While the St. Louis Cardinals were being quieted by the Washington Nationals, the Memphis Redbirds traveled south to New Orleans- a short jump from Memphis- to take on the Zephyrs (Marlins AAA team).
The Redbirds, who I chronicled in a recent post, were stuck in .500-baseball-land. Could they turn things around in New Orleans?
Like their big brothers in St. Louis, the Redbirds found themselves unable to muster any noise offensively in the first game of the series and dropped the game to the score of 7-0.
This weakness was exploited by New Orleans’ pitcher Paul Clemens who carried a perfect game into the sixth inning.