W'meyer	Rod'guez
1-0, 1.80	0-0, 7.20

i guess we should be rooting for memphis in the ncaa finals tonight. maybe a championship for the tigers will rub off on some of the cards' farmhands.

the cards go up against their 4th consecutive left-handed starting pitcher; is that highly unusual? i can't specifically recall the last time it happened . . . . . . rodriguez wll be a nice little test for the cards' new southpaw attack. he gave the team fits last year --- held stl to a .208 average with no walks, posted a 2.40 era (4 runs in 15 innings). he also was more than twice as effective at home (2.94 era) as on the road (6.37).