Yeah, Detmer's dad, Kris, was a Cardinals farmhand in the mid to late 90s. Got as high as AAA a couple times but not any further. Final season in professional baseball was playing for the Springfield Capitals back in 2000.
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Yeah, Detmer's dad, Kris, was a Cardinals farmhand in the mid to late 90s. Got as high as AAA a couple times but not any further. Final season in professional baseball was playing for the Springfield Capitals back in 2000.
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
Well it could be worse I guess.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33923277/cincinnati-reds-allow-hit-fall-1-0-pittsburgh-pirates
And for some reason it's not letting me link and type message together. I can't use any of the features for some reason.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33923277/cincinnati-reds-allow-hit-fall-1-0-pittsburgh-pirates
And for some reason it's not letting me link and type message together. I can't use any of the features for some reason.
Up 5-0 after 3 innings. Albert looking good today, 2-2 but 2 outs lost on bad base running. Hope this holds up for Adam W
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pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Wainwright-Molina battery is supercharged: Pujols allows four runs in ninth in 15-6 Cardinals romp
Molina knocks in four, Goldschmidt and Knizner three as Cardinals win for record 203rd time when Wainwright/Molina tandem starts.
Rick Hummel
For several weeks, Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright has been saying that the team win total for the games in which he pitches to catcher Yadier Molina meant more to him than the total starts record the two probably will set later this season.
On Sunday night, the Cardinals won for a record 203rd time with Wainwright and Molina as the starting battery. That eclipsed the 202 number established by Boston/Milwaukee lefthander Warren Spahn and catcher Del Crandall from 1949-63.
Not only did the Cardinals win, but the 40-year-old Wainwright and 39-year-old Molina combined on a two-way gem in a 15-6 Cardinals rout of the San Francisco Giants at Busch Stadium. But this wasn’t the only history that was made on Sunday.
In an homage to old-timers, 42-year-old Albert Pujols made his big-league pitching debut for the Cardinals in the ninth.
Pujols, throwing in the 50s and 60s, allowed a three-run homer to Giants pitcher Luis Gonzalez, who actually had been the left fielder, and a solo homer to Joey Bart.
“He needs to keep the ball down,” joshed Molina.
Wainwright (4-3) limited the Giants to only one hit over the first five innings before being tagged for a two-run Joc Pederson homer in the sixth. And Molina, who had just two runs batted in for the season, doubled that total by hitting a two-run homer and a two-run single. As they started together, the two left together after six innings.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Cardinals' Reyes must deal with another setback
Right-hander feels soreness in shoulder and has an MRI. A second opinion is next but he has a long road to traverse again.
Rick Hummel
What more can happen to Alex Reyes?
This seems to be the question asked annually by Cardinals fans — and the Cardinals themselves, for that matter.
Right-hander Jake Woodford, who has pitched 13 innings but with a 2.08 earned run average for the Cardinals, was optioned to Memphis Sunday to make room on the roster for right-hander Adam Wainwright. But while Woodford will get more work by going to Memphis as a starter, right-hander Reyes, on the injured list with a frayed labrum, will get less work. Or, really, no work.
Manager Oliver Marmol said that Reyes, who hasn’t pitched all this spring after showing up at camp with a sore shoulder, had encountered more soreness while playing catch as he threw off a mound this past week and underwent an MRI exam.
Marmol reported that a second opinion now is being sought, but Reyes has been shut down again.
Having missed all of spring training and the first six weeks of the season, Reyes would seem unlikely to pitch for the Cardinals this season until after the All-Star break in July, if then.
“Unsure if it’s the same area,” said Marmol. “But it is shoulder discomfort.”
Reyes was an All-Star last year as a top-notch closer in the first half of the season, but he weakened in the second half and lost his job. It was the first full season the oft-injured Reyes had been able to pitch since 2016, when he dazzled after being promoted to the big leagues.
What's not to like about a 62 mph fastball when everyone else is coming in at 100? If they are sitting dead red then Albert can drop his 49 mph "change up" on them. Of course he has to get it over the plate first.How bout Albert’s pitchingI enjoyed that, but yikes!
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Watching that, was the first time in a long time watching a pro sports, I thought "I could do that...".
Too true. FIRST you have to hit 600 home runs to "earn" the right to play soft toss in a runaway game.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Storm warning: Rain postpones Round 2 of revived Cardinals-Mets rivalry
Mets schedule a doubleheader Tuesday between teams that got into a shoving match at the end of series in St. Louis, leading to two Cardinals suspensions.
Derrick Goold
NEW YORK — The decision to postpone Monday’s game because of the soggy forecast and, coincidentally, score a breather for the Mets’ weathered pitching staff came hours before the Cardinals had to address the standard day-after question for a new reliever following his debut.
Fresh from finishing Sunday’s game, it didn’t matter Monday if the Cardinals’ latest addition to the pitching staff could bounce back to give them an inning.
Albert Pujols could rest his right arm.
“Once he gets a little treatment we’ll see,” manager Oliver Marmol said, humoring a reporter’s question on Pujols’ availability. “We weren’t willing to use him on back-to-back days anyways.”
With a thunderstorm warning for the area, the Mets preemptively rescheduled the opener of their series against the Cardinals at Citi Field for a doubleheader Tuesday. Splotches of downpours did arrive in Queens, around the ballpark, an hour or two before the scheduled game time. First pitch of the four-game series now will be at 2:10 p.m. St. Louis time Tuesday, and it will be a true single-ticket doubleheader with both games going at least nine innings and the second game coming around 40 minutes after the first.
Storm clouds gathered for this series more than a week ago — but not ones sodden with precipitation. The kind that rumble with premeditation.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
A true single ticket double header? Wow, brings back memories!Storm warning: Rain postpones Round 2 of revived Cardinals-Mets rivalry
Mets schedule a doubleheader Tuesday between teams that got into a shoving match at the end of series in St. Louis, leading to two Cardinals suspensions.www.stltoday.com
Derrick Goold
NEW YORK — The decision to postpone Monday’s game because of the soggy forecast and, coincidentally, score a breather for the Mets’ weathered pitching staff came hours before the Cardinals had to address the standard day-after question for a new reliever following his debut.
Fresh from finishing Sunday’s game, it didn’t matter Monday if the Cardinals’ latest addition to the pitching staff could bounce back to give them an inning.
Albert Pujols could rest his right arm.
“Once he gets a little treatment we’ll see,” manager Oliver Marmol said, humoring a reporter’s question on Pujols’ availability. “We weren’t willing to use him on back-to-back days anyways.”
With a thunderstorm warning for the area, the Mets preemptively rescheduled the opener of their series against the Cardinals at Citi Field for a doubleheader Tuesday. Splotches of downpours did arrive in Queens, around the ballpark, an hour or two before the scheduled game time. First pitch of the four-game series now will be at 2:10 p.m. St. Louis time Tuesday, and it will be a true single-ticket doubleheader with both games going at least nine innings and the second game coming around 40 minutes after the first.
Storm clouds gathered for this series more than a week ago — but not ones sodden with precipitation. The kind that rumble with premeditation.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
My first in person Cardinal games was a true single ticket doubleheader back when I was playing Legion baseball in late 60's and the whole team got to see games against the Pirates ..............................Roberto Clemente hit 2 homers in the first game and another in the second game ...........threw out 1 runner at home and another trying to go to third base............had a cannon arm in right field....................
Memories..............................
Wow! Clemente! I barely remember seeing him on TV when I was a kid. He was a legend even in rural central Illinois. I still remember where I was and how stunned I was when I heard of his death.
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
Go figure. Score 15 runs, next game... 1.
This has been an incredibly frustrating half inning (bottom of the 8th for the sake of posterity) to watch. Looks like that passed ball may well cost us this one.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
I agree. How is that run earned when the batter reached on a passed ball, which is similar to an error?
Batter that scored was Lindor, who reached on a walk (after TON and Donovan failed to snag his popped foul ball because they failed to communicate). If Escobar had scored, that would not have counted as an earned run. I still do think counting Lindor is misleading, as but for the passed ball, there is no way Lindor would have scored. Which is why ERA doesn't always tell the full story.
Edit: also, very glad I was wrong and that passed ball didn't hurt us too badly in the end!
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BillyBob1
- Champaign
But the inning should have ended on that strikeout with no run being scored. It continued because of the passed ball. Just curious.
It actually looks like the run was not credited as an earned run against Helsley, based on the ESPN box score, so I guess they do take this into account.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Hummel: Will Cards tap minor leaguers if outfield continues to struggle?
Check out the highlights from Rick Hummel’s Cardinals chat with readers.
Check out the highlights from Rick Hummel’s Cardinals chat with readers. See more highlights here.......................................
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Mad dash: Cardinals outrun Mets to break tie for Game 2 win to split doubleheader
O'Neill, with five strikeouts in the two games, sprints to beat a throw to first that allows the tie-snapping run to score in the ninth. Mets win Game 1, 3-1.
NEW YORK — It was not the swing that he spent the weekend rediscovering and it was not the moment he’s been chasing and chasing during this slow start, but it was enough to get the run his Cardinals needed.
Unable Tuesday to provide with his bat in Game 1 of the doubleheader or make a play with his glove to help in Game 2, Tyler O’Neill used his elite speed to outrun a potential groundout and seize a split in a doubleheader against the New York Mets at Citi Field. With the go-ahead run at third, O’Neill didn’t get a full cut at Mets reliever Adam Ottavino’s pitch as it veered in on his hands. He clipped the ball enough to send it bounding toward third.
O’Neill blitzed from the box as Mets third baseman Eduardo Escobar rushed in to make the play for what would have been the inning’s final out.
Escobar bobbled the transfer.
That was all the time O’Neill needed.
O’Neill beat the throw to first base, and that meant Brendan Donovan’s run from third counted, snapping a tie and hurtling the Cardinals to a 4-3 victory in the evening game. That countered the Mets’ 3-1 victory in Game 1.
“I think that’s my first infield single this year,” O’Neill said. “That was definitely a good one to get.”
The final innings of the long day at the ballpark hinged on both teams taking advantage of plays not made by the opponent. The Cardinals misplaced a lead in the bottom of the eighth inning when O’Neill and Donovan saw a popup drop between them in foul territory down the third-base line, and the strikeout Ryan Helsley got to end the inning wasn’t in catcher Andrew Knizner’s mitt when he showed it to the umpire. It had slipped by him to prolong the inning and give Jeff McNeil the swing that knotted the game, 3-3.
Any chance Jordan Walker gets a look this season with the outfield offensive struggles?
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Only way that is going to happen is if he gets promoted to Memphis and goes all bonkers there first.............JMHO