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Cardinals seek fifth straight win

Jun 12, 2008 - 1:11 PM St. Louis (40-27) at Cincinnati (31-36) 7:10 pm EDT

CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- The St. Louis Cardinals will try to push their winning streak to five games in the finale of a three-game

series against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.

Behind impressive performances from Braden Looper and Rick Ankiel, the Cardinals coasted to a 10-0 victory on Wednesday in the first game without Albert Pujols.

The Cardinals placed Pujols on the 15-day disabled list prior to Wednesday's win after he suffered a strained calf in seventh inning of the series opener.

St. Louis' Joel Pineiro (2-3, 4.50 ERA) returns to the hill after a stint on the DL with a strained right groin. Sidelined since May 20, he threw a bullpen session on Tuesday for manager Tony LaRussa, who confirmed that Pinerio was ready for action.

"We've just got to watch (Pineiro)," LaRussa said. "He threw a very impressive bullpen. He's ready, and we need him. It's a good combination."

The righthander hasn't posted a win since beating Cincinnati at Busch Stadium on April 29, when he tossed seven scoreless frames in a 7-2 victory.

Cincinnati counters with Bronson Arroyo (4-5, 5.74), who hopes to improve on his 1-3 showing at home this season. In his last outing, Arroyo gave up four runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 frames in a no-decision at Florida on Saturday.








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

    BATTERIES: STL - JOEL PINEIRO, RON VILLONE (6TH), MARK WORRELL (6TH), RANDY
    FLORES (7TH), RUSS SPRINGER (8TH) AND YADIER MOLINA
    CIN - BRONSON ARROYO, JEREMY AFFELDT (7TH), JAR

    Jun 12 9:47 PM
  • 5
    roots
    RmSvc Added 5 roots

    Cardinals 2, Reds 6  Bot 8, 0 OutsJun 12 9:30 PM


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    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY BRANDON PHILLIPS SCORED COREY PATTERSON, PAUL
    JANISH AND KEN GRIFFEY JR.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, B PHILLIPS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 2
    CINCINNATI 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: A DUNN (.230, 0-FOR-3)

    Cardinals 2, Reds 6  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 12 9:23 PM


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    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO KEN GRIFFEY JR SCORED DAVID ROSS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K GRIFFEY JR ON FIRST, P JANISH ON SECOND, C
    PATTERSON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 2
    CINCINNATI 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: B PHILLIPS (.266, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Cardinals 2, Reds 3  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 12 9:21 PM


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    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY TROY GLAUS (8) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 7TH OFF JEREMY AFFELDT SCORED RICK ANKIEL.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 2, CINCINNATI 2
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: C DUNCAN (.248, 0-FOR-2)

    Cardinals 2, Reds 2  Top 7, 0 OutsJun 12 8:55 PM


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    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY BRONSON ARROYO (1) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF JOEL PINEIRO.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0, CINCINNATI 2
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: C PATTERSON (.197, 0-FOR-2)

    Cardinals 0, Reds 2  Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 12 8:23 PM


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    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE BY DAVID ROSS SCORED EDWIN ENCARNACION.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0
    CINCINNATI 1 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: B ARROYO (.160, 1-FOR-1)

    Cardinals 0, Reds 1  Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 12 8:21 PM

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