Going into the ninth inning, five runs down, the Cardinals gathered on the mound to ask the proverbial question "has anybody seen the wheels for our wagon?". Twenty one days ago, St. Louis was in first place in the division. They've now lost nine of their last eleven games. Albert Pujols today finally broke out of a 0-for-18 slump with a single in the sixth, but would later hit into an 8th inning double play.
I shot three pictures of this conference - each successive one had more Cardinals clustered around, and perhaps cluster is a good word, at least it half describes their recent performance. The guy walking off the mound is Tony Larussa, and hopefully this is his last season in St. Louis.
Keep on walkin' Tony, as California is calling your name. Oh, you can take MacGwire with you when you leave too. Our hitting coach has struck out.
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