Wed, 08/11/2010 - 11:06 by Rakhi
San Diego -- Ryan Ludwick hit two solo home runs Tuesday to lead the San Diego Padres past Pittsburgh 4-1.
Ludwick went 2-for-3 batting cleanup for the Padres, who have won two in a row.
Wade LeBlanc (6-10) allowed five hits and struck out eight in 5 2/3 innings. He drove in a run with a single in the second inning.
Heath Bell picked up his 32nd save.
Jeff Karstens (2-8) took the loss for the Pirates, whose losing streak reached five games. Pedro Alvarez drove in the only Pittsburgh run in the third inning.
Ludwick's first home run led off the second inning. It was followed up by LeBlanc's base hit that scored Yorvit Torrealba from third.
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Thu, 10/01/2009 - 09:41 by shalini.bahadur
Cincinnati, Sept. 30: Laynce Nix hit the first grand slam of his career Wednesday, pacing Cincinnati to a 6-1 victory over St. Louis.
The Cardinals lost their third in a row and fell two games behind Philadelphia in the race for the second-best record in the National League. The top two division winners will have home-field advantage when the first round of the playoffs begin next week.
Bronson Arroyo came within two outs of picking up his fourth complete game of the year.
Arroyo (15-13) allowed a run on four hits and struck out six. The 15 wins equaled a career high.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:01 by preet_20
Pittsburgh, Sept. 4: Ryan Ludwick had five of St. Louis's 17 hits and homered twice Friday, helping the Cardinals out-slug Pittsburgh 14-7.
St. Louis blew an early 5-0 lead, but kept the runs coming in what was its sixth win in seven games. The 14 runs were a season high.
Ludwick had an RBI double in the first and hit a solo homer in the third. He also had a hit in the fifth inning, during which St. Louis produced a run that made it 5-0, but the Pirates scored six times in the bottom half of the inning to take the lead.
Albert Pujols put St. Louis back in front with a three-run homer in the sixth and Ludwick contributed a three-run blast in the eighth.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 09:59 by preet_20
Pittsburgh, Aug. 8: Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer Friday as St. Louis beat Pittsburgh 6-4.
The homer gave St. Louis a 2-0 lead with two outs in the top of the first.
Mark DeRosa, like Holliday, a trade-deadline acquisition, had three hits, including a solo homer.
Ryan Ludwick, Khalil Greene and Skip Schumaker each had one RBI, while Albert Pujols added three hits for the Cardinals, who have split their last four games.
Winner Chris Carpenter (11-3) surrendered four runs and nine hits in eight innings.
Closer Ryan Franklin earned his 25th save.
Pittsburgh's Garrett Jones and Ryan Duomit hit solo homers.
Delwyn Young had two hits and one RBI.
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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 12:23 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 4: St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Ryan Ludwick was named Tuesday the National League Player of the Month for July.
Ludwick was the second Cardinals player in as many months to win the award. Teammate Albert Pujols was named the top NL player in June.
Ludwick, a right-handed hitter, had a .340 batting average, six home runs, 28 RBI and 18 runs scored over 27 games in July.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 12:15 by surajdogra
St. Louis, July 29: Adam Wainwright struck out five and held the Los Angeles Dodgers scoreless over eight innings in St. Louis's 10-0 romp Tuesday.
Wainwright (12-6) allowed eight hits and one walk en route to the victory, which gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead in the four-game set between the leaders of the National League Central and West.
Mark DeRosa had a three-run homer for St. Louis, and Ryan Ludwick and Yadier Molina each drove in a pair.
Los Angeles outhit the Cards 9-8 but stranded all nine runners.
St. Louis scored six times in the sixth inning to blow open a fine pitching duel between Wainwright and Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley (10-6), who was tagged for six runs on four hits and walked six in 5 2/3 innings.
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Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:44 by surajdogra
Houston, July 20: Carlos Lee hit a three-run homer Monday to power the Houston Astros to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Brian Moehler (7-5) got the win after giving up two runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings. The Astros have won seven of their last 10 games.
Losing pitcher Kyle Lohse (4-6) gave up three runs on five hits in seven innings. Yadier Molina drove in both Cardinals runs.
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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:03 by preet_20
Chicago, July 13: Ryan Ludwick hit a a pair of two-run home runs Sunday to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader with the Chicago Cubs.
The Cubs took the opener 7-3 behind a six-inning effort by starter Carlos Zambrano, who also contributed a solo homer to go along with a three-run homer by Micah Hoffpauir.
Cardinals' starter Adam Wainwright (10-5) got the win in the second game, allowing two runs on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts. Wainwright also had two hits for St. Louis, which salvaged a split of the four-game series with the Cubs and heads into the All-Star break with a 2 1/2 game lead over Milwaukee in the NL Central.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 11:03 by preet_20
Chicago, July 11: Light-hitting Jeff Baker drove in two runs Saturday, sending the Chicago Cubs to a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Baker, playing in his 17th major league contest this season, was hitting just .107 when he stroked a two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the first, capping a three-run rally.
Aramis Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano drove in one run apiece in the fifth for the Cubs, who stopped their three-game losing streak.
Winner Ted Lilly (9-6) yielded one run and four hits in eight innings. Closer Kevin Gregg earned his 16th save by squelching a ninth-inning St. Louis rally with a game-ending strikeout.
The Cubs lost first baseman Derrek Lee to back spasms after five innings.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 11:11 by preet_20
Milwaukee, July 7: Adam Wainwright pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings Tuesday to pace the St. Louis Cards to a 5-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Wainwright (9-5) struck out nine while giving up seven hits and two walks. Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer in the first inning for the Cardinals, who have won five of their last six games.
Colby Rasmus was 3-for-5 with two runs scored, two RBI and only a triple shy of the cycle. Ryan Franklin got the closing two outs and lowered his earned-run average to 0.83.
Milwaukee's Yovani Gallardo (8-6) gave up four runs on six hits with five walks.
Corey Hart was 3-for-4 for the Brewers.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Fri, 07/03/2009 - 10:50 by preet_20
St. Louis, July 2: Todd Wellemeyer took a shutout into the eighth inning Thursday and Ryan Ludwick drove in two runs to bring St. Louis a 5-2 win over San Francisco.
Albert Pujols, who came into the game with a .632 batting average in six games against the Giants this season, went hitless in two at bats but drew two intentional walks. He leads the majors with 30 homers and 77 RBI.
Wellemeyer (7-7) blanked the Giants until Aaron Rowand hit a one-out, two-run homer in the eighth. Three relievers combined to record the last five outs, with Ryan Franklin working a perfect ninth for his 19th save.
The Cardinals have won back-to-back games after dropping six out of seven.
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Sat, 06/20/2009 - 13:09 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. June 19: Ryan Ludwick highlighted a six-run third inning with a grand slam homer Friday, igniting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-5 inter-league win over Kansas City.
Colby Rasmus had four of the 14 St. Louis hits, scored twice and also had two RBI. The Cardinals won for the third time in four games.
It was a 1-1 tie going into the third, but Kyle Davies (3-7) gave up two singles and an intentional walk to load the bases before Ludwick hit his homer to left. Both Rick Ankiel and Khalil Greene hit solo home runs later in the inning.
Greene was making his first start at third base since coming off the disabled list. He had been put on the DL suffering from a social anxiety disorder.
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