Louis Cardinals vs. Colorado Rockies

Cardinals win nine to eight!

I will not delve into great detail about today’s trade – there is a 2000-comment VEB Daily thread that can give you all the information and opinions you could possibly want. I know we talk about the importance of putting your best reliever in the highest leverage situations, but there’s definitely value in having that lights out closer. I believe this is the key for the Cardinals third baseman. I think it caused one of his teammates to get hit. Mark Reynolds singled to follow and it looked like Flande was going to have quite the inning, but the Rockies starter was able to settle down and got three outs from a double play and a strikeout.

Moss recorded his first big hit with St. Louis, a pinch-hit game-ending single in the ninth inning, and Randal Grichuk had a two-run homer to lead the Cardinals to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. A Peralta single scored Carpenter and Grichuk, moving Wong to third. Tie game. In the bottom of the second inning, with Yadier Molina and Steven Piscotty on base, the Galveston Grinder hit his 11th home run of the year – a shot to straightaway center field on a breaking ball that never broke.

Things got a little dicey after that. Colorado is 10-25 in their last 35 games in St. Louis. Colorado hasn’t been shy about flexing its offensive muscle, scoring a staggering 58 runs while going just 3-5 in the last eight contests.TV: 8:15 p.m. ET, ROOT (Colorado), FSN Midwest (St. Louis)PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies RH Kyle Kendrick (4-11, 6.33 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH Michael Wacha (11-4, 3.27)Kendrick allowed six runs for the second straight outing but walked away with a victory after Colorado erupted for 17 runs in a rout of Cincinnati on Sunday.

The Rockies fall to 44-59 after losing to the Cardinals. The Rockies capitalized on a pair of throwing errors by Kevin Siegrist to snap that tie with two runs in the eighth. “But, I haven’t seen anyone as visually excited as he was”.

Axford entered the game after Matt Carpenter doubled off Boone Logan to lead off the ninth. As if on cue, Marp hit a ground rule double to lead off the inning. The 29-year old had been hitting just. All tied up, Axford would intentionally walk Heyward to once again load the bases. In super dramatic fashion, he drew a walk and won the game!

“It’s always tough to come in here and score runs against this staff and in this park”, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. I am honestly wondering if that is the last time he has to move in this lineup.

Nolan Arenado drove in his major league-leading 78th run in the first. Here’s hoping this is the beginning of many more Marp smiles. He was unable to get his pitches down into the zone and the Rockies took advantage. “The style of hitter I am and the approach that I take in there seems to work for me”. Paulsen finished with two hits and three RBIs. He popped out and struck out. Although acquiring and re-signing Matt Holliday to a seven-year deal involved large commitments for the Cardinals’ franchise, this triumph in St. Louis’s recent trade history shows that general manager John Mozeliak may still have the ability to make a big-name acquisition before Friday’s non-waiver trading deadline. Be there or be…somewhere else.