Cardinals 7 Pirates 1

And you didn't believe me when I said it would get worse. The team seems to have commited themselves to mutiny against Lloyd, or at least one would hope so after a game as ugly as tonight. Josh Fogg threw one double play ball into centerfield and another right to Rob Mackowiak (who thankfully got the start tonight), who was unfortunately not covering second on the play. Luckily Mack thought quick and flipped the ball to Jack Wilson who was covering second, saving one out on the play. All in all Fogg gave up 6 runs but only 2 earned and dropped his 7th straight decision against the Cards. How bad was the game tonight? Lanny Frattare spent the better part of his night in the booth in dismay and gave us the following gems:

"Just a terrible throw by Lawton to the plate. He's been awful in right field this year."

"You know, with any kind of defense at all, this game is 1-1."

In his years, Lanny has seen a lot of bad baseball teams (almost all of the 80s and now the last 12 years) . If he's upset, they must really be playing awful.

Craig Wilson looked bored in right field tonight. On a popup hit by Pujols that ended up landing maybe 50 feet in front of where he started Craig took 4 steps back to the warning track, then sprinted in at full Craig Wilson speed, ending up further away from the ball Jack Wilson. Then on a ground ball down the line and into the corner, Craig slowly jogged to the ball, allowing a runner to score from first. Thanks for caring, Craig.

Final score for the series Cardinals 18 Pirates 2. Yadier Molina had five hits in two games. He had one hit all season coming into the series. Abraham Nunez (not the one and only since there is another player by the same name, but the one who had been moping around our infield since 1997) went 4-for-4 tonight.

Stay tuned as things get worse...

ESPN summary here