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Oh baby, what a beautiful afternoon for baseball here at Globe Life Field! The temperature’s just right and we’re ready for some Cardinals baseball, my friends.<\/p>\n
Top of the first, and wouldn’t you know it, the Rangers get three quick outs on Nootbaar, young Masyn Winn, and Brendan Donovan. chuckles That’s what we call a quick inning, folks.<\/p>\n
Bottom half, Sonny Gray’s out there dealing like a man who means business. Gets Smith, gives up a little knock to Seager – heh, that ball had some eyes on it, bouncing off Arenado’s glove. But then, oh baby, strikes out Langford and Jung back-to-back. That’ll get you a cold frosty one!<\/p>\n
Second inning, and here come our Redbirds! Big Willie Contreras works himself a walk, and holy cow, a wild pitch moves him to second! *laughs* After a groundout by Herrera, the great Nolan Arenado – and I mean GREAT – brings home Contreras with a sacrifice fly. Cardinals strike first, 1-0!<\/p>\n
*sips a cold frosty one* Let me tell you something, friends, this game’s shaping up to be a dandy. Bottom half, Osuna draws a walk but gets himself picked off – oh, for crying out loud! That’s baseball for ya.<\/p>\n
*fast forward to the fourth* Hold the phone! Winn doubles, and there’s Willson again with a ground-rule double down the line! 2-0 Cardinals, and isn’t that a beautiful thing?<\/p>\n
And here we are in the ninth, Ryan Helsley coming in to close it out. Gets Seager swinging – oh baby! Langford grounds out on a magnificent play by Donovan! And Jung goes down swinging to end it!<\/p>\n
Cardinals win 2-0, and that’s a winner! *chuckles* Time to grab a cold one and celebrate this win, folks. From Globe Life Field, this is Mike Shannon saying so long, and remember – don’t drink and drive, and get up, baby!<\/p>\n
-Helsley is 3.0 ERA after today<\/p>\n
-Maton is at 2.45 ERA and 1.90 FIP after today<\/p>\n
-Gray goes to 6-1 at 3.05 xFIP, 3.27 FIP, 3.65 ERA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Willson Contreras goes 1-3 with an RBI, a walk, and a run scored<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n