Cincy vs. Cardinals Game 1

[redsrbetter]

You ready? Tomorrow is going to be a huge game with the Reds and the Cardinals. I really want to see the Reds get a win and start trying to get a leg up on the division. But your Cardinals are a hard team to beat. Should be a fun game to watch tomorrow. Oh ya and after we beat up on your team, pleas oh please take out your frustrations on the Astros. Thanks.

Good luck tomorrow night!

[Mr. D™]

Goooooooo Big Red Machine these two games should be exiting two great teams going at it, good luck to the cards but ofcourse being a red fan better luck to the reds at least to have a great game

[griffeyfan3]

yes good luck to the cards.

[StlCards4ever515]

RHP Aaron Harang
• 1-0, 0.00 ERA in 2005
• 1-1, 1.93 in 2004 vs. STL

RHP Jason Marquis
• 1-0, 1.50 ERA in 2005
• 1-0, 3.32 in 2004 vs. CIN

Player to watch
Reggie Sanders is likely to be back in the lineup on Tuesday, given his career record against Harang. He's 3-for-10 (.300) against the big right-hander, with a pair of homers in those 10 at-bats.

Quotable
"I wouldn't put any question into what kind of ability we have and what kind of team we have. You go back and look at last year, see how we started last year. Give us a few months and we'll go from there. If we're playing like this two months from now, then we'll have a question." -- Carpenter on the Cardinals' two-game slide

On television
• CIN: FOX Sports Net Ohio
• STL: FOX Sports Net Midwest

On radio
• CIN: WLW AM-700
• STL: KMOX AM-1120

Quick hits
Including Spring Training, Albert Pujols has yet to strike out in 97 plate appearances in 2005. ... Six different Cardinals have hit at least one home run. ... Reliever Al Reyes leads the Cardinals with eight strikeouts. ... Marquis allowed a home run every 8.86 innings and a .269 batting average in night games last year. In day games, the numbers were one per 6.44 at-bats and .283. ... Pujols is the only Cardinal to have played every inning of every game thus far this season.

On deck
• Wednesday: vs. Reds, 12:10 p.m. CT
• Friday: at Brewers, 7:05 p.m. CT
• Saturday: at Brewers, 1:05 p.m. CT

[griffeyfan3]

marquis is 0-0

[StlCards4ever515]

Marquis is 1-0 Shows how much you know. I'm a Cardinals fan i should know!

[msneezie31]

Marquis is 0-0 with a no decision against the Astros "shows how much you know I'm a Cardinals fan, i should know!"

[StlCards4ever515]

Why would www.stlcardinals.com say he is 1-0?

[redsrbetter]

The Reds vs. the Cardinals Game 1! Lets get it started fellas. Looks like a good pitching matchup vs. some good lineups. Should be a battle on both sides.

Reds vs. Marquis
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...pitcherId=4409

Cardinals vs. Harang
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...pitcherId=5181


Looks like the Reds have not had too many opportunities to get used to Marquis, but their short time against him, they have not done so bad. Top player Casey.

Looks like Harang has given Rolen and Edmonds some problems, and Pujols of course has done well.

Good matchup!

[redsrbetter]

Why would www.stlcardinals.com say he is 1-0?

Says he is 0-0 on the fron page where the matchups are on ther right next to his picture.

[Mr. D™]

yeah i see
Marquis
0-0, 1.50

as well

[CincyRedsFan30]

Lineups:

Reds:
Jimenez 2B
Griffey CF
Casey 1B
Randa 3B
Dunn LF
Kearns RF
Lopez SS
LaRue C
Harang P

Cardinals:
Eckstein SS
Walker RF
Pujols 1B
Rolen 3B
Edmonds CF
Sanders LF
Grudzielanek 2B
Molina C
Marquis P

[ghettochild]

yay f'lo

[CincyRedsFan30]

This game might start slightly late due to a severe thunderstorm in the area, but I don't expect any delay to be extremely long.

There is quite a cell going right now though... as purple is showing up on NWS radar. That is indicative of some damaging wind gusts through straightline winds and/or downdrafts/microbursts.

[ghettochild]

i know my rain, and my colors, and purple isn't good. usually when it gets purple/white here in the dallas area that means GET THE FECK UNDERGROUND, AWOOOGA AWOOOGA