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Beltran homers twice with 7 RBIs, Cardinals pound Burnett in 12-3 rout of Pirates
Last Updated 2012-05-03 - 08:32:54 (CET)
ST. LOUIS — In his first start of the season, A.J. Burnett worked seven scoreless innings to beat St. Louis. The second start against the Cardinals, just 11 days later, was a disaster.
Carlos Beltran drove in a career-best seven runs with a pair of three-run home runs and an RBI single in the first air jordan 10 discount three innings, leading the way as the Cardinals punished Burnett and the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-3 on Tuesday night.
"Everything was up, every leadoff guy got on," Burnett said. "You can't pitch that way."
Rookie Lance Lynn (5-0) joined James Shields as the major leagues' only five-game winners, allowing three hits and two runs in 6 2-3 innings with six strikeouts to beat the Pirates for the second time in three starts. Lynn has a 1.60 ERA as the replacement starter for Chris Carpenter, sidelined indefinitely with nerve issues in his right shoulder.
Burnett (1-2) entered with a 1.38 ERA but trailed 4-0 after six pitches. The right-hander surrendered 12 runs on 12 hits in 2 2-3 innings, as the Pirates tried to save their bullpen.
"Obviously, good teams do make the adjustments nike dunk sb high heels for womens but I was up all night," Burnett said. "I couldn't get anything down and it don't matter where you pitch or who you pitch against, if it's up you're going to get hammered."
The runs allowed topped Burnett's previous worst of nine on four occasions, the last time coming last Aug. 26 at Baltimore. He allowed 12 or more hits for the seventh time, exiting one shy of his career worst last Aug. 3 at the Chicago White Sox.
Burnett said the problem was all about mechanics.
"I know what happened," he said. "It's just a matter of getting the work two days from now in the bullpen and getting back downhill where I belong and taking the ball in five days."
Pirates catcher Rod Barajas was ejected for complaining about home plate umpire Angel Campos' calls in the second inning, tossing his mask in disgust after a pitch called a ball for a 1-2 count against Beltran. Manager Clint Hurdle was subsequently tossed for defending his player, air jordan spizike for sale his first of the season and sixth in his second year with Pittsburgh.
The argument was a carryover from his at-bat in the top of the second, when he flied out to right.
"The second pitch I felt was probably down and out of the strike zone and he called it a strike," Barajas said. "I asked him if he just wanted to make sure that was a strike and he said 'Yeah, that was a strike.'"
"If our guy throws the ball in the same spot you're expecting a strike to be called."
Burnett didn't get involved in the discussion.
"I thought it was a strike. It could be a strike tomorrow, you never know," he said. "I had more things on my mind than that one pitch."
Beltran entered in a 3-for-32 slump with one double and three RBIs his last nine games. The slump started three games after he was moved to cleanup. He said after batting practice that he hadn't been seeing the ball well but several times added that it was nothing to worry about, then turned it around with his first swing, a three-run shot to right that made it 4-0.
Carlos Beltran drove in a career-best seven runs with a pair of three-run home runs and an RBI single in the first air jordan 10 discount three innings, leading the way as the Cardinals punished Burnett and the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-3 on Tuesday night.
"Everything was up, every leadoff guy got on," Burnett said. "You can't pitch that way."
Rookie Lance Lynn (5-0) joined James Shields as the major leagues' only five-game winners, allowing three hits and two runs in 6 2-3 innings with six strikeouts to beat the Pirates for the second time in three starts. Lynn has a 1.60 ERA as the replacement starter for Chris Carpenter, sidelined indefinitely with nerve issues in his right shoulder.
Burnett (1-2) entered with a 1.38 ERA but trailed 4-0 after six pitches. The right-hander surrendered 12 runs on 12 hits in 2 2-3 innings, as the Pirates tried to save their bullpen.
"Obviously, good teams do make the adjustments nike dunk sb high heels for womens but I was up all night," Burnett said. "I couldn't get anything down and it don't matter where you pitch or who you pitch against, if it's up you're going to get hammered."
The runs allowed topped Burnett's previous worst of nine on four occasions, the last time coming last Aug. 26 at Baltimore. He allowed 12 or more hits for the seventh time, exiting one shy of his career worst last Aug. 3 at the Chicago White Sox.
Burnett said the problem was all about mechanics.
"I know what happened," he said. "It's just a matter of getting the work two days from now in the bullpen and getting back downhill where I belong and taking the ball in five days."
Pirates catcher Rod Barajas was ejected for complaining about home plate umpire Angel Campos' calls in the second inning, tossing his mask in disgust after a pitch called a ball for a 1-2 count against Beltran. Manager Clint Hurdle was subsequently tossed for defending his player, air jordan spizike for sale his first of the season and sixth in his second year with Pittsburgh.
The argument was a carryover from his at-bat in the top of the second, when he flied out to right.
"The second pitch I felt was probably down and out of the strike zone and he called it a strike," Barajas said. "I asked him if he just wanted to make sure that was a strike and he said 'Yeah, that was a strike.'"
"If our guy throws the ball in the same spot you're expecting a strike to be called."
Burnett didn't get involved in the discussion.
"I thought it was a strike. It could be a strike tomorrow, you never know," he said. "I had more things on my mind than that one pitch."
Beltran entered in a 3-for-32 slump with one double and three RBIs his last nine games. The slump started three games after he was moved to cleanup. He said after batting practice that he hadn't been seeing the ball well but several times added that it was nothing to worry about, then turned it around with his first swing, a three-run shot to right that made it 4-0.
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