Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals live streaming mlb broadcast online baseball major league feed espn 360 gamecast lineups roaster scoreupdate 23 april, 2011. Game Review: After a long weather-related delay, Kyle McClellan and the St. Louis Cardinals eventually shut down the potent Cincinnati Reds.
4:10 PM ET, April 23, 2011
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Chris Carpenter has become all too accustomed to doing the same.
Looking to win an 11th consecutive start against the visiting Reds, Carpenter takes the mound for the Cardinals seeking his first victory of the season as the teams continue their three-game set Saturday.
McClellan was to start Friday's opener, but was replaced some 15 minutes before the opening pitch by Miguel Batista due to a threat of rain. Batista lasted six pitches before a 2-hour, 10-minute delay.
McClellan, who took the mound after the weather cleared, allowed two runs and seven hits in six-plus innings, and three other relievers combined to throw three scoreless frames in Friday's 4-2 win.
The Reds (10-10) lead the majors with 109 runs and 105 RBIs and rank first in the NL with 26 homers this season. However, they've looked nothing like one of baseball's best against Carpenter (0-2, 4.13 ERA), who has won 10 straight starts in the series while posting a 1.37 ERA and allowing just 45 hits and eight walks in 72 1/3 innings.
The right-hander, who surrendered a season-worst eight runs in four innings of a 13-8 loss at Arizona on April 12, bounced back and gave up five hits over seven shutout innings of Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
"I commanded the ball well," said Carpenter, who hasn't lost to Cincinnati since June 6, 2006. "My cutter was good and I had command of my fastball on both sides of the plate and kept the ball down."
Since striking out 11 -- his highest total since 2006 -- in a 4-2 win over Cincinnati on Sept. 5, Carpenter has gone 1-6 with a 4.80 ERA in nine starts.
The Cardinals (11-9), who recorded a .216 average while going 2-6 to begin 2011, collected 12 hits Friday and are batting .345 while averaging 7.3 runs over a 9-3 stretch. St. Louis now sits atop the NL Central and ranks second the majors with 108 runs.
Three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols has played a big role in the Cardinals' recent success. After going 1 for 3 with two RBIs in the series opener, he's scored 14 runs, hit five homers, and drove in 12 while batting .350 in the last 10 games.
Pujols is batting .356 with 43 home runs lifetime against Cincinnati, which has lost seven of nine. Reds starters have compiled a 7.49 ERA over the last eight games.
St. Louis is batting an MLB-best .296, and will next face Travis Wood (1-2, 5.73), Saturday's scheduled starter. He gave up six runs and a season-high eight hits over a career-low 3 1/3 innings of a 9-3 loss to Pittsburgh on Monday.
"I felt fine. I was frustrated," Wood said. "You never want to throw (42) pitches in the first inning. It just wasn't my night."
The left-hander has recorded a 7.80 ERA over his last three outings after winning his season debut. He allowed one unearned run and five hits over seven innings to get the victory in a 6-1 win Sept. 4 at Busch Stadium -- his only career start against the Cardinals.
Brandon Phillips, batting .354, went 2 for 5 with a homer and Jonny Gomes went 1 for 3 with his team-leading 15th RBI on Friday
Phillips and Jay Bruce are a combined 9 for 51 (.176) lifetime against Carpenter while Gomes is hitless in 10 at-bats with seven strikeouts.
4:10 PM ET, April 23, 2011
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Chris Carpenter has become all too accustomed to doing the same.
Looking to win an 11th consecutive start against the visiting Reds, Carpenter takes the mound for the Cardinals seeking his first victory of the season as the teams continue their three-game set Saturday.
McClellan was to start Friday's opener, but was replaced some 15 minutes before the opening pitch by Miguel Batista due to a threat of rain. Batista lasted six pitches before a 2-hour, 10-minute delay.
McClellan, who took the mound after the weather cleared, allowed two runs and seven hits in six-plus innings, and three other relievers combined to throw three scoreless frames in Friday's 4-2 win.
The Reds (10-10) lead the majors with 109 runs and 105 RBIs and rank first in the NL with 26 homers this season. However, they've looked nothing like one of baseball's best against Carpenter (0-2, 4.13 ERA), who has won 10 straight starts in the series while posting a 1.37 ERA and allowing just 45 hits and eight walks in 72 1/3 innings.
"I commanded the ball well," said Carpenter, who hasn't lost to Cincinnati since June 6, 2006. "My cutter was good and I had command of my fastball on both sides of the plate and kept the ball down."
Since striking out 11 -- his highest total since 2006 -- in a 4-2 win over Cincinnati on Sept. 5, Carpenter has gone 1-6 with a 4.80 ERA in nine starts.
The Cardinals (11-9), who recorded a .216 average while going 2-6 to begin 2011, collected 12 hits Friday and are batting .345 while averaging 7.3 runs over a 9-3 stretch. St. Louis now sits atop the NL Central and ranks second the majors with 108 runs.
Three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols has played a big role in the Cardinals' recent success. After going 1 for 3 with two RBIs in the series opener, he's scored 14 runs, hit five homers, and drove in 12 while batting .350 in the last 10 games.
Pujols is batting .356 with 43 home runs lifetime against Cincinnati, which has lost seven of nine. Reds starters have compiled a 7.49 ERA over the last eight games.
St. Louis is batting an MLB-best .296, and will next face Travis Wood (1-2, 5.73), Saturday's scheduled starter. He gave up six runs and a season-high eight hits over a career-low 3 1/3 innings of a 9-3 loss to Pittsburgh on Monday.
"I felt fine. I was frustrated," Wood said. "You never want to throw (42) pitches in the first inning. It just wasn't my night."
The left-hander has recorded a 7.80 ERA over his last three outings after winning his season debut. He allowed one unearned run and five hits over seven innings to get the victory in a 6-1 win Sept. 4 at Busch Stadium -- his only career start against the Cardinals.
Brandon Phillips, batting .354, went 2 for 5 with a homer and Jonny Gomes went 1 for 3 with his team-leading 15th RBI on Friday
Phillips and Jay Bruce are a combined 9 for 51 (.176) lifetime against Carpenter while Gomes is hitless in 10 at-bats with seven strikeouts.
