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THEY HAVE THE BIG BATS COMING
UP.
>> RARELY HAVE THEY HAD
PRODUCTIVE OUT.
NOT GETTING TIMELY HITTING.
NOT GETTING A LOT OF LITTLE
THING WE DID A YEAR AGO.
THEY HAVE VERY GOOD PLAYERS.
THEY HAVEN'T COLLECTIVELY PUT IT
TOGETHER.
THE PITCHING STAFF STRUGGLED ON
TOP OF IT.
>> TODD HELTON WAS SIGN THROUGH
2011.
BEING WITH THE BOSTON RED SOX.
HE HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY.
HE MAN THERE SINCE 1995.
SIX FOR 16.
HIS AVERAGE OVERALL.
A .279.
RUNNER DRIVEN IN.
RUNNER AT FIRST AND SECOND.
THE ROCKIES HAVE FOR THE FIRST,
STRIKE ONE.
>> TODD'S BEST MONTH.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL DURING
GAME.
>> WHAT A JOB DUNCAN HAS DONE
WITH THE REVAMPED PITCHING
STAFF.
THE CARDINALS STARTERS
STATISTICALLY COULD NOT HAVE
GOTTEN MUCH WORSE FROM A YEAR
AGO.
>> THEY GOT AN AWFUL LOT OF
VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.
LOOPER'S FIRST YEAR IN THE
ROTATION.
HE WON IF CAREER HIGH GAME LAST
YEAR.
>> WELLEMEYER IS A HUGE SUCCESS
STORY WITH THIS TEAM, TOO.
>> THE GUY THAT WAS RELEASED
FROM THE ROYALS BULL PEN.
MOVES INTO THE CARDINAL OVER
ROTATION.
TO BRING HIM BACK, TO THINK THAT
HE WOULD COMPETE AT LEAST FOR A
START ON THAT ROTATION.
>> 2-1 PITCH.
IN THE AIR TO CENTER.
ANKIEL WITH ROOM.
GETS BACK.
HE'LL FIRE INTO THIRD BASE.
AND WHAT A THROW!
GOODNESS, WHAT A PLAY FOR
ANKIEL.
ON THE FLY TO THIRD!
HE GETS ONE OF THE FASTEST
RUNNER IN THE GAME IN WILLIE
TAVERAS.
WOW!
WHAT A CANNON FROM NUMBER 24. T.
>> Dan: IT IS THE BASEBALL
REPORT.
WE'LL BE IN MILWAUKEE.
COVERAGE BEGIN AT 5:30.
OUR HOUR-LONG SHOW AT 6:00 AND
THEN THE PLAY AT 7:00.
RICK ANKIEL.
5-2 CARDINALS IN THEATED.
PITTSBURGH OVER SAN FRANCISCO,
12-6.
FLORIDA GETS MILWAUKEE 3-0.
THE CUBS, AS AL TOLD YOU BEAT
CINCINNATI OF 3-0.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DID SEE
THAT ARTICLE IN USA TODAY, THERE
WAS TALK ABOUT KEN GRIFFEY JR.
BEING TRADED FROM CINCINNATI.
AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT HE
TALKED ABOUT WAS FINISHING UP
HIS CAREER WITH THE TEAM THAT HE
STARTED WITH, THE SEATTLE
MARINERS.
GRIFFEY IS NOT LOBBYING FOR A
TRADE.
AND HE ASKED ABOUT IT BEFORE THE
GAME.
WE HAVEN'T APPROACHED THEM.
THAT DIDN'T MEAN WE WOULDN'T DO
IT.
>> Al: HE HAS A WHAT?
$60 MILLION OPTION?
>> Dan: A $4 MILLION BUYOUT,
TOO.
THE PLAYER WITH TEN YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE IN THE MAJORS.
AND FIVE, SO HE HAS THE FINAL
SAY.
1-2 THE COUNT ON RICK ANKIEL.
THAT'S THE ONLY TEAM THAT HAS
HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CLOSER.
AND THEN PRIOR TO THEIR GAME
TONIGHT.
THEIR LOSS THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO STICK WITH ERIC GAGNE.
DESPITE THAT HE IS OFF TO A REAL
ROUGH START.
>> Al: THE GENERAL MANAGER, HE
WAS QUOTE YESTERDAY AS SAYING
THAT.
>> Dan: 2-2 PITCH TO RICKY
ANKIEL.
AND HE DRIVES IT INTO DEEP RIGHT
FEEL.
THIS BALL IS GONE.
ON THE ROAD.
AND ANKIEL HITS A HOME RUN.
NUMBER SIX.
HIS SECOND BASE HIT OF THE
NIGHT.
EXTENDS THE LEAD TO 6-2.
>> Al: THE VAST MAJORITY OF HIS
CAREER HOME RUNS HAS BEEN, A
SIXTH HOME RUN THIS SEASON.
THAT TO ME IS REAL IMPORTANT TO
PILE ON AND GIVE A LITTLE MORE
INSURANCE FOR LOOPER.
HE'LL SWING THAT BALL DOWN THERE
AND IT WILL STAY DOWN.
GO DOWN AND GET IT.
>> Dan: HE'S HAD QUITE A NIGHT.
A COUPLE BASE HITS.
THE DEFENSIVE PLAY OF THE GAME
IN CFL.
MOLINA, A BASE HIT TO THE RIGHT.
HIS FIRST BASE HIT.
THREE HITS LAST NIGHT OF THE HIS
FOURTH ININHE SERIES.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE JUST
TUNING IN, WE DID THIS EARLIER.
BUT RICKY ANKIEL, TRULY ONE OF
THE GREAT THROWS THIS SEASON
FROM ANYTHING HE TOOK.
MOLINA HAD ONE SUNDAY NIGHT FROM
BEHIND HOME PLATE.
BUT THIS WAS EYE POPPING AS
WELL.
ANKIEL, WILLIE TAVERAS FROM
SECOND TO THIRD.
>> Al: THAT'S WHAT MADE IT THE
EXCEPTIONAL EFFORT.
BECAUSE WILLIE TAVERAS WAS ON
SECOND BASE TRYING TO TAG OUT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK IT A.
REQUIRES A BACK AND FIRES THE
STRIKE.
TROY GLAUS TRYING TO DEEP
TAVERAS.
AND THE THROW RIGHT THERE,
SLIDING RIGHT INTO THE TUB.
TAVERAS COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> Dan: HERE'S LOOPER WHO LEADS
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN
SACRIFICES.
CLEMENTE, EVEN IF YOU WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE CARDINALS.
LARRY WALKER.
>> Al: OH, YEAH.
HE HAD AN EXCEPTIONAL ARM.
>> Dan: WHO WAS THE BEST STAR
THAT YOU SAW?
>> Al: I SAW CLEMENTE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF GUYS WITH
GOOD ARM.
>> Dan: THE CONCENTRATION FROM
THE SECOND BASEMAN TO THE
ROCKIES.
ONE, FOUR, SIX, THREE THE DOUBLE
PLAY.
THREE DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED BY THE
ROCK I.
THE CARDINAL HAVE TURNED TWO.
>> Dan: UPCOME SCHEDULE FOR ST.
LOUIS.
THESE ARE THE GAME ON FSN
MIDWEST.
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, RIGHT HERE
ON FSN FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL.
AND THEN THE MONDAY GAME WILL BE
ON FSN IN MILWAUKEE.
AND THEN WE'RE BACK HOME.
PITTSBURGH AND TAMPA BAY COME
DOWN AND THEN WE HEAD OUT WEST
FOR SAN DIEGO AND THE DODGERS.
>> Al: DO YOU KNOW WHO I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING?
>> Dan: THE WEEK AGAINST TAMPA
BAY?
>> Al: SILENT GEORGE.
THE FIRST BASE COACH.
THE RAYS.
A MULTIHIT GAME.
WIN STATS.
>> Dan: BASE HIT FOR IZTURIS.
HIS SECOND HIT.
THERE'S BRIAN BARTON.
A LOT OF YOUNG TALENT.
HOW ABOUT KAZMIR WHO LED THE
AMERICAN LEAGUE IN STRIKEOUTS
LAST YEAR?
WANT TO WIN THE TICKET GAME, GO
TO STUB HUB.COM.
THE OFFICIAL FAN TO FAN TICKET
MARKETPLACE OF THE CARDINALS.
THE THIRD BASEMAN IS ANOTHER.
THE PITCH TO BARTON.
AT SOME POINT, WITH ALL THESE
HIGH DRAFT PICKS, IT HAS TO COME
TOGETHER FOR TAMPA BAY.
AGREED?
AT SOME POINT, IT HAS TO HAPPEN.
>> Al: I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIM
WHEN I FIRST IMMEDIATE HIM.
MIKE SCIOSCIA'S CALIFORNIA ANGEL
STAFF.
>> Dan: LOS ANGELES ANGEL OF
ANAHEIM ALSO, WITH THE TAMPA BAY
RAYS.
NO D WORD.
JUST RAYS.
>> Al: I'M SURE THAT GUY COULD
DO A DISSERTATION OF THE
>> Dan: THAT GUY IS JIM HAYES.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CALLING HIM,
THAT GUY.
>> Al: YEAH.
HE STOOPED TO THAT LEVEL.
>> Dan: SO FRANK WAS ON YOUR BAD
SIDE BUT APPARENTLY IT IS JIM.
A SWING AND A MISS BY BARTON.
HE STRIKES OUT.
>> Dan: THE CARDINALS WITH 14
HITS.
EVEN FROM THE PITCHER, BRADEN
LOOPER.
HIGHLIGHTED BY THE HOME RUN FROM
RICK A. YES.
THE 24th THIS SEASON FOR ST.
LOUIS.
AND THAT PITCH WAS TAKEN LOW AND
IN.
JAMIE CORK ON THE STAFF.
THE ROYAL' NUMBER ONE PICK BACK
IN 1972.
HE WAS 18th OVERALL.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, HE SPENT THE
SEASON WITH ST. LOUIS.
BACK IN 1983.
HE HAD A HECK OF A PLAY CAREER.
>> Al: EXTENDED THAT PLAYING
CAREER.
YOU CAN PROLONG YOUR CAREER BY
BECOMING A CATCHER.
MAKE HIM AN EMERGENCY CATCHER.
THAT GUY STUCK AROUND, HE WAS AN
OUTSTANDING PINCH-HITTER.
HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
QUARTERBACK.
HE WAS SENT TO NOTRE DAME BEFORE
SIGNING THE CONTRACT.
AND A GOOD GUY.
ONE OF GEORGE'S CLOSEST FRIENDS.
HERE A PITCH AND A STRIKE TO THE
LEAD-OFF MAN TAVERAS.
JAMIE QUIRK HAS A SON.
HE IS A PRETTY GOOD PLAYER.
A CHANCE TO MAKE IT TO THE BIG
LEAGUE OF THE AND HERE THE
QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PITCH
COUNT IS.
IT IS ROUGHLY AROUND 90.
IT IS IN RIGHT FIELD.
97 FOR LOOPER IF HE GETS A QUICK
OUT HERE.
DO YOU EXTEND BRADEN LOOPER TO
THE NIGHT?
>> Al: OF COURSE YOU DO.
IT IS NOT A SAVE SITUATION.
>> Dan: I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS
THAT EASY.
THIS IS COORS FIELD, YOU KNOW.
THERE AREN'T MANY COMPLETE GAME
IN THIS BALLPARK.
THAT'S THE REASON LOOPER IS
STILL IN THE GAME.
HE PITCHED VERY EFFECTIVELY.
>> Dan: VERY GOOD TONIGHT.
IT IS IF YOU LOOK AND WE'LL TALK
TO HIM TOMORROW ABOUT IT, YOU GO
BACK TO THE FIRST INNING.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT HE
DIDN'T SEEM OVERLY COMFORTABLE.
>> Al: EVERYTHING WAS ELEVATED.
TAVERAS GOT A BASE HIT.
QUINTANILLA GOT A BASE HIT.
AND HE GOT A POP-UP OFF
HOLLIDAY.
AND THEN THE DOUBLE PLAY WE
SHOWED YOU.
THE BATTER TRIED TO HELP HIM.
AND TAVERAS TRYING TO GO TO
THIRD.
REALLY HELPFUL.
SECOND INNING, HE CAME OUT AND
HE LOOK MUCH SMOOTHER.
>> Dan: THE 1-2 PITCH.
QUINTANILLA LINE TO IT CENTER
FIELD.
EXTRA BASES.
THIS WILL ROLL ALL THE WAY TO
THE WALL.
ANKIEL COME UP AGAIN.
ON HIS WAY TO THIRD.
HE GOT IT AGAIN!
WHAT A PLAY!
RICK ANKIEL!
ALL THE WAY FROM THE TRACK TO
THIRD.
THE SECOND TIME HE HAS DONE IT
TONIGHT.
AN UNBELIEVABLE THROW FROM RICK
ANKIEL!
UNBELIEVABLE.
WOW!
WHAT A PLAY.
FRONT AND CENTER.
>> Al: THEN THE FIRST ONE.