Cards hoping for repeat mound effort in game two with Bucs

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07/12/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Todd Wellemeyer tries to follow up Kyle Lohse's brilliant performance of the previous night when the St. Louis Cardinals play the middle test of their three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates this evening at PNC Park.

Lohse (11-2) gave up six hits over seven scoreless innings to run his unbeaten streak to 12 games in St. Louis' 6-0 victory over the Pirates on Friday. Rick Ankiel was 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and Ryan Ludwick chipped in a solo home run for the Cardinals, who halted their two-game slide.

All six of St. Louis' runs came with two outs.

Pittsburgh's Zach Duke (4-6) took the loss after he was touched for five runs on 10 hits in six frames. Nate McLouth had a double which was the only extra- base hit for the Pirates, who have dropped two of three.

Wellemeyer, meanwhile, has dropped his last three decisions and is 7-4 with a 3.94 earned run average on the year. His latest loss came on Sunday against the Chicago Cubs, as he surrendered three runs and nine hits in five innings.

The 29-year-old righty has defeated the Pirates twice already this season and is 3-1 with a 3.03 ERA lifetime against them.

Pittsburgh will counter with Cuban right-hander Yoslan Herrera, who will be making his major-league debut in place of the injured Phil Dumatrait. Dumatrait had been scheduled to start tonight's tilt, but was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with bursitis in his left shoulder.

Herrera, who signed a $1.92 million, three-year contract with the Pirates before the 2007 season, had been 5-8 with a 3.11 ERA in 17 starts at Double-A Altoona. He also won a spot start with Triple-A Indianapolis back in late June.

St. Louis has split its 10 matchups with the Pirates this season and has won nine of its last 12 in the Steel City dating back to last season.

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Notre Dame
Ohio State
West Virginia
Texas
USC
Florida
California
Auburn
Oklahoma
Iowa
Louisville
Florida State
Michigan
Miami (FL)
LSU
Penn State
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
Tennessee
Georgia
Arizona State
Oregon
Clemson
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Alabama
Arkansas
Boston College
Michigan State
Maryland
South Carolina
Colorado
Purdue
Georgia Tech
TCU
UCLA
Arizona
Pittsburgh
Iowa State
Wisconsin
North Carolina State
Virginia
North Carolina
Fresno State
Hawaii
Northwestern
BYU
Oregon State
UNLV
Field (Any Other Team)
5-1
7-1
8-1
8-1
8-1
12-1
15-1
15-1
18-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
20-1
25-1
40-1
40-1
50-1
60-1
60-1
60-1
70-1
70-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
100-1
150-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
200-1
250-1
250-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
300-1
400-1
500-1
500-1
500-1
500-1
1000-1
1000-1
40-1



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Florida State
Virginia Tech
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Boston College
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina State
North Carolina
Wake Forest
Duke
2-1
2-1
3-1
7-1
15-1
15-1
15-1
30-1
30-1
30-1
50-1
500-1



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Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Texas Tech
Colorado
Iowa State
Texas A&M
Kansas State
Missouri
Kansas
Baylor
Oklahoma State
7-5
9-5
9-2
12-1
14-1
15-1
15-1
30-1
30-1
35-1
100-1
100-1



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Florida
LSU
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
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11-4
4-1
6-1
7-1
7-1
9-1
20-1
28-1
75-1
100-1
300-1

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