Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals Live Streaming
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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8:15 pm EDT Thu Jul 15, 2010
The St. Louis Cardinals stumbled into the All-Star break, and staff ace Chris Carpenter is suddenly slumping. While a start against the Los Angeles Dodgers might be enough to help get Carpenter back on track, it could spell trouble for his team. In the opener of a four-game series Thursday night at Busch Stadium, Carpenter tries to continue his dominance of a Los Angeles team that has given the Cardinals fits lately. St. Louis got off to an 18-9 start, but has gone 29-33 since to fall one game back of NL Central-leading Cincinnati. The Cardinals entered the break losers of four of six and are 4-7 since June 30. The slide has come despite the fact Albert Pujols has five homers and 12 RBIs in his last 12 games, and Matt Holliday has five home runs and 12 RBIs in his last six. While the Cardinals are getting plenty of production from those two All-Stars, Carpenter has been slumping.
After posting a 2.70 ERA while losing just once in his first 17 starts, Carpenter has yielded 12 runs over nine innings while losing his last two. Last Thursday against Colorado, the right-hander gave up four runs and nine hits in six innings of a 4-2 loss. He has not lost three consecutive starts in a single season since dropping four in a row July 29-Aug. 13, 2002, while with Toronto. The three-time All-Star has rarely been better than when he’s faced Los Angeles. Carpenter is 5-0 with a 1.88 ERA in seven starts against the Dodgers, and 2-0 with a 0.43 ERA in three outings against them at St. Louis’ new Busch Stadium. At Dodger Stadium on June 8, Carpenter allowed six hits in seven shutout innings, but the Cardinals went on to lose 1-0. Los Angeles swept that three-game series at Chavez Ravine and also swept St. Louis in last season’s NLDS, giving the Dodgers six consecutive wins in meetings between these clubs.
