First off, what an awesome game last night. I was almost pining for a safety squeeze with Miles on third and Skip at bat, but obviously letting him Skip hit was the better choice. From the looks of it, this is going to be a great series. The Cards and Cubs are two pretty evenly matched teams right now.

• The historic United Cardinals Bloggers "progressive dinner" blogging project is today, and I'll be taking up the sixth inning. You can read more about the project here. Cardinal70 has the pre-game post up as well.


• Both the Angels and the Braves are scouting the Cards, which immediately brings up Anthony Reyes and a shortstop prospect, since both would fill each team's needs. Brent Lillibridge isn't going to be a game-changer, but he could hold his own as a starting shortstop. Braves fans seem to think Anthony Reyes wouldn't be enough to get him; I tend to think that anything more than Anthony would be a bad deal. While Sean Rodriguez has cooled as of late, he still is displaying terrific on-base skills in the Angels organization. Jed Lowrie of the Red Sox is still a player I really like.
  


• A commenter at Future Redbirds noted that Jaime Garcia has been promoted to Triple-A Memphis after a solid start in Springfield. I haven't been able to confirm the transaction, but it's most likely true. Thanks to cardsfan1 for the heads-up. Jaime, despite a high walk rate, is on the fast track to the majors right now. He has to be the organization's dream pitcher, posting a high K% (28.3) and ground ball rate (62%) while only 21-years-old.


• Derrick Goold at Birdland looks at pitch counts and Adam Wainwright. A great job as always.

Hope to get another win from the Cards today!