In an article posted yesterday, I covered how the St. Louis Cardinals should feast on the Mariners’ starting pitching. In last night’s game, as I predicted, the Cardinals batters struggled against the lefty who they had never seen. What I hadn’t predicted was the ability of our batters to show up against the pen.
Let’s take a look at the Mariners’ bullpen which, like their starters, has struggled of late. In last night’s game, the Cardinals faced Nick Vincent, Joaquin Benoit, and Donn Roach out of the Mariners’ pen. Vincent pitched a scoreless/hitless inning.