Cardinals vs Dodgers live streamed baseball audio video feed webcast sopcast with radio commentary espn 360 gamecast major league april 15, 2011. Game review: After a rough start, the St. Louis Cardinals are starting to find their form at the plate.
Looking to reach the .500 mark for the first time in 2011, the visiting Cardinals hope to continue their recent offensive surge with a third straight victory Friday night against the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers.
Coming off a 15-5 victory at Arizona on Wednesday, the Cardinals beat the Dodgers 9-5 in Thursday's series opener. Matt Holliday had three hits with three RBIs and Albert Pujols homered for the second time as St. Louis recorded at least 16 hits for a third straight game.
Colby Rasmus, Ryan Theriot, Lance Berkman and Yadier Molina each added two hits as the Cardinals improved to 4-3 on their 10-game trip.
"We made some good contact and got some timely hits," manager Tony La Russa said. "Once you have a little success, you get more confidence."
10:10 PM ET, April 15, 2011
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Pitching Matchup
St. Louis v Los Angeles
Kyle Lohse
1-1, 3.00 ERA
Last appearance:
4/10 at SF
8.0 IP, 1 ER
Dec = Win
Jon Garland
0-0, 0.00 ERA
Injury Report
St. Louis
* Brian Tallet RP - Apr 14: 15-Day DL
* Bryan Augenstein SP - Apr 13: 15-Day DL
Los Angeles
* Hong-Chih Kuo RP - Apr 15: Day-To-Day
* Carlos Monasterios RP - Apr 14: 15-Day DL
* Jay Gibbons LF - Apr 14: 15-Day DL
* Casey Blake 3B - Apr 13: Day-To-Day
* Rafael Furcal SS - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
* Jon Garland SP - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
Though the Cardinals have won five straight overall versus Los Angeles (6-7), Thursday's victory snapped a three-game skid at Dodger Stadium.
"You know they're going to score, so it was just a matter of time for them," said Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, whose team has dropped three in a row. "You don't want to catch them at that time, but if we do, we've got to find a way to shut them down and keep them down."
Despite undergoing an appendectomy after the season opener, Holliday is batting .391 with seven RBIs in six games. He's a lifetime .345 hitter against the Dodgers and his 70 runs in 84 meetings since 2005 are the most in the majors versus Los Angeles.
Pujols is batting just .226, but is 7 for 18 the last four games. He is 5 for 13 with two home runs against Jon Garland, who will come off the disabled list to make his 2011 debut and begin his second stint with the Dodgers on Friday.
Garland, who tied for a team high in wins while going 14-12 with a 3.47 ERA for San Diego in 2010, signed a one-year, $5 million deal to be the Dodgers' fifth starter.
However, the right-hander suffered a strained oblique muscle during spring training and missed his first start due to injury in 10 years. He allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings of a rehab start for Class A Rancho Cucamonga last week.
"I want to be out there helping the team win games," Garland told the Dodgers' official website. "I'm 100 percent."
A two-time 18-game winner with the White Sox, Garland went 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA in six starts after being acquired by the Dodgers from Arizona in 2009.
Garland, however, is 1-4 with a 5.02 ERA versus St. Louis.
The Cardinals counter with Kyle Lohse (1-1, 3.00 ERA), who has started strong after a forearm strain limited him to 18 starts in 2010.
Lohse allowed a run and five hits in eight innings of a 6-1 win at San Francisco on Sunday. The right-hander is 1-2 with a 4.30 ERA in four starts against the Dodgers.
Los Angeles' Andre Ethier is 2 for 7 against Lohse, but is batting .405 during an 11-game hitting streak -- one behind the Mets' Jose Reyes for the longest in the majors.
Looking to reach the .500 mark for the first time in 2011, the visiting Cardinals hope to continue their recent offensive surge with a third straight victory Friday night against the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers.
CardinalsSt. Louis (6-7) hit .216 and totaled 21 runs while losing six of its first eight, but has hit .363 and scored 46 runs while winning four of five.
(6-7, 4-3 away)
Dodgers
(6-7, 3-2 home)
Coming off a 15-5 victory at Arizona on Wednesday, the Cardinals beat the Dodgers 9-5 in Thursday's series opener. Matt Holliday had three hits with three RBIs and Albert Pujols homered for the second time as St. Louis recorded at least 16 hits for a third straight game.
Colby Rasmus, Ryan Theriot, Lance Berkman and Yadier Molina each added two hits as the Cardinals improved to 4-3 on their 10-game trip.
"We made some good contact and got some timely hits," manager Tony La Russa said. "Once you have a little success, you get more confidence."
10:10 PM ET, April 15, 2011
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
St. Louis v Los Angeles
Kyle Lohse
1-1, 3.00 ERA
Last appearance:
4/10 at SF
8.0 IP, 1 ER
Dec = Win
Jon Garland
0-0, 0.00 ERA
Injury Report
St. Louis
* Brian Tallet RP - Apr 14: 15-Day DL
* Bryan Augenstein SP - Apr 13: 15-Day DL
Los Angeles
* Hong-Chih Kuo RP - Apr 15: Day-To-Day
* Carlos Monasterios RP - Apr 14: 15-Day DL
* Jay Gibbons LF - Apr 14: 15-Day DL
* Casey Blake 3B - Apr 13: Day-To-Day
* Rafael Furcal SS - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
* Jon Garland SP - Apr 12: 15-Day DL
Though the Cardinals have won five straight overall versus Los Angeles (6-7), Thursday's victory snapped a three-game skid at Dodger Stadium.
"You know they're going to score, so it was just a matter of time for them," said Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, whose team has dropped three in a row. "You don't want to catch them at that time, but if we do, we've got to find a way to shut them down and keep them down."
Despite undergoing an appendectomy after the season opener, Holliday is batting .391 with seven RBIs in six games. He's a lifetime .345 hitter against the Dodgers and his 70 runs in 84 meetings since 2005 are the most in the majors versus Los Angeles.
Pujols is batting just .226, but is 7 for 18 the last four games. He is 5 for 13 with two home runs against Jon Garland, who will come off the disabled list to make his 2011 debut and begin his second stint with the Dodgers on Friday.
Garland, who tied for a team high in wins while going 14-12 with a 3.47 ERA for San Diego in 2010, signed a one-year, $5 million deal to be the Dodgers' fifth starter.
However, the right-hander suffered a strained oblique muscle during spring training and missed his first start due to injury in 10 years. He allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings of a rehab start for Class A Rancho Cucamonga last week.
"I want to be out there helping the team win games," Garland told the Dodgers' official website. "I'm 100 percent."
A two-time 18-game winner with the White Sox, Garland went 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA in six starts after being acquired by the Dodgers from Arizona in 2009.
Garland, however, is 1-4 with a 5.02 ERA versus St. Louis.
The Cardinals counter with Kyle Lohse (1-1, 3.00 ERA), who has started strong after a forearm strain limited him to 18 starts in 2010.
Lohse allowed a run and five hits in eight innings of a 6-1 win at San Francisco on Sunday. The right-hander is 1-2 with a 4.30 ERA in four starts against the Dodgers.
Los Angeles' Andre Ethier is 2 for 7 against Lohse, but is batting .405 during an 11-game hitting streak -- one behind the Mets' Jose Reyes for the longest in the majors.
