Sat 4/11/09 - Cards 11 Astros 2 - Albert Pujols - 2-4, 2 HR, 7 RBI! The Cardinals collected 19 hits on the afternoon and Adam Wainwright earned his first victory of the season with five shutout innings.
Fri 4/10/09 - Cards 5 Astros 3 - Joel Pineiro threw a strong 6.2 innings while Ryan Ludwick homered, doubled, and drove in two runs in the Redbird victory.
Next Game: Sunday, April 12, 2009
Houston @ St. Louis (1:15 pm)
Wandy Rodriguez (0-0, 1.50) vs. Kyle Lohse (1-0, 2.57)
Albert Pujols' performance in yesterday's game was one of those things I used to read about in those cheap paperback sports books when I was a kid. Beloved sports hero steps to the plate and homers to win the game. The thing is, we're watching the real thing day after day here in St. Louis. Bernie Miklasz talks about the magic of Albert Pujols in his column today.
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