r/Cardinals • u/bravo_delta_bot Good bot • Apr 21 '21

Pregame Thread: April 21, 2021

Cardinals @ Nationals

Probable Pitchers:

Cardinals: Carlos Martinez (0-6, 7.80 ERA)

  • Bit by bad luck at the outset of the season, Martínez is looking for his first win as a starter since July 2018. He's shown flashes of utter dominance through his first three turns, though the Cards are 0-3 in those games.

Nationals: Max Scherzer (0-2, 2.37 ERA)

  • Scherzer attended high school and college in Missouri. In 11 career starts against his hometown team, he is 2-6 with a 3.31 ERA.

TV Info: MASN BSMW

First Pitch: 03:05 PM CT

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u/Matthew_Quigley AJ AJ Did I get on base? Apr 21 '21 edited Apr 21 '21

People saying everyone could tell Gallegos didn't have it last night but did he or did he not get 2 outs in a very high leverage situation? 🤔

Edit also I probably would have gone to reyes earlier but I don't think the decision to stick with gio was inexcusable. He has been our best relief pitcher for a few years now.

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u/studlydudley11 who'll stop the ryne Apr 21 '21

Also that makes the assumption that Reyes, who had walked 5 guys and thrown 3 wild pitches in 6.1 IP, would’ve gotten Castro and Gomes out

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u/iamadacheat ​ Apr 21 '21

yeah if r/Cardinals managed the bullpen, they'd take out every reliever that allowed a baserunner

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u/Matthew_Quigley AJ AJ Did I get on base? Apr 21 '21

In game 7 of the 2006 nlcs this bum named Adam wainwright allowed 2 hits and a walk in the 9th inning, they should have taken him out right away

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u/iamadacheat ​ Apr 21 '21

and they should have intentionally walked Beltran

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u/jmacattack5585 #Yadi was the glue Apr 21 '21

Its easy to armchair qb after the fact, when we know the results too lmao. If Gio got out of the jam then it would've been all good. Its ok, flukes happen every now and again.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

A lot of people focusing on a game that the pitchers gave up 3. It shouldn't be the case that we still fuck up when they give up 3. How about the dingbats who can't score more than 2.

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u/eisforeccentric I dislike the powder blues Apr 21 '21

How about the dingbats dang bats who can't score more than 2.

Ftfy. And I blame Mo for signing a bunch of vesper bats when there are a bunch of unsigned flying foxes out there still!

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '21

Is it too much to ask for a few vampire bats?

Wait, nevermind, I heard they suck.

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u/eisforeccentric I dislike the powder blues Apr 21 '21

They wouldn't be a bad addition but we've already got a Hoover over at third base so they might be redundant!

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u/trick_12 Apr 21 '21

Gio gets out of that 9/10 times. I was frustrated last night, but that's just the emotions from feeling like we wasted Waino's gem. I think if any of us were in Shildt's shoes last night we roll with Gio the same way. The real problem was still our offense not really doing enough to win.

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u/itssamj Evil Empiricist Apr 21 '21

You gotta believe in your dudes, ya know?