After last night’s display of homerun prowess, the Cardinals continued their hitting display tonight against their nearest competitor in the NL west. Last night, 5 homeruns, tonight, no homeruns, yet they still scored 9 runs to beat those Reds in Cincinnati.
The hitting was insane tonight, starting off in the 4th inning, which saw 5 singles and 3 runs scored. With 15 hits for the game, the boys never looked back.
So, who was doing the hitting? Everybody, that’s who. Crazy doubles night, led by Holliday with two of them. Joining him by hitting some other doubles were: Wigginton, Molina, Jay, Freese and Kozma. RBIs also were a-plenty this eve. Kozma had 3, bringing his season total to 24; Jay had 2, season total at 28; Freese also had 2, season total up to 20; and Robinson and Carpenter each had one, bringing their totals to 5 and 21, respectively.
On another hitting note, David Freese continued his hitting streak, bringing it now to 17 games in which he has safely hit (say it with me…please don’t jinx him by writing this, please don’t jinx him by writing this). Now, where does this sit in the scheme of baseball history? Well, it’s a little down the line. As I look at the list (thanks to the powers of the googler), there are a bunch of guys sitting at 30 games, and it goes all the way up to the top of 56. That guy was Joe DiMaggio, that year was 1941. Needless to say, Freese still has a little way to go before topping the list, but considering he started the season off in a mini hitting slump, I think this 17-game hitting streak is definitely respectable.
The ol’ reliable Wainwright was awesome on the mound again, getting his 999th career strike out. He only allowed 2 earned runs in 7 innings, with one walk and 7 strike outs, bringing his record for the season to 9-3. I love that guy.
Choate came in to relieve in the 8th, and Rosenthal came in to close out the ball game. No runs, no catastrophes. Successful night for the bullpen.
New win-loss record: 40-21, still the best in baseball.
Go Cards!
