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    6/09/2011 10:23 am  #1

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    6/9 Gamecrap

    Lynn vs. Happ

    They're going to need something big from Lynn.

    I doubt they make it out of Milwaukee in first place, but as long as they keep it close until Holliday and Craig come back, they should be OK.

     

    6/09/2011 10:46 am  #2

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    Re: 6/9 Gamecrap

    Night game, right?

     

    6/09/2011 10:55 am  #3

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    Yup.

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    6/09/2011 11:23 am  #4

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    Re: 6/9 Gamecrap

    OK

     

    6/09/2011 12:25 pm  #5

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    It's on.

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    6/09/2011 1:37 pm  #6

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    Got it.

     

    6/09/2011 2:20 pm  #7

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    Fer shizzle.

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    6/09/2011 5:19 pm  #8

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    HOUSTON -- With lefthander J.A. Happ starting tonight for the Astros, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is stacking his lineup with . . . lefthanded bats?

    OK, "stacking" is an exaggeration, but lefty-swinging Jon Jay is in the 2 hole, lefty Mark Hamilton is starting at first base and batting fifth, and slumping Colby Rasmus stays in the lineup and hits seventh.

    The reason: Happ's glaring splits. Lefthanded hitters are batting .342 against him with a .413 on-base percentage and .632 slugging percentage.

    Righthanders such as Albert Pujols, who will start at third base again as he did for Lance Lynn's first start, are batting only .229 against the lefty with a .316 OBA and .390 slugging pct.

    Jay is a .360 hitter vs. lefties (.304 vs. RHP), and Rasmus -- in a four-for-31 slide overall -- is hitting .281 vs. lefties (.259 vs. RHP). Hamilton has only 17 at-bats all season, four vs. lefthanders (one hit).

    Cards' lineup:

    1. Theriot, SS

    2. Jay, LF

    3. Pujols, 3B

    4. Berkman, RF

    5. Hamilton, 1B

    6. Cruz, C

    7. Rasmus, CF

    8. Greene, 2B

    9. Lynn, P

    Astros' lineup:

    1. Bourn, CF

    2. Keppinger, 2B

    3. Pence, RF

    4. Lee, LF

    5. Wallace, 1B

    6. Johnson, 3B

    7. Barmes, SS

    8.Towles, C

    9. Happ, P

     

    6/09/2011 5:20 pm  #9

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    Random meaningless fact: It's 7 degrees hotter in Boston right now than it is in Houston.

     

    6/09/2011 5:24 pm  #10

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    Why is Rasmus so low in the order?

     

    6/09/2011 5:26 pm  #11

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    APRTW wrote:

    Why is Rasmus so low in the order?

    "Rasmus -- in a four-for-31 slide"

     

    6/09/2011 5:40 pm  #12

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    artie_fufkin wrote:

    APRTW wrote:

    Why is Rasmus so low in the order?

    "Rasmus -- in a four-for-31 slide"

    You know you are sucking when hamilton and Cruz are hitting ahead of you.

     

    6/09/2011 8:32 pm  #13

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    My initial impression of Lance Lynn is he needs to start finding the strike zone earlier in the count.

     

    6/09/2011 9:02 pm  #14

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    Liking Scal right now.

     

    6/09/2011 9:33 pm  #15

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    Batista throws a gorgeous sixth inning, and then starts nibbling against the bottom of the order in the seventh.
    No one in the history of baseball has hit a 6-run homer. Throw strikes.

     

    6/09/2011 10:15 pm  #16

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    artie_fufkin wrote:

    My initial impression of Lance Lynn is he needs to start finding the strike zone earlier in the count.

    My first impression was that if he threw that curveball to a real major league team it would have got crushed Jason Marquis style.

     

     

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