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We could come back to win this, but Riske can go to Helena for all I care.

Thanks Riske. You can go back to KC now.

Chicago is definitely taking care of business against crappy teams. From here on out though, there schedule is rough. Let's see how they do from here.

Wow, nice to see the next closest team to Milwaukee besides St. Louis and the Mets is Florida who is 10 games back! The less teams we have to worry about the better. Let's get the sweep tonight boys.

Manny Parra (10-6, 4.10 ERA, 67 BB/120 SO) http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2008/03/21/wfVev9E3.jpg Previous Starts: DATE OPP RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB TBF #Pit Dec. Rel. ERA 8/20 HOU W 5-2 5.0 6 2 2 0 4 2 10 1 23 94 W(10-6) -- 4.10 8/15 @LAD L 3-5 5.2 10 4 4 1 1 6 12 3 28 93 L(9-6) -- 4.12 8/10 WAS W 5-4 7.0 6 1 1 0 0 9 10 4 27 92 -- -- 4.02 8/4 @CIN L 3-6 6.0 4 6 6 1 4 6 8 6 26 105 L(9-5) -- 4.18 7/30 CHC L 2-7 5.1 8 5 5 0 4 5 11 2 29 96 L(9-4) -- 3.93 7/25 HOU L 1-3 6.0 8 3 3 0 2 5 12 1 26 100 L(9-3) -- 3.72 7/20 @SF W 7-4 7.2 7 2 2 0 2 9 14 2 32 106 W(9-2) -- 3.68 7/11 CIN L 5-6 6.1 6 5 4 0 1 6 8 4 27 93 -- -- 3.78 7/7 COL L 3-4 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 18 -- -- 3.65 7/3 @ARI L 5-6 6.0 4 0 0 0 3 4 9 6 25 100 -- -- 3.69 Versus Adam Wainwright (7-3, 3.04 ERA, 21 BB/66 SO) http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/AdamWainwright75647276_Cardinals_v_Nationals.jpg Previous Starts: DATE OPP RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB TBF #Pit Dec. Rel. ERA 8/22 ATL W 18-3 6.0 5 1 1 1 1 4 10 4 22 72 W(7-3) -- 3.04 6/7 @HOU W 8-4 5.0 7 2 2 1 1 4 6 7 22 73 W(6-3) -- 3.14 6/2 PIT L 4-5 8.0 7 5 5 1 2 4 12 10 32 103 L(5-3) -- 3.12 5/28 HOU W 6-1 8.0 3 1 1 1 1 8 11 5 29 110 W(5-2) -- 2.86 5/23 @LAD W 2-1 7.0 5 1 1 0 2 5 11 6 28 89 W(4-2) -- 3.06 5/17 TB W 9-8 5.2 12 4 4 0 1 2 7 8 27 101 -- -- 3.25 5/12 @MIL L 3-8 6.0 8 8 6 3 1 3 8 12 27 87 L(3-2) -- 2.95 5/7 @COL L 3-4 7.0 4 0 0 0 2 3 12 5 27 106 -- -- 2.25 5/2 CHC W 5-3 6.1 4 1 1 0 1 5 9 6 25 85 -- -- 2.60 4/26 HOU W 4-3 9.0 5 3 3 3 2 6 12 10 33 126 W(3-1) -- 2.79 N.L. Central Standings: Team W L Pct. GB Home Road East Cent. West L10 Strk Chi. Cubs 82 50 .621 - 49-19 33-31 16-8 37-23 23-10 7-3 W 4 Milwaukee (26) 77 55 .583 5 41-24 36-31 16-12 36-24 18-11 7-3 W 5 St. Louis (21) 73 60 .549 9½ 36-31 37-29 20-13 29-29 17-10 6-4 L 1 Houston (15) 66 66 .500 16 34-29 32-37 15-11 27-31 17-13 4-6 L 2 Cincinnati (7) 58 74 .439 24 32-33 26-41 18-17 21-34 10-17 4-6 W 1 Pittsburgh (6) 57 75 .432 25 34-33 23-42 15-17 26-35 10-14 2-8 L 6 Wild Card Race: Team W L PCT GB Milwaukee 77 55 .583 - N.Y. Mets (26) 73 60 .549 4½ St. Louis (26) 73 60 .549 4½ Florida (21) 67 65 .508 10 Houston (20) 66 66 .500 11 L.A. Dodgers (19) 65 67 .492 12 Colorado (15) 63 71 .470 15 Atlanta (12) 58 74 .439 19 Cincinnati (12) 58 74 .439 19 San Francisco (12) 58 74 .439 19 Pittsburgh (11) 57 75 .432 20 San Diego (4) 50 82 .379 27 Washington (1) 47 85 .356 30

Facing Pujols in the 8th with nobody on and a 5 run lead. I like.

Put his head down and ran to first.

Braun!

Is it just me, or has Wellemeyer gotten a lot more close call pitches than Ben tonight?

Good job Benny! Let's tack on another run here.

Ben is getting hit hard so far, but he isn't getting any help from this idiot umpire either.

Wow, I thought that was gone for sure. Or at least extra bases. Way to get out of it Ben.

I would like to add the three biggest overachievers in baseball this year- Mike Fontenot, Ryan Theriot, and Reed Johnson of the Cubs. These guys annoy me to no end. When will they start playing like the very mediocre players that they are?! Oh, and my newest annoyance is Nyjer Morgan. I have a bad feeling he's gonna be a real thorn in our side the rest of the season.

Yeah, I worded it wrong. I agree, he hasn't exactly done anthing the last couple of years in Nashville to warrant a call-up. I'm just saying he finally has good numbers this year and why not call him up and see what he can do.

Would Brad Nelson seem like a no-brainer at this point? He has great numbers in Nashville this year and I think you have to finally give this kid a shot after four years in Nashville.

Ben Sheets (11-7, 3.16 ERA, 38 BB/140 SO) http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0402/mlb_u_sheets_412.jpg Previous Starts: DATE OPP RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB TBF #Pit Dec. Rel. ERA 8/19 HOU L 2-5 6.0 5 5 5 1 1 7 7 7 24 96 L(11-7) -- 3.16 8/14 @SD L 2-3 6.2 5 3 3 0 2 4 8 9 28 110 L(11-6) -- 3.00 8/9 WAS W 6-0 9.0 5 0 0 0 0 6 12 10 32 114 W(11-5) -- 2.95 8/3 @ATL L 0-5 6.0 6 3 2 0 3 4 7 6 25 97 L(10-5) -- 3.14 7/29 CHC L 1-7 5.1 11 6 6 0 1 4 6 8 28 100 L(10-4) -- 3.14 7/24 @STL W 4-3 7.0 4 3 2 0 2 4 4 12 27 96 -- -- 2.87 7/19 @SF W 8-5 5.0 9 4 2 0 1 3 11 3 25 84 -- -- 2.88 7/9 COL L 3-8 6.0 5 3 3 1 2 11 3 5 24 110 L(10-3) -- 2.85 7/4 PIT W 9-1 5.2 8 1 1 0 3 6 6 7 28 120 W(10-2) -- 2.77 Versus Todd Wellemeyer (11-4, 3.79 ERA, 48 BB/100 SO) http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080809/capt.3ad5f4138ed74162b51b1fd062f9852b.cardinals_cubs_baseball_cxc105.jpg Previous Starts: DATE OPP RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB TBF #Pit Dec. Rel. ERA 8/20 PIT W 11-2 5.0 5 2 2 1 2 5 6 5 22 95 W(11-4) -- 3.79 8/14 @FLA W 3-0 7.2 3 0 0 0 4 3 8 9 29 112 W(10-4) -- 3.79 8/9 @CHC W 12-3 6.2 6 3 3 2 1 5 11 8 26 112 W(9-4) -- 4.01 8/3 PHI L 4-5 6.0 4 1 1 1 1 3 7 5 23 91 -- -- 4.01 7/29 @ATL W 8-3 6.0 8 2 2 0 1 5 8 9 27 98 -- -- 4.13 7/24 MIL L 3-4 5.0 5 2 2 0 5 2 8 3 24 92 -- -- 4.19 7/19 SD W 6-5 6.1 5 5 5 1 3 2 8 9 27 84 W(8-4) -- 4.22 7/12 @PIT L 11-12 6.1 4 4 4 2 1 2 6 11 25 94 -- -- 4.04 7/6 CHC L 1-7 5.0 9 3 3 0 0 3 4 6 23 76 L(7-4) -- 3.94 7/1 NYM L 4-7 5.0 12 6 6 0 2 2 14 3 27 98 L(7-3) -- 3.86 N.L. Central Standings: Team W L Pct. GB Home Road East Cent. West L10 Strk Chi. Cubs 81 50 .618 - 49-19 32-31 16-8 36-23 23-10 7-3 W 3 Milwaukee (27) 76 55 .580 5 41-24 35-31 16-12 35-24 18-11 6-4 W 4 St. Louis (23) 73 59 .553 8½ 36-30 37-29 20-13 29-28 17-10 7-3 W 1 Houston (17) 66 65 .504 15 34-28 32-37 15-11 27-30 17-13 4-6 L 1 Cincinnati (8) 57 74 .435 24 32-33 25-41 18-17 20-34 10-17 4-6 L 2 Pittsburgh (8) 57 74 .435 24 34-32 23-42 15-17 26-34 10-14 2-8 L 5 Wild Card Race: Team W L PCT GB Milwaukee 76 55 .580 - St. Louis (28) 73 59 .553 3½ Philadelphia (28) 72 59 .550 4 Florida (23) 67 64 .511 9 Houston (22) 66 65 .504 10 L.A. Dodgers (21) 65 66 .496 11 Colorado (16) 62 71 .466 15 San Francisco (14) 58 73 .443 18 Atlanta (13) 57 74 .435 19 Cincinnati (13) 57 74 .435 19 Pittsburgh (13) 57 74 .435 19 San Diego (5) 49 82 .374 27 Washington (2) 46 85 .351 30

Well, Gallardo was 21 years old when he was called up last year. Jeffress will be 21 at the start of camp next year. So I guess I wouldn't be completely shocked if he was given a chance to prove himself in spring training.

Yikes, Gamel with a forgettable debut with Nashville so far. 0-3 with three strikeouts and an error.

We have the plate discipline of a little league team.

With his speed, all Morgan has to do is put the ball in play and he has a good chance of getting on base.

Speaking of somebody who has looked lost, how about Andy LaRoche? Yikes.

How many blooper and jam shot basehits is Pittsburgh gonna get today? Geesh.

Gotta pull this one out as it doesn't look like we're gonna get help from anybody today.

Hopefully this isn't another one of those games that puts me in a terrible mood the whole night.

How in the world do you swing right through a 90 mph fastball right down the middle?