St. Louis (39-31) at NY Mets (34-33)

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Hot corner offers Greene opporunity

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Despite ending the I-70 Series on a downer after getting hit by a pitch, Khalil Greene had a renaissance weekend in Kansas City and may have discovered a new home in the field.
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Cardinals probable pitcher

Todd Wellemeyer

  • #37 RHP
  • (6-6) 5.36 ERA 51 SO
Wellemeyer, in dire need of a good showing, got one his last time out. Now the trick is doing it again. It's not like he's been awful all year. He's put together a good start or two here and there throughout the season. What he hasn't been able to do is sustain it. If he can limit the damage in potential big innings like he did against Detroit on Wednesday, that's an excellent first step.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 28-25 4.57 514.1 245 391 .259
Season 6-6 5.36 80.2 32 51 .306
June 1-2 6.17 23.1 7 16 .308
Vs. NY Mets 0-0 7.20 5.0 2 1 .455

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/22/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
St. Louis Cardinals (NL Central) 39 31 .557 - 21-16 18-15
New York Mets (NL East) 34 33 .507 2.0 19-13 15-20
Stats - 06/22/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
STL .260 326 76 310 35 421 3.85 622.0 591 208 446
NYM .277 310 43 289 70 375 4.25 598.2 594 248 446
nym

Redding set to state rotation case

Tim Britton / MLB.com
With starting pitchers John Maine and Oliver Perez potentially coming off the disabled list in the near future, Tim Redding's hold on a spot in the rotation is tenuous at best.
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Mets probable pitcher

Tim Redding

  • #44 RHP
  • (0-2) 6.27 ERA 20 SO
Despite allowing baserunners in every inning and serving up Matt Wieters' first career home run, Redding escaped with a no-decision in 5 1/3 innings last Wednesday in Baltimore. It was the worst outing of the month for a pitcher who had produced a 2.77 ERA in his previous two starts. Redding's next outing comes against the Cardinals, a team that tagged him for six runs in 5 2/3 innings in a start last season. Redding hasn't beaten the Cardinals since 2004.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 34-53 4.98 735.1 303 496 .279
Season 0-2 6.27 33.0 16 20 .276
June 0-0 3.93 18.1 6 10 .268

Cardinals hitters vs Tim Redding

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Bryan - - - - - - - -
Craig, Allen - - - - - - - -
Freese, David - - - - - - - -
Greene, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Hamilton, Mark - - - - - - - -
Jay, Jon - - - - - - - -
Jones, Daryl - - - - - - - -
Ludwick, Ryan - - - - .143 14 1 2
Lugo, Julio - - - - - - - -
Mather, Joe - - - - .333 3 0 0
Molina, Yadier - - - - .222 9 0 0
Pagnozzi, Matt - - - - - - - -
Pujols, Albert - - - - .400 15 0 1
Rasmus, Colby - - - - .000 3 0 0
Robinson, Shane - - - - - - - -
Ryan, Brendan - - - - .333 3 1 1
Schumaker, Skip - - - - .333 6 0 1
Stavinoha, Nick - - - - - - - -

Mets hitters vs Todd Wellemeyer

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Beltran, Carlos .667 3 0 1 .273 11 0 3
Bowman, Shawn - - - - - - - -
Carter, Chris - - - - - - - -
Castillo, Luis .500 2 0 0 .556 9 0 1
Evans, Nick - - - - - - - -
Francoeur, Jeff - - - - .400 5 1 2
Green, Andy - - - - .000 2 0 0
Hernandez, Anderson .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Martinez, Fernando - - - - - - - -
Murphy, Daniel .500 2 0 1 .600 5 1 2
Pagan, Angel - - - - - - - -
Reed, Jeremy - - - - .000 4 0 0
Reyes, Jose .667 3 0 1 .333 12 0 1
Santos, Omir - - - - 1.000 4 0 1
Sullivan, Cory - - - - 1.000 1 0 1
Thole, Josh - - - - - - - -
Wright, David .667 3 0 1 .727 11 0 2

No Beltran? No problem for Mets (39-32) (35-33)

Mets 6, Cardinals 4

Rally falls short

Matthew Leach / MLB.com
Coming off a smashing weekend in Kansas City, the Cardinals looked to take advantage of a Mets team that had just lost Carlos Beltran, but Todd Wellemeyer was shaky and though homers by Ryan Ludwick and Brendan Ryan made it close, the visiting team fell short against the New York bullpen.

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Series at a Glance

 

Murphy, Santos star

Marty Noble / MLB.com
The Mets have to find offense from a variety of sources now that Carlos Beltran has joined a large DL contingent. They did that in a series-opening win over the Cardinals, as Omir Santos had a career-high four hits and Dan Murphy went deep. Brian Stokes induced a double play from Albert Pujols in a huge spot in the eighth.
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Mets 6, Cardinals 4

St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schumaker, 2B-LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .294
Rasmus, CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .270
  b-Greene, T, PH-2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .265
Pujols, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .328
Ludwick, RF 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .240
Ankiel, LF-CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .244
Molina, Y, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .279
Greene, K, 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .224
Wellemeyer, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
  Miller, T, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Thurston, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
  McClellan, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Motte, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Reyes, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Kinney, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ryan, Br, SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .304
Totals 31 4 6 4 1 5 4  

a-Popped out for Miller, T in the 7th. b-Singled for Rasmus in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Pujols (16, Redding).
HR: Ludwick (11, 6th inning off Redding, 1 on, 2 out), Ryan, Br (1, 8th inning off Redding, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Schumaker; Greene, T; Pujols 2; Ludwick 4; Greene, K; Ryan, Br 4.
RBI: Schumaker (21), Ludwick 2 (38), Ryan, Br (11).
2-out RBI: Schumaker; Ludwick 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rasmus.
S: Wellemeyer.
GIDP: Pujols.
Team RISP: 2-for-4.
Team LOB: 2.

FIELDING
E: Ryan, Br (3, throw), Reyes, D (1, fielding).
Outfield assists: Ludwick (Tatis at 3rd base).
DP: 2 (Greene, K-Schumaker-Pujols 2).
 
NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Cora, SS 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 .291
Murphy, Dn, 1B 5 2 2 1 0 0 6 .254
Wright, D, 3B 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 .349
Tatis, LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .254
  Rodriguez, F, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Church, RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .277
Santos, O, C 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 .298
Reed, CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .278
Castillo, L, 2B 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 .281
Redding, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111
  Switzer, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Martinez, F, PH-LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194
Totals 33 6 14 6 4 3 20  

a-Hit a sacrifice bunt for Stokes in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Castillo, L (7, Wellemeyer).
HR: Murphy, Dn (5, 5th inning off Wellemeyer, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Cora 2; Murphy, Dn 5; Wright, D; Tatis; Church; Santos, O 4; Castillo, L 4.
RBI: Church (16), Santos, O (23), Castillo, L (15), Murphy, Dn (23), Cora 2 (11).
2-out RBI: Santos, O; Cora.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Murphy, Dn 2; Cora; Reed; Tatis 2.
S: Redding; Martinez, F.
SF: Church.
GIDP: Tatis 2.
Team RISP: 4-for-13.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
DP: (Stokes-Cora-Murphy, Dn).
 
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wellemeyer (L, 6-7) 5.2 10 5 5 4 2 1 5.53
Miller, T 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.89
McClellan 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.24
Motte 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5.33
Reyes, D 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.58
Kinney 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.31
 
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Redding (W, 1-2) 7.0 5 4 4 1 4 2 6.08
Switzer (H, 1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8.10
Stokes (H, 2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
Rodriguez, F (S, 19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.04

Motte pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Redding pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

WP: Redding.
IBB: Castillo, L (by Wellemeyer).
Pitches-strikes: Wellemeyer 101-54, Miller, T 5-3, McClellan 26-18, Motte 6-3, Reyes, D 9-7, Kinney 6-4, Redding 95-62, Switzer 11-7, Stokes 5-3, Rodriguez, F 10-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Wellemeyer 9-5, Miller, T 1-0, McClellan 1-1, Motte 0-0, Reyes, D 0-1, Kinney 1-1, Redding 7-10, Switzer 0-0, Stokes 2-0, Rodriguez, F 1-2.
Batters faced: Wellemeyer 28, Miller, T 1, McClellan 5, Motte 1, Reyes, D 3, Kinney 2, Redding 27, Switzer 2, Stokes 1, Rodriguez, F 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Miller, T 2-0, Reyes, D 1-1, Kinney 2-0, Stokes 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Dale Scott. 1B: Jerry Meals. 2B: Mike DiMuro. 3B: Ron Kulpa.
Weather: 70 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:57.
Att: 38,488.
June 22, 2009

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