Derek Lowe’s ERA over the past 3 years verses the St. Louis 
Cardinals is 5.93, which explains part of the reason the Cardinals own us! Lowe has a sub 3.00 ERA at Dodger Stadium and is almost 6.00 on the road, so I suggest we leave him at home on all road trips. He’s useless (or useful if you are the other team). We cannot count on Derek Lowe to pitch well against certain teams and the Cardinals are one of them. They own Derek Lowe! Last night, we scored six runs which should be more than enough to win with our pitching staff, notwithstanding the fact that Andre Ethier, Russ Martin and James Loney were a combined 2-14. Russ Martin and Andre Ethier need to be moved down in the lineup and Russ needs are rest! Ethier is 2 or 3 AB’s away from hitting in the .260’s! He should be hitting 7th. I would bump Martin up to 2nd and put Kemp at #3 when Pierre plays. Enough about our lack of hitting - we scored 6 and that should have been enough! The blame goes to Lowe and now it’s up to the rookie to stop the bleeding this afternoon (or morning if you live in the PDT zone).
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