Dusty has Zambrano pitching well but his pitch count got up there and he gets him out with a 1-0 lead. Dusty haters probably going nuts. Novoa and Wood pitch a scoreless 7th and 8th.
LaRussa on the other hand leaves Marquis in to hit for himself...then leaves him in to pitch to Lee with his pitch count well over 100...Lee doubles. 1st base is open with Ramirez due up and Burnitz on deck...the Cardinals have one of the best bullpens in the NL...he'll walk Ramirez and get a lefty/lefty matchup on Burnitz, right? WRONG...pitch to Ramirez with Marquis gassed at 114 pitches and watch him drive in ANOTHER run!
:lolBIG:
Game isn't over...but Dusty sure looks a lot smarter when Lee and Ramirez are hitting instead of batting .200 with 1 RBI like Lee did for the first 10 days of August during the losing streak.
LaRussa on the other hand leaves Marquis in to hit for himself...then leaves him in to pitch to Lee with his pitch count well over 100...Lee doubles. 1st base is open with Ramirez due up and Burnitz on deck...the Cardinals have one of the best bullpens in the NL...he'll walk Ramirez and get a lefty/lefty matchup on Burnitz, right? WRONG...pitch to Ramirez with Marquis gassed at 114 pitches and watch him drive in ANOTHER run!
:lolBIG:
Game isn't over...but Dusty sure looks a lot smarter when Lee and Ramirez are hitting instead of batting .200 with 1 RBI like Lee did for the first 10 days of August during the losing streak.