St. Louis (33-29) at Cleveland (28-35)

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For Ludwick, series sort of homecoming

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You wouldn't know it by looking at the back of his baseball card, but Progressive Field feels a lot like home for Ryan Ludwick. The Cards outfielder, who has played in five organizations in his professional career, appeared in 73 games for the Indians in 2003, '04 and '05.
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Cardinals probable pitcher

Brad Thompson

  • #48 RHP
  • (0-2) 4.50 ERA 8 SO
Thompson found a quick hook waiting for him in his last start, but ultimately fared pretty well and he's likely to get another chance to fill in for Kyle Lohse. At this point, the right-hander is what he is. When he keeps his sinking fastball down and throws strikes, he's effective. When he leaves the sinker up and/or misses the strike zone, he gets in trouble. Thompson can be very efficient when he's pitching well.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 19-13 4.26 329.2 100 154 .280
Season 0-2 4.50 24.0 6 8 .280
June 0-1 4.82 9.1 4 2 .278

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/13/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
St. Louis Cardinals (NL Central) 33 29 .532 1.5 19-15 14-14
Cleveland Indians (AL Central) 28 35 .444 7.0 15-15 13-20
Stats - 06/13/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
STL .257 276 63 264 34 370 3.99 551.0 534 194 397
CLE .267 327 65 303 36 498 5.19 555.0 593 251 405
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Tribe's Carroll thriving in everyday role

Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
Jamey Carroll is just your typical utility infielder, playing every day and now batting leadoff. Assuming he's in the lineup, Carroll figures to be back in that leadoff spot Saturday afternoon against the Cardinals.
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Indians probable pitcher

Tomo Ohka

  • #16 RHP
  • (0-0) 5.40 ERA 3 SO
Ohka is taking over the rotation spot that opened up when the Indians optioned Fausto Carmona to rookie ball. How long Ohka holds this spot will depend on his performance. He has given up six runs on 11 hits in 10 innings over two appearances of long relief work, both of which came on days Carmona started. Ohka hasn't started a Major League game since June 6, 2007, while with the Blue Jays. He is 3-4 with a 5.74 ERA in seven career appearances against the Cardinals.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 50-62 4.15 1009.0 285 562 .281
Season 0-0 5.40 10.0 2 3 .268
June 0-0 5.40 5.0 1 0 .286

Cardinals hitters vs Tomo Ohka

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Bryan - - - - - - - -
Craig, Allen - - - - - - - -
Freese, David - - - - - - - -
Greene, Tyler - - - - - - - -
Hamilton, Mark - - - - - - - -
Holliday, Matt - - - - .400 5 0 0
Jay, Jon - - - - - - - -
Jones, Daryl - - - - - - - -
LaRue, Jason - - - - .000 9 0 0
Ludwick, Ryan - - - - .333 3 0 0
Lugo, Julio - - - - .000 13 0 1
Mather, Joe - - - - .833 6 0 1
Molina, Yadier - - - - .500 4 0 1
Pagnozzi, Matt - - - - .500 2 0 0
Pujols, Albert - - - - .571 7 3 3
Rasmus, Colby - - - - .000 6 0 0
Robinson, Shane - - - - - - - -
Ryan, Brendan - - - - .333 6 0 0
Schumaker, Skip - - - - .000 3 0 0
Stavinoha, Nick - - - - .333 3 0 0

Indians hitters vs Brad Thompson

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bixler, Brian - - - - - - - -
Brantley, Michael - - - - - - - -
Brown, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Cabrera, Asdrubal - - - - - - - -
Choo, Shin-Soo - - - - .000 3 0 0
Crowe, Trevor - - - - .000 2 0 0
Donald, Jason - - - - - - - -
Gimenez, Chris - - - - - - - -
Hafner, Travis - - - - .333 3 1 1
Hodges, Wes - - - - - - - -
LaPorta, Matt - - - - - - - -
Marson, Lou - - - - - - - -
Marte, Andy - - - - - - - -
Peralta, Jhonny - - - - .250 4 0 0
Redmond, Mike - - - - - - - -
Rivero, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Santana, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Sizemore, Grady - - - - .000 1 0 0
Toregas, Wyatt - - - - - - - -
Valbuena, Luis - - - - .000 2 0 0
Weglarz, Nick - - - - - - - -

Pujols' pair of jacks topple Tribe (34-29) (28-36)

Cardinals 3, Indians 1

Thompson terrific

Matthew Leach / MLB.com
Starting in place of the injured Kyle Lohse, Brad Thompson gave up just one unearned run over six effective innings, and was supported by slugger Albert Pujols' 21st and 22nd home runs, which moved him into a tie for the Major League lead.

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Series at a Glance

 
Albert Pujols shares the Major League lead with 22 home runs. (David Richard/AP)

Bats don't back Ohka

Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
Making his first start in two years, Tomo Ohka allowed two runs -- on Albert Pujols' solo homers -- over seven innings, but received little support and took the loss. Victor Martinez's RBI single in the fourth produced Cleveland's lone run.
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Cardinals 3, Indians 1

St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schumaker, 2B-LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .280
Ankiel, LF-CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254
Pujols, 1B 4 2 3 2 0 1 0 .329
Rasmus, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .267
  Greene, T, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Ludwick, RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .240
Duncan, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .249
Molina, Y, C 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .263
Thurston, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .238
Ryan, Br, SS-2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .298
Totals 35 3 9 2 1 5 10  

BATTING
2B: Pujols (14, Perez, R).
HR: Pujols 2 (22, 4th inning off Ohka, 0 on, 1 out; 6th inning off Ohka, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Schumaker; Pujols 10; Ludwick; Duncan; Molina, Y 2; Ryan, Br.
RBI: Pujols 2 (57).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Schumaker; Duncan.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Molina, Y (4, 2nd base off Ohka/Martinez, V).

FIELDING
E: Ryan, Br (2, fielding).
DP: (Ryan, Br-Schumaker-Pujols).
 
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Carroll, J, 3B 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 .310
DeRosa, LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .277
Martinez, V, C 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 .339
Choo, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .291
Peralta, J, SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .254
  1-Barfield, PR-2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .462
Hafner, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .262
Garko, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .261
Valbuena, 2B-SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .192
Crowe, CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .175
Totals 31 1 6 1 3 8 16  


1-Ran for Peralta, J in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Peralta, J (11, Thompson, B).
TB: DeRosa; Martinez, V; Peralta, J 2; Barfield; Hafner; Garko.
RBI: Martinez, V (45).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Peralta, J; Valbuena; Choo.
GIDP: Valbuena.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.
 
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Thompson, B (W, 1-2) 6.0 3 1 0 2 5 0 3.60
Miller, T (H, 5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
Motte (H, 12) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.68
Reyes, D (H, 11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.19
Franklin (S, 15) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.09
 
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ohka (L, 0-1) 7.0 7 2 2 0 2 2 4.24
Perez, R 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 10.90
Herges 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.96

Thompson, B pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP: Perez, R.
IBB: Ludwick (by Perez, R).
HBP: Garko (by Thompson, B).
Pitches-strikes: Thompson, B 87-54, Miller, T 3-3, Motte 24-15, Reyes, D 6-4, Franklin 18-12, Ohka 96-69, Perez, R 18-9, Herges 11-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Thompson, B 9-3, Miller, T 0-1, Motte 0-2, Reyes, D 1-0, Franklin 0-1, Ohka 9-9, Perez, R 1-0, Herges 2-0.
Batters faced: Thompson, B 23, Miller, T 1, Motte 5, Reyes, D 2, Franklin 4, Ohka 27, Perez, R 6, Herges 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Miller, T 1-0, Motte 1-0, Reyes, D 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mark Wegner. 1B: Rob Drake. 2B: Jeff Kellogg. 3B: Tim Timmons.
Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:45.
Att: 31,754.
June 13, 2009

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