The St. Louis Cardinals entered the series with the Milwaukee Brewers with the teams heading in opposite directions. The Brewers are a team that is absolutely on fire, and the Cardinals are in a complete tail spin. Milwaukee has been hitting the cover off the ball, and getting decent pitching from their starters, and St. Louis' bats have gone brutally cold, and the starting pitching has been suspect at best.
After last nights rain out, the two teams were back at it this afternoon, with Jeff Suppan squaring off against Adam Wainwright. Wainwright brought his A game today, pitching eight innings, giving up just two hits, two walks, one run, while striking out seven. The Cards finally got a great outing from a starter, and they can't do a thing with it. Unfortunately for Wainwright, he made one mistake to Corey Hart, and that was the difference, with the Brewers taking the game 1-0.
I sit here sometimes, wondering to myself what is wrong with Pujols, but the guy is still batting .320. While that is below his normal standard, it is still a very respectable average. I believe that we have gotten absolutely spoiled with being able to watch who is arguably the greatest player in the game today. I have seen Pujols struggle like this before, and he has always bounced back, and there is no reason the same wont happen this year as well. Albert is simply too good, and he will make whatever adjustments he needs, to get back into form.
Tomorrow, two huge game sevens in the NBA. Lakers host the Rockets, and the Celtics host the Magic. In the East, I do not think it will matter who wins, Cleveland looks like they are just going to demolish anyone they face. In the West, which team will show up. Will the Lakers that won by 40, or the Lakers that lost by 15. Maybe both dominant personalities will show up, which should provide an exciting finale to the series. Happy watching.
In other news, Syracuse beat Maryland 11-6, and Cornell beat Princeton 6-4 in the NCAA Lacrosse quarterfinals. Syracuse, the number two seed, will face the winner of the Duke-North Carolina quarterfinal tomorrow. And Cornell, the number five seed, will face the winner of the Virginia-Johns Hopkins quarterfinal. Next week be sure to check out the semi-finals on Saturday starting at 12 Eastern on ESPN2, and then the finals take place Memorial Day at One Eastern on ESPN.
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