Cardinal AAAA lineup beat the Pirates 2-1 on a 10th inning home run by pinch-hitter extraordinaire Albert Pujols !
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<3 Pujols. :lovecoupl
Anybody notice which team has the best record in the NL right now?
The really scary thing (for other teams) is that they really haven't been hitting on all cylinders quit yet. It seems that Albert is starting to hit like he's capable and Ludwick seems to be a little better recently. It's been mostly due to (the top trio in baseball of) Carpenter, Wainwright and Joel Piñeiro. Smoltz has gotten the 4th spot locked down since he arrived and Boggs has pitched better his last 2 starts. Plus there's Lohse who they can work in to rest the top 3 and setup their rotation perfectly for the playoffs. And then they can maybe move Smoltz to the bullpen in the playoffs to help thief biggest problem - RH relief.
Oh and by the way, Brad Lidge blew his 10th save of the year a year after having zero last year :eek: They need to get that bullpen straightened out if they want to advance in the playoffs (assuming they get there).