the Mad Lithuanian has a good report from the game last night; check out his diary. i have only a couple of items to add. first, i've been waiting weeks for the cards to get into a beanball war so i could use this link to an article about deterrence. with morris pitching tonite, i would not be surprised to see last night's little dust-up carry over -- though i hope it does not. last thing we need is another injury.
the second item is this: unless i'm mistaken, carpenter now stands as the cards' first 16-4 pitcher since 1985, when joaquin andujar started the season 17-4. their lines after 22 starts, side by side (andujar data courtesy david pinto's day-by-day database):
| ip | h | bb | so | cg | sho | w-l | era | whip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| carpenter | 163.1 | 125 | 37 | 151 | 6 | 4 | 16-4 | 2.26 | 0.99 |
| andujar | 164.2 | 156 | 37 | 72 | 9 | 2 | 16-4 | 2.40 | 1.17 |
this dude is now 31-9 as a cardinal. if anyone can think of a 31-9 stretch by any cardinal pitcher in recent memory, post it in the comments.