R LUDWICK ON SECOND, S SCHUMAKER ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3
    ST LOUIS 7 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A PUJOLS (.400, 1-FOR-1, 3 BB)

    Rockies 3, Cardinals 7  Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 2 11:01 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY RICO WASHINGTON SCORED ADAM KENNEDY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R WASHINGTON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3
    ST LOUIS 5 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: C IZTURIS (.000, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Rockies 3, Cardinals 5  Bot 8, 0 OutsApr 2 10:45 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BRAD HAWPE SCORED GARRETT ATKINS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B HAWPE ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3
    ST LOUIS 4 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: Y TORREALBA (.286, 1-FOR-3)

    Rockies 3, Cardinals 4  Top 8, 0 OutsApr 2 10:33 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY WILLY TAVERAS SCORED SCOTT PODSEDNIK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, W TAVERAS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 2
    ST LOUIS 4 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T TULOWITZKI (.500, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Rockies 2, Cardinals 4  Top 7, 0 OutsApr 2 10:04 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY TROY GLAUS SCORED RYAN LUDWICK.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A PUJOLS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1
    ST LOUIS 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R ANKIEL (.400, 2-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Rockies 1, Cardinals 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 2 9:41 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY RYAN LUDWICK SCORED SKIP SCHUMAKER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R LUDWICK ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1
    ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A PUJOLS (.400, 1-FOR-1, BB)

    Rockies 1, Cardinals 3  Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 2 9:38 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RICK ANKIEL (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF AARON COOK.
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1, ST LOUIS 2
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: Y MOLINA (.400, 1-FOR-1)

    Rockies 1, Cardinals 2  Bot 4, 0 OutsApr 2 9:18 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY BRAD HAWPE (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF TODD WELLEMEYER.
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1, ST LOUIS 1
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: Y TORREALBA (.400, 1-FOR-1)

    Rockies 1, Cardinals 1  Top 4, 0 OutsApr 2 9:09 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY ADAM KENNEDY SCORED RICK ANKIEL.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KENNEDY ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 0
    ST LOUIS 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: T WELLEMEYER (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Rockies 0, Cardinals 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 2 8:48 PM

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