Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals Live Streaming

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8:15 pm EDT Mon Apr 26, 2010

The St. Louis Cardinals’ starting pitching has been outstanding this season. Kyle Lohse has been the exception. With the struggling Atlanta Braves in town for four games beginning Monday, Lohse could have a good chance of earning his first victory of the season. Brad Penny’s 7 2-3 innings of eight-hit ball in Sunday’s 2-0 victory at San Francisco dropped the ERA for the Cardinals’ starters to major league-best 2.61. While Penny, Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright and Jaime Garcia all have ERA’s of 3.60 or lower for NL Central-leading St. Louis, Lohse is 0-1 with a 7.31 ERA. The right-hander will try to bounce back from his worst start of the season, Tuesday’s 9-7 loss at Arizona. Lohse did not receive a decision, but surrendered season highs of seven runs, eight hits and four walks while throwing 77 pitches in three-plus innings.

Lohse might not even need to make top quality pitches Monday, given the way Atlanta is struggling at the plate. The Braves are batting .218 and averaging 1.2 runs during a five-game losing streak. They have no home runs and have struck out 37 times during the skid. After hitting .298 with four homers and 16 RBIs in the first 13 games, highly-touted rookie Jason Heyward is 1 for 14 with no RBIs and six strikeouts during the slide, dropping his average to .246. Hitting hasn’t been the only problem for the Braves, who have committed eight errors in their last four games. Chipper Jones’ throwing error - his third of the weekend - led to the only run in Sunday’s 1-0, rain-shortened loss at the New York Mets.