Giants 2, Cardinals 5, Final - Jul. 2, 2009

Home Run Trot's June All-Star Team: Position Players
mlbnotebook.com 7/2/2009 — The monthly All-Star team is another feature I'm bringing over from my old blog. For those unfamiliar with my previous work, here are the April and May posts. I'm bringing the All-Star team over to MLB Notebook with a twist. It's going to be divided into two posts. One for the position players ...

Scoreboard Watching: July 2, Giants @ Cardinals, In Progress
sonsofstevegarvey.com 7/3/2009 — San Diego already lost to Houston, 7-2. The Padres slip to 15.5 games behind the Dodgers, ensconced in fourth place in the NL West. Giants are currently in the middle of the fifth. Barry Zito gave up three runs in the first, but has settled since, with the Cardinals leading 3-0. The ...

Tighter Wild Cards, Tighter NL Central
baseballmusings.com 7/3/2009 — The Cardinals defeat the Giants 5-2 and the Cubs down the Brewers 9-5 to bring the NL Wild Card and NL Central that much closer. The Giants and Cardinals end up splitting their four game series, leaving St. Louis where they started, 1/2 game behind ...

Wellemeyer shines as Cardinals top Giants | stlcardinals.com: News
stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com 7/3/2009 — By B.J. Rains / MLB.com 07/02/09 11:44 PM ET ST. LOUIS -- Frustrated with his inability to find a consistent delivery this season, Todd Wellemeyer went back to the mound a few minutes after Monday's bullpen session to throw some more. He talked with ...

Boxscore: San Francisco vs. St. Louis - July 2, 2009 | MLB.com: News
stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com 7/3/2009 — Reyes, D pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IBB : Pujols (by Zito), Pujols (by Zito). Pitches-strikes : Zito 91-57, Miller, Ju 17-13, Valdez, M 16-11, Medders 14-9, Wellemeyer 99-65, Reyes, D 6-3, McClellan 17-10, Franklin 9-8. Groundouts-flyouts : Zito ...

Game 81 Open Thread -- July 2, 2009 — Viva El Birdos

7/2/09: Zito Betrayed — El Lefty Malo

Pleasant Surprises — C70 At The Bat

San Francisco Giants: July Is the Month to Catch the Dodgers — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/2/2009
After a dropped foul ball and a questionable non-strike call helped the Cardinals snap San Francisco's three-game winning streak, the month of July didn't start off the way the men in orange and black would have preferred. However, the 2009 Giants ...

Wellemeyer shines as Cardinals top Giants — Major League Baseball News 7/3/2009
Todd Wellemeyer and the Cardinals' offense both emerged from recent slumps, giving St. Louis a 5-2 win over the Giants at Busch Stadium on Thursday night.

Wellemeyer rebounds, Cards blank Giants (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/3/2009
Todd Wellemeyer rebounded from his shortest start of the season to combine with three others on a shutout as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0 on Thursday nights. Wellemeyer (7-7) allowed two runs over 7 1-3 innings in ...

Wellemeyer outpitches Zito as Cards trip Giants — ESPN.com - MLB 7/3/2009
Todd Wellemeyer threw a solid 7 1-3 innings and the Cardinals beat the Giants 5-2 on Thursday night.

Cards' Wellemeyer shuts down Giants in 5-2 victory — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 7/3/2009
Todd Wellemeyer rebounded from his shortest start of the season with 7 solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday night.

Giants-Cardinals: What Really Caused St. Louis' Recent Success? — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/3/2009
Those of us that were busy composing the official obituary for the postseason prospects of the St. Louis Cardinals have spent the last two games scratching our heads and eating our words. It seems pretty clear that we have severely underestimated the ...

Cardinals 5, Giants 2 — NYT > Baseball 7/3/2009
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Todd Wellemeyer rebounded from his shortest start of the season with 7 1-3 solid innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday night.