Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, Apr 12, 2009 1:15 PM CDT: Searching for a win

By Stephen Higdon Apr 12, 2009, 12:30pm CDT

Current Series

Cardinals lead the series 2-0

Fri 04/10	WP: Joel Pineiro (1 - 0) SV: Kyle McClellan LP: Mike Hampton (0 - 1)	3 - 5 loss
Sat 04/11	WP: Adam Wainwright (1 - 0) LP: Roy Oswalt (0 - 1)	2 - 11 loss
Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes @ St. Louis Cardinals Viva El Birdos Sunday, Apr 12, 2009, 1:15 PM CDT Busch Stadium Wandy Rodriguez vs Kyle Lohse Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 65. Complete Coverage >

Wandy Rodriguez

#51 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

Height: 5-11

Weight: 180

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Jan 18, 1979

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Wandy Rodriguez	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	3	4	1.50	1.17

Kyle Lohse

#26 / Pitcher / St. Louis Cardinals

Height: 6-2

Weight: 210

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Oct 04, 1978

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2009 - Kyle Lohse	1-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	2	1	1	4	2.57	.86

Wandy owns a very luck inflated 2.84 ERA in two career starts here, but screw it. Luck or no luck, Wandy needs to show up and help us get a victory. Speaking of needing to show up—our offense better not screw this up, again.

Lineup

Houston Astros @ St. Louis Cardinals

04/12/09 1:15 PM CDT

Houston Astros	St. Louis Cardinals
Kazuo Matsui - 2B	Skip Schumaker - 2B
Hunter Pence - RF	Khalil Greene - SS
Lance Berkman - 1B	Albert Pujols - 1B
Carlos Lee - LF	Ryan Ludwick - RF
Miguel Tejada - SS	Chris Duncan - LF
Geoff Blum - 3B	Yadier Molina - C
Ivan Rodriguez - C	David Freese - 3B
Michael Bourn - CF	Colby Rasmus - CF
Wandy Rodriguez - P	Kyle Lohse - P

Granted that this isn't the most ideal line-up construction imaginable, it's still a solid attempt at maximizing production. Please baseball gods, help us out.