We're switching things up here on Cardinal Diamond Dairies and moving our photo day to Wednesday. Today instead of just random pictures I'm trying something out - a photo from each day of the 7 game streak (plus a bonus shot - you'll see)! Hope you enjoy it!
7/11/2010 - Cardinals 4, Astros 2
Matt Holliday provided almost all of the offense with this 3 run blast the day before the All-Star break began. I don't know how to point out the packet of sunflower seeds in his pocket that made me laugh without sounding like a #chickcomment... so there you go.
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| David J. Phillip - AP Photo |
I couldn't help but put in a shot of the Cards' All-Stars together at the game in Anaheim. Hey, our team won that night too, so it fits!
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| Kirby Lee - US Presswire |
The Cardinals jumped right back in after the break, putting up seven runs against Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, who had been very effective against the Cards... until this night. After a day in which we were treated to no baseball at all, it was nice to be back seeing scenes like this one of Chris Carpenter pitching in the fifth inning.
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| Chris Lee - Post-Dispatch |
You can't help but enjoy a game that features runs and flashy defensive plays like this one Albert Pujols made from the seat of his pants! Two games after the break we were seeing what looked like a team that was putting things together. Solid pitching, scoring runs in bunches and defense? We love it!
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| Scott Rovak - US Presswire |
With Adam Wainwright on the mound, thankfully the Cards didn't need more than two runs on this day. Close games like this mean turning solid double plays like Skip Schumaker does here. Note where his feet are. Where is second base? (I'll spare you all from the "Who's on First?" joke I almost made here.)
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| Scott Rovak - US Presswire |
The Cards were rather rude hosts to the Dodgers, running them out of town with ninth inning heroics on Joe Torre's 70th birthday no less! Allen Craig didn't care about Torre. He had his own 26th birthday to worry about, and he did it in style, making the hit to tie the game in the ninth inning and set up Matt Holliday for the game winning hit in the next at-bat!
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| Chris Lee - Post-Dispatch |
Back to back days of come from behind wins. This is a treat we were not privy to in the first half of the season. The team started chipping away at an early 3-0 hole behind Blake Hawksworth, scoring a single run in both the first and second inning before exploding for three home runs (including Allen Craig's first big league HR!) and five runs in the fifth to blow the game open. This photo? Yadier Molina picking Jason Werth off first in the third inning. I like Albert sticking his tongue out at Werth. 'Nana nana boo boo. We got you!'
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| Scott Rovak - US Presswire |
After a couple less than Carp-like starts towards the end of the first half, Carpenter has been a rockstar since the break, throwing 62 strikes over 90 pitches in eight dominant innings last night against the Phillies. Randy Winn kicked off the fireworks in the third inning with his second home run in as many days, and Matt Holliday put the game away for good with his three run blast in the fifth that put the Cards up 6-0.
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| Chris Lee - Post-Dispatch |
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