| Breaking News |  | Sunday, June 1st, 2008: Hirsh Pitches Mets to Shutout Victory
Jason Hirsh was downright nasty in pitching a 6-hit shutout against St. Louis. His splitter was diving, his slider was breaking, and the Cardinals were swinging and looking bad. The Mets hurler fanned 4 and walked 2 in a strong outing. "As the game went on, he got stronger," his manager said. "I thought he really turned it up a notch in the eighth and ninth and probably threw his best breaking balls in those two innings. They put a lot of balls in play early in the count because he was throwing strikes."
Hirsh is in his first season in the league. The 26-year-old rookie has pitched 44 innings in 7 starts, fanned 47 batters, walked 8, and put up a 3.68 ERA with 1 win and 2 losses.
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 | Tuesday, May 13th, 2008: Dodgers Blank Cardinals, Lowe Notches Win
Los Angeles hurler Derek Lowe was at his best as he whitewashed the St. Louis Cardinals today. "He just kept the ball down, did a good job, made his pitches," said the St. Louis manager. "We didn't do a good job making adjustments, so we helped him out a little bit." Lowe fired a 1-hitter and totaled 7 strikeouts and 3 bases on balls in the shutout performance.
Lowe throws well for a man of his age. He is not a spring chicken anymore, but he still makes the hitters look up and take notice. This 34-year-old hurler can still do it on the mound in 2008. This season to date, he has a record of 4 wins and no losses with a 0.92 ERA, has appeared in 8 games, and has struck out 43 in 58.2 innings. Those are stats a lot of younger pitchers would envy.
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 | Monday, May 5th, 2008: National League Awards Scott Rolen of St. Louis Player of the Week
Today the National League announced its Player of the Week award winner: St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen, who batted .538 with 2 home runs and 10 RBI. He amassed a .885 slugging percentage, thanks to 5 extra-base hits.
Thus far this year, the 33-year-old third baseman has a .333 batting average with a .387 on base percentage. Rolen has cracked 32 hits including 3 home runs, scored 16 times, and banged in 17 runs as well.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Aaron Thompson | Ruptured Ulnar Collateral Ligament (Elbow) | 4-5 months | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) | | P Chris Carpenter | Finger Blister | 1-2 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 43-44, .494 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 16.0 GB | | Record at home | 21-18, .538 PCT | | Record on the road | 22-26, .458 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 4-5, .444 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 18-14, .563 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 16-14, .533 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 27-30, .474 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 10-10, .500 PCT | | Record in May | 8-20, .286 PCT | | Record in June | 16-11, .593 PCT | | Record in July | 9-3, .750 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .269 - 10th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .327 - 10th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .423 - 11th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .751 - 10th in NL | | Runs Scored | 408 - 9th in NL | | Hits | 810 - 13th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 265 - 11th in NL | | Home Runs | 89 - 12th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 267 - 10th in NL | | Strikeouts | 514 - 2nd in NL | | Stolen Bases | 41 - 13th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.94 - 13th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.90 - 13th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.99 - 11th in NL | | Runs allowed | 458 - 13th in NL | | Hits allowed | 873 - 14th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .286 - 14th in NL | | BABIP | .316 - 14th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 100 - 10th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 249 - tied for 6th in NL | | Strikeouts | 508 - 13th in NL |
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