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Ludwick homers in five straight
Ludwick homers in five straight
Ryan Ludwick's amazing breakout season continues. He has now homered in five straight games. Ludwick's feat ties the franchise record and adds his name to a list containing the names of Cardinals' sluggers Albert Pujols and Jim Edmonds. Who would have guess that Ludwick would have 29 homers on August 6?! With all of the Cards bullpen troubles ( read C70 for more on this ), it looks like Adam ...
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Ryan Ludwick is an Animal
Babes Love Baseball — ... Mathews for 20th place on the career list, and added an RBI single in the 3rd to give the Dodgers a 3-1 lead. Pujols insisted being on the same field as Manny motivated him to hit his fourth inning grand slam. "You can have nine Manny Ramirezes out there and I’m still going to go and play my game," he said. "I don’t have to impress Manny Ramirez or 45,000 people. My job is to play hard and help my team to win."[MLB] | [True Blue LA] | [Cardinal Nation Globe] | [Redbirds Clubhouse]

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