Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals Live Streaming
Monday, July 19, 2010
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7:05 pm EDT Mon Jul 19, 2010
The St. Louis Cardinals are glad to be back atop the NL Central standings. Manager Tony La Russa is even more satisfied with his team’s record. The division-leading Cardinals look to win six straight for the first time in two seasons Monday night when they open a four-game set against a Philadelphia Phillies team that’s lost its last three road series. Trailing Cincinnati by one game coming out of the All-Star break, St. Louis leapfrogged the Reds in the standings Sunday with a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rookie Allen Craig - starting at first base for Albert Pujols - drove in three runs, and Matt Holliday had the game-winning single in the ninth inning as the Cardinals scored five times in the final two frames. The last time St. Louis was 11 games above .500 was last season when it finished a division-best 91-71.
Looking to snap a four-game home losing streak to Philadelphia and win six straight for the first time since Sept. 23-28, 2008, the Cardinals will give the ball to Blake Hawksworth. The right-hander, who is 2-2 with a 4.97 ERA in five starts this season, went 5 1-3 innings in a 4-2 win at Houston on July 11, giving up two runs and seven hits. This will be Hawksworth’s first start against Philadelphia. He is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in two relief appearances versus the Phillies this season. Philadelphia, making its first visit to Busch Stadium since May 4-5, 2009, has lost seven of nine on the road after dropping three of four to the Chicago Cubs. The Phillies hit seven homers in the series but batted just .232. Philadelphia will look to get back on track with Kyle Kendrick on the mound. The right-hander, who threw one inning of scoreless relief in Thursday’s 12-6 loss to the Cubs, is 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA in four career starts versus St. Louis. He surrendered six hits in seven innings of a 4-0 victory over the visiting Cardinals on May 5.
