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St. Louis Cardinals (84-57, 1st NL Central)
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The Braves wrap up a Central division stretch with three games against the best team in the league, the Cardinals.
The Braves Lately:
The Braves finally won a series for a change, taking two of three from the Astros. After a terrible stretch of not scoring more than three runs in a game that lasted six games, the Braves broke out for nine runs in the series finale in Houston. The pitching has been spot on as usual, and the offense can't buy a hit as usual.
The Cardinals Lately:
They're good. They lost six games in the entire month of August and have only lost twice so far in September. The Cardinals' last series loss was in JULY. They swept the Brewers in their most recent series.
9/11 - 8:15
Jair Jurrjens (10-10, 2.93 ERA, 64 BB, 126 K, 1.25 WHIP)
Career vs. Cardinals: 0-2, 3.46 ERA in 2 starts
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Joel Pineiro (14-9, 3.28 ERA, 20 BB, 87 K, 1.11 WHIP)
Career vs. Braves: 1-1, 6.75 ERA in 3 starts, 6 total games
Jair Jurrjens had a pretty efficient start against the Reds last time out, giving up three runs on four hits in seven innings. He allowed two runs in six innings in his one start against the Cardinals this season. Joel Pineiro is what Derek Lowe wishes he could be. He is a groundball machine who has to average around 15 groundouts a game while hardly ever recording double digit flyouts. Pineiro has struggled in his last two starts, allowing four runs in each to the Brewers and Pirates. He allowed two runs in 6.2 innings in his one start against the Braves this season. Advantage: Cardinals
9/12 - 4:10
Tim Hudson (1-0, 2.19 ERA, 4 BB, 11 K, 1.14 WHIP)
Career vs. Cardinals: 3-2, 4.74 ERA in 6 starts
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Kyle Lohse (5-8, 4.62 ERA, 31 BB, 63 K, 1.34 WHIP)
Career vs. Braves: 2-1, 4.15 ERA in 6 starts
Tim Hudson improved even more on his second start back with seven innings of one-run ball against the Reds, giving up just four hits and striking out six. It's pretty remarkable how sharp he is this early after surgery. Kyle Lohse has apparently had groin problems and is making his first start since August 21. He made a relief appearance three days ago. Lohse has been Lohse this season: an overpaid fifth starter. But to the Braves he's Cy Young because he pitched six shutout innings against them earlier this season. Advantage: Braves
9/13 - 2:15
Javier Vazquez (12-9, 3.06 ERA, 40 BB. 208 K, 1.06 WHIP)
Career vs. Cardinals: 2-7, 4.21 ERA in 10 starts
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Chris Carpenter (16-3, 2.16 ERA, 30 BB, 129 K, 0.97 WHIP)
Career vs. Braves: 2-1, 5.46 ERA in 6 starts
Javier Vazquez was almost perfect in his last start against the Astros, pitching seven shutout innings on three hits while striking out nine. He did walk four but all of them came in the last two innings. Vazquez gave up five runs over eight innings (he was left in that long?) in his one start against the Cardinals this season. Lord help us, Chris Carpenter is pitching against Vazquez. If you don't know what he's doing this season just look it up. The Braves will lose. Advantage: Cardinals
Key Cardinals Relievers:
CL - Ryan Franklin (54 IP, 1.67 ERA, 37 SV, 3 BSV)
Career vs. Braves: 15.1 IP, 4.70 ERA, 2 SV
SU - Kyle McClellan (58.1 IP, 3.09 ERA, 14 HLD, 3 BSV)
Career vs. Braves: 4.1 IP, 8.31 ERA, 2 HLD, BSV
MR - Trever Miller (38.2 IP, 1.86 ERA, 12 HLD, BSV)
Career vs. Braves: 11.2 IP, 7.71 ERA, 7 HLD, BSV
Key Cardinals Hitters:
1B - Albert Pujols (.331, 47 HR, 124 RBI)
Career vs. Braves: .364, 15 HR, 45 RBI in 52 games
LF - Matt Holliday (.379, 12 HR, 42 RBI)
Career vs. Braves: .355, 7 HR, 27 RBI in 30 games
RF - Ryan Ludwick (.274, 20 HR, 87 RBI)
Career vs. Braves: .288, 0 HR, 6 RBI in 19 games
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