Milwaukee Brewers vs St. Louis Cardinals Live Streaming
Friday, July 2, 2010
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8:15 pm EDT Fri Jul 2, 2010
The power-hitting first basemen for the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers are heating up, but only one club is benefiting. Albert Pujols and the Cardinals try to avoid losing their third in a row Friday night when they face Prince Fielder and the surging Brewers in St. Louis. St. Louis has dropped five of eight and is in danger of falling 2 1/2 games out of first place in the NL Central for the first time since June 9 of last season. The offense has been the biggest reason for the Cardinals’ struggles, totaling eight runs in the last five defeats. With a 4-1 loss to Milwaukee in Thursday’s series opener, St. Louis was held to one or no runs for the 18th time. It only had 20 such games in all of 2009. While the rest of the offense is in a bit of a funk, Pujols is rolling. The three-time league MVP hit his NL-leading 19th homer in the opener and has four home runs in his last five games. Pujols’ homers don’t always lead to Cardinals victories, though, as the team has lost three of the last five games he hits one out.
Milwaukee is faring much better when Fielder homers. Fielder hit his 18th home run Thursday, giving him five in his last eight games. The Brewers, winners of eight of 11 overall, are 6-2 in the last eight games in which Fielder homers.Casey McGehee and George Kottaras also homered Thursday for the Brewers, who lead the NL with 99. Milwaukee tries to continue its turnaround against scheduled starter Jaime Garcia, who is hoping to bounce back from the worst start of his brief career. Garcia entered Sunday’s game in Kansas City with the majors’ second-best ERA, but lasted a season-low two innings while being knocked around for five runs, four hits and two walks in a 10-3 loss. His ERA jumped nearly half a run from 1.79, but pitching coach Dave Duncan isn’t concerned.
