Can the Birds Soar Past Two Elite Arms?

I was able to capture a win for us on the diamond last night, not something that I’ve been able to say nearly as often as I would’ve liked to this season. Still plenty of season to turn it around and the same can be said for both of the teams in this game. Everyone loves getting off to a good start, but that isn’t always the way things go. The Cardinals and Braves square off tonight and both could use a jolt to improve their tough season to this point. 

The Cardinals are really bad on the road, I mean like Colorado Rockies bad on the road. St. Louis overall is 9-13 for the season, and they are just 1-9 on the road this season. The Cardinals just lost four straight to the Mets, scoring nine total runs in four games. The pitching could be looked at as acceptable, but even that was a bit of a struggle, allowing 19 runs in those games. The worst one for them had to be the walk-off home run to Franisco Lindor that might still be in the air. The thing is that St. Louis needs to put this behind them and find a way to start winning on the road. To try and do that, they put Erick Fedde on the hill. He’s been pretty good for the season with a 1-2 record and a 3.43 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP. In reality he has only had one bad start. He has three quality starts, 18 innings and two earned runs. His one bad start did come on the road against the Red Sox when he allowed six earned runs in three innings. Braves hitters have absolutely destroyed Fedde with a .426 average in 68 at-bats. 

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