Braden Looper dodged trouble for four shutout innings before he and his defense crumbled in the fifth. Taking a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth, Looper permitted four runs in that inning. He and the Cards bullpen were touched for seven runs in the sixth, putting the game out of reach.
Looper has been the Cardinals best pitcher to date, so the loss to Milwaukee in the way it happened cannot be encouraging news to the Redbirds.
WP Ben Sheets 2-2. He went 6 innings allowing 6 hits and 2 runs, and 1 home run.
LP Braden Looper 3-2. He went just 5 innings allowing 11 hits and 6 runs. The entire Cardinal staff gave up 17 hits to Milwaukee, including home runs to Graffanino, and Jenkins.
The Cardinals had 9 hits that included a home run by Duncan, his fifth of the year.
Carpenter inches closer to return
Chris Carpenter threw 3 simualted innings to 4 Cardinal batters and as far as anyone can tell the session was good. So speculation is Carpenter may start a game for the Cardinals within the week. Maybe he can stop some of the bleeding.
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