7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMCT
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7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMCT
Pirates vs Cardinals
7:15 PM CT - July 16, 2019
Busch Stadium - St. Louis
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Re: 7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMC
First time for Agrazal to face the formidable Cardinals offense.
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Re: 7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMC
Matt Carpenter is day to day after leaving Monday night’s game with a right foot contusion. He fouled a ball off his foot during the seventh inning in the Cardinals’ 7-0 win over the Pirates at Busch Stadium.
The initial X-rays came back negative on Carpenter’s foot, although there is swelling, so he might have further imaging done Tuesday. Manager Mike Shildt said the Cardinals will evaluate Carpenter on Tuesday to see if he’s capable of playing.
“Everything imaging-wise is positive in a sense that it’s negative,” Shildt said. “We’ll evaluate more tomorrow. It’s going to be how he recovers. There’s some swelling in there.”
Carpenter has been unlucky with foul balls off his right shin this season, and he wears a protective shin guard. The ball Monday night caught him on the top of the foot, and he was barely able to stand afterward. He walked with a pronounced limp to the dugout as he exited the game.
Tommy Edman finished the at-bat with the count already full and struck out, crediting Carpenter with his second strikeout of the night. Carpenter also singled in the third inning and was hit by a pitch in the fifth before being picked off at first base.
After going 5-9 in the first half and struggling with inconsistency, Mikolas used the All-Star break to reset and compare video from last season as he tried to find the culprit for his mediocre first half.
What did he find? His balance on his delivery was off. He was falling to the first-base side too much. That made his breaking ball stay up in the zone -- his slider has been hammered for five home runs this season compared to one last year.
The adjustments Mikolas made worked. He allowed eight hits but, backed by an alert defense, pitched himself out of trouble. He didn't walk a batter, and he faced two three-ball counts all night, one in the first inning and one in the eighth.
Mikolas continued a trend of starters working deep into games, a needed change as St. Louis fights to stay in the division race.
Cardinals starting pitchers went 2-0 with a 1.37 ERA (19 2/3 innings, three earned runs) in three games against the D-backs this weekend, following Jack Flaherty's one-run, seven-inning outing in the final game before the All-Star break.
“That's the recipe we're looking for,” Shildt said. “Guys getting after it, out there, shoulders back and imposing their will. There's a strong mentality that they're going to execute and make quality pitches until the night's over. Tonight, Miles didn't keep pitching because the game was over.”
And Mikolas would have kept pitching, too. He needed all the innings he could get to stay atop the starters' competition about who can have the best outing.
“[Adam Wainwright] came in the other day and said, ‘Anybody going to beat seven [shutout innings]?' We're joking with each other, but we're pushing each other, trying to make others better. When you see one guy have success, it really pumps you up to have success. I want to go do that. That looked like a lot of fun.”
Tyler O'Neill is fighting for playing time in a crowded Cardinals outfield, and he keeps winning the battle.
The left fielder had his first multi-homer night in the Major Leagues on Monday, backing the gem from Mikolas.
O'Neill is 6-for-12 in his last three games with nine RBIs and three home runs. The two home runs Monday night went 416 and 433 feet, both to straightaway center field.
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Re: 7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMC
Can O'Neill stop making dumb plays in OF so he can secure CF full time? Would love to just plug him in the 6-7 spots forever and just live and die but the results.
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Re: 7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMC
Carp to IL. Sosa up.
Good to see Sosa get another look. Not expecting anything from him, I've just followed him his entire MiLB career, and you never know who might make something out of an opportunity. (3 PA's last year isn't exactly an opportunity).
Good to see Sosa get another look. Not expecting anything from him, I've just followed him his entire MiLB career, and you never know who might make something out of an opportunity. (3 PA's last year isn't exactly an opportunity).
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Re: 7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMC
Also, Cards have won 3-4 since the break and are starting to play good baseball. They're also getting a few breaks, which absolutely has to be part of the deal if this team is going to climb back to where it should be. Flaherty's turn to start displaying his elite-ness, which is definitely in there and has definitely been missing most of the season.
A few weeks of .750 baseball will right the ship real quick.
A few weeks of .750 baseball will right the ship real quick.
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Re: 7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMC
What the hell is wrong with you man? A positive post on a game day thread? Have you lost your mind?Fat Strat wrote:Also, Cards have won 3-4 since the break and are starting to play good baseball. They're also getting a few breaks, which absolutely has to be part of the deal if this team is going to climb back to where it should be. Flaherty's turn to start displaying his elite-ness, which is definitely in there and has definitely been missing most of the season.
A few weeks of .750 baseball will right the ship real quick.
I really expect more of you.
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Re: 7/16 GDT: Pirates(Agrazal) vs Cardinals(Flaherty)7:15PMC
That’ll never happen.....Fat Strat wrote:A few weeks of .750 baseball will right the ship real quick.
...unless it does.