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BASEBALL IS LIFE. THE REST IS JUST DETAILS! Talkin’ Cardinals Baseball w/you since 2008

“I just try to take away what I can from every situation, to always keep learning. Life is hard. Life is humbling.

I do all I can to keep it simple”

~MARIANO RIVERA

REPORT — MARIANO RIVERA WAS INDUCTED TO THE MLB HOF IN COOPERSTOWN SUNDAY. CLICK FOR MORE ON THE CLASS OF 2019 AND THEIR SPECIAL DAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL – WHAT A HONOR!

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THE BIRD POOP ON MON, JULY 22 RECORD: 51-47 .520 THIRD PLACE & 2.5 GAMES BACK 8-GAME ROAD TRIP RUNNING TALLY: 3-1 CARDINALS.COM GAME WRITE-UP – CLICK MLB STANDINGS – CLICK

SUN @ CIN: CARDS’ BULLPEN HELPS SECURE CRUCIAL CINCINNATI SERIES. CATCH THIS –GALLEGOS WAS HUGE!

MLB.VOICE.COM’S LINEUP – IT’S LOADED! BATTING LEADOFF: OUR STL BUSINESS AS USUAL~

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PRESS/NEWS RELEASE: WAITING PATIENTLY FOR NEWS FROM OUR REDBIRDS. THEY’LL SEND IT TO ME WHEN IT HAPPENS!

CARDINALS NEWS & NOTES:

YOUTH FREE MLB BASEBALL CLINIC! CLICK FOR YOUR INFO

GAME ON! MONDAY 6:10 pm

DANIEL PONCE DE LEON OPENS FOR OUR CARDS 7/22/19. STL @ PIT. CLICK FOR PNC PARK PREGAME. WATCH? FS-M. SEE ON THE RADIO? KMOX 1120 AM CRN. GAME 1 OF 4

GAME OVER! SUNDAY FINAL: STL 3 @ CIN 1

MLB.COM’S VIDEO RECAP OF W!

THE SKIPPER SAID IT LIKE THIS:

CINCINNATI — Yes! We took Sunday’s contest 3-1. With that win, we won the STL/CIN series!! Good day at work, guys! A four-game series is not easy to win (they’re usually split). When we’ve faced the Reds this season, we have taken 7 of 11!

YAIRO MUNOZ — Amigo, bet you made your momacita cry tears of joy again!! It sure made Cardinals Nation happy! Munoz hit a ninth inning solo shot gave us cushion that called this game ours. Now that’s timely hitting! Actually, Yairo Munoz owned all tres (3) RBIs Sunday! Muy bueno! CLICK HERE TO WATCH HIS GAME-WINNING HOMER

You might remember when Munoz got his call to the biggies this spring, it made his momma cry. Ahhh! BTW, she probably didn’t cry when you hit your seventh inning leadoff triple and was left stranded on the base. 🙁

After Sunday’s W, we took a Happy Flight to the Steel City to play PIT for four more games closing out this series. This is our last lengthy road series this season. Six games is our longest road series for the rest of the regular season. We’re at Busch 33 more games! Go Cards — you got this!

Miscellaneous Redbird Trivia!

JOSE MARTINEZ – “Cafestrano” towers at 6 ft 6 inches is the tallest Cardinal — EVER. CLICK FOR MARTINEZ STATS

YAIRO MUNOZ – Hit #299 Sunday. Woo hoo! Yairo!!

HOF19 LEE SMITH – Smith, who was recently inducted to the MLB HOF in Cooperstown, once wore the birds n the bat for STL. CLICK FOR MORE ON THAT

UP NEXT? 8-GAME ROAD TRIP CONTINUES: @PIT/4: MON @PIT 6:05, TUES @PIT 6:05, WED @PIT 6:05, THURS @PIT 11:35 Then. . .6-GAME HOMESTAND: VS HOU/3, VS CHC/3. MORE? CLICK STL SCHEDULE

OPENED SUNDAY: Jack Flaherty IP4.1/H6/R0/ER0/BB2/SO7/HR0/ERA4.24

STL USED 5 PITCHERS/NINE INNINGS. TOTAL STL K’s: 14,TOTAL STL BB’s: 3:

STL HR ALLOWED: 1-Ervin (8th inning off Miller, 0 on)

Jack Flaherty start #53 – Flaherty opened today and was fantastic most of the day. He controlled the count and the game until the Fifth inning when he ran into some trouble and loaded the bases. Frustrated him. Duh!

Bullpen took over and did a knock out job. Some of the ‘pen did better than the rest. Shining were Gallegos (earned K #67), Gant and Martinez. Miller was hot and cold (he’s been that this year). He did well one inning but gave up a homer in the next.

OFFENSE SUNDAY – STL RUNS SCORED: 1ST INNING -/2nd 2 /3rd -/4th -/5th -/6th -/7th -/8th – /9th 1 STL K’d 15 TIMES BIRDS LEFT ON BAGS: 3 CIN LOB: 14

RBIs/STL: Munoz 3(10)

HR/STL: 1! Munoz (2, 9th inning, 0 on).

Our offense wasn’t great, but got the job done! CIN DeScalfani pounded the zone.

Munoz collected all of the RBIs. Hit a leadoff triple (was stranded at end of inning). A waste of a beautiful hit. He’s a player that refuses to strike out. He always seems to put the ball in play.

DEFENSE SUNDAY: $100 CARDINALS CARE 0 DP’s STL HIT INTO 0 DP’s STL MADE 0 E’s STL SB: 4 CS: 1

VIDEO – CLICK:

FIRST INNING:

SECOND INNING:

THIRD INNING:

FOURTH INNING:

GAME STATS:

R H E GAME FOUR OF FOUR

STL 3 6 0

CIN 1 7 1 WP: Gallegos (2-1) LP: DeSclafani (5-5) SV: Martinez (8)

GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK ATTEND: 28,763, 91 degrees, ptly cloudy TIME: 3:22

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BATTING SECOND: SOME QUIET TIME ~

PAUSE & PRAY W/MARY — THEN WE SIMPLY PROCEED. . .

“Growth is the only evidence of life.”
—John, Cardinal Newman

Dear Lord — With You in my life, I have no fear to try anything new. Help me listen to You in prayer as much as You listen to me. Thank You & I love You!

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PLAY CANDY CRUSH SAGA: IT’S FUN! & YOU KNOW WE’RE ALL ABOUT HAVIN’ FUN! HERE’S THE LINK

MLBVOICE.COMW/MARY CLAUSEN

BASEBALL IS LIFE. THE REST IS JUST DETAILS! Talkin’ Cardinals Baseball w/you since 2008

“I just try to take away what I can from every situation, to always keep learning. Life is hard. Life is humbling.

I do all I can to keep it simple”

~MARIANO RIVERA

Click HERE for Ticket Deals!

THE BIRD POOP ON SUN, JULY 21 RECORD: 50-47 .515 THIRD PLACE & 3.5 GAMES BACK 8-GAME ROAD TRIP RUNNING TALLY: 2-1 CARDINALS.COM GAME WRITE-UP – CLICK MLB STANDINGS – CLICK

SAT @ CIN: MATT WIETERS SMACKS ANOTHER HOMER! CLICK TO SEE IT

MLB.VOICE.COM’S LINEUP – IT’S LOADED! BATTING LEADOFF: OUR STL BUSINESS AS USUAL~

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PRESS/NEWS RELEASE: CARDINALS MAKE ROSTER MOVES. CLICK FOR OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE

CARDINALS NEWS & NOTES:

YOUTH FREE MLB BASEBALL CLINIC! CLICK FOR YOUR INFO

GAME ON! SUNDAY 12:10 pm

JACK FLAHERTY OPENS FOR CARDS: STL @ CIN 7/21/19 CLICK FOR GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK PREGAME. WATCH? FS-M. SEE ON THE RADIO? KMOX 1120 AM CRN. GAME 4 OF 4

GAME OVER! SAT FINAL: STL 2 @ CIN 3

THE SKIPPER SAID IT LIKE THIS:“Look, [Goldschmidt is] going to get pitched tough,” Shildt said. “He’s a presence in the middle of the lineup that people are going to respect. Probably one of the guys they aren’t going to let beat them.”

CINCINNATI — Dropped Saturday’s contest 3-2 on this DP (double play) night — there were 5 total. Ended our winning streak at three. Let’s go for a series win, guys — know you got it in you!

Miles Mikolas had another outstanding outing. Just had trouble one inning (seventh). Walked a batter that came around to score. Gave up 2-run homer too. CIN scored three that inning. Guess CIN figured out our effective righty….it happens.

Our Birds looked mighty dapper in their victory retro-baby blue uniforms. That’s not a baseball-like comment, but oh well. . .They did!

Tommy Edmon played third and lead off. Went 2-for-3!

Ryan Helsley, who was just recalled Saturday from Memphis and arrived at the park right before the first pitch, did well for the bullpen. The rookie gave us a chance and that’s his job!

“Only got four to five hours of sleep, so I’m pretty tired, but just try to go out there and make the most of it,” Helsley said. “Had to make some tough pitches and luckily got through it. At this part of the season, all these games are big. It was nice to be able to go out there and contribute to the team.”

UP NEXT? 8-GAME ROAD TRIP CONTINUES: @PIT/4: MON @PIT 6:05, TUES @PIT 6:05, WED @PIT 6:05, THURS @PIT 11:35 Then. . .6-GAME HOMESTAND: VS HOU/3, VS CHC/3. MORE? CLICK STL SCHEDULE

OPENED: Miles Mikolas IP6.0/H6/R3/ER3/BB2/SO4/HR1/ERA4.17

STL USED 2 PITCHERS/NINE INNINGS. TOTAL STL K’s: 5,TOTAL STL BB’s: 3: Mikolas 6.0 (91-54), Helsley (28-15)

STL HR ALLOWED: VanMeter (7th inning off Mikolas, 1 on)

OFFENSE: STL RUNS SCORED: 1ST INNING -/2nd – /3rd -/4th -/5th -/6th 1/7th -/8th 1 /9th – STL K’d 8 TIMES BIRDS LEFT ON BAGS: 3 CIN LOB: 5

RBIs/STL: Martinez, J (36), Wieters (16)

HR/STL: 1! Wieters (7,6th inning,0 on)

Goldy leads the club in Ks but it’s hard for him to get a good pitch to hit. Not making excuses for him, but. . .

“Try to get a good pitch to hit, hit it hard,” Goldschmidt said. “Didn’t do it tonight. Had three opportunities there and was 0-for-3. Obviously, I’m not playing well out there. It’s frustrating, especially when you have a chance to drive guys in and you’re losing by one.”