As suggested by Justin’s description of this matchup in his series preview, this one had the makings of a pitchers’ duel. Merrill Kelly has been an utter boss in his last couple of starts, which you would think would give us the advantage, but St. Louis lefthander Matthew Liberatore has been dealing in his first year as a full-time starter for the Red Birds, so it seemed like runs would likely be tough to get for both teams.
We actually got two men on against Liberatore in the top of the first, but he managed to strand both Geraldo Perdomo and Lourdes Gurriel, Jr.