GDT: Cards @ Pirates (4/7) ~ 5:40pm CDT

[Shady]

Nado out, Saggese batting 6th,

Burleson and Walker move up in the order

This would be a pretty good reset-type lineup if Scott was in CF. The way the Cardinals played in Boston. Maybe a reset should be back on the table this season.

[JBrown323]

Leave it to the Cardinals to have no picture in the TV broadcast today.

[RunSup]

Nado out, Saggese batting 6th,

Burleson and Walker move up in the order

Libby needs to be lights out.

[craviduce]

Nado out, Saggese batting 6th,

Burleson and Walker move up in the order

Libby needs to be lights out.

yessir....he must

[82birds]

Cards gotta be tired, huh?
got in about 3:30am from Boston

Lars pops out

[craviduce]

phew.... Donovan breaks up the No-Hitter

[82birds]

Willson guessing and again guessing wrongly

Donny oppo single

[11WSChamps]

Need to move Contreras out of the two spot.

He's not a star player off to a slow start. He's a streaky hitter at best.

Let him get going then move him back.

[craviduce]

I'd live with another 6 IP, 3 R effort from Libby....but as Runsoup said....our offense might not score more than 3 tonight. We might need Libby to be perfect tonight....and that's isn't fair, but it is what it is.

[vegascardsfan5890]

Is Contreras going to lead the league in strikeouts this year?

[AZ_Cardsfan]

Wonderful Top of the first MLB.com camera man forgot to remove the lens cover. (Or whatever the screwup was). All audio no video.

[craviduce]

I'd live with another 6 IP, 3 R effort from Libby....but as Runsoup said....our offense might not score more than 3 tonight. We might need Libby to be perfect tonight....and that's isn't fair, but it is what it is.

whelp....that wasn't perfect, Libby

1-0 Pirates.... Bart, DOH!!!!

[82birds]

a Bart dart says the Pirate announcer
HR to center
solo shot only thankfully

[vegascardsfan5890]

Looks like I'll be turning this one off early.

National championship game will have most of my attention tonight anyways

[cardstatman]

As a starter, teams will stack their lineups with RH hitters against Liberatore.

7 RH batters for the Pirates today.

RH batters hit .293 .366 .506 .872 in 581 PA against Liberatore in his career.

He will have to radically improve against RH batters or he is doomed as a starter.

IMHO, Marmol and the Cards are setting him up for failure as a starter when he could be a good innings eating middle reliever.

I sure hope something changed.

[82birds]

Looks like I'll be turning this one off early.

National championship game will have most of my attention tonight anyways

the Blues