OK, so Albert Pujols homering probably isn't the biggest story to come from the Cardinals' 10-1 drubbing of the Astros today, but when a guy like Pujols goes almost 20 at-bats to start the season without a homer, people tend to notice. He did finally go yard today against Jason Jennings in the third inning to put the Cards up 3-0 and put them well on their way to their second win of the year. The big story in this one had to be Kip Wells' start. After a rough first outing for the Cards earlier in the week he was dominant today, tossing seven one-hit innings and striking out seven batters to go with only one walk. He kept his pitch count down (only 90 through seven innings), which is something that is always a problem for Wells. His mound opponent, Jason Jennings, was good but not as good as Wells, giving up three runs in his six innings of work and taking the loss.
The other story in this one was, once again, Brad Lidge. Phil Garner took the 5-0 score in the top of the ninth as a chance to get his closer some work (I mean, he's got to pitch sometime and the Astros aren't winning much) and disaster ensued, as Lidge got lit up for five runs and only managed to record two outs, which brought his ERA on the season to 16.20. The big hit in that inning was Scott Rolen's base clearing bases loaded double, which gave Rolen four RBIs on the day.
With the win, the Cards moved to 2-4 for their upcoming series at PNC Park against the Pirates, where the Cards have been dominant in recent history, while the Astros fell to 1-5 before their series in Chicago against the Cubbies.
Previously at the Fanhouse
Cal Eldred Got a World Series Ring. Kip Wells Did Not.
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