Opening Day

St Louis Cardinals: 4 Winning Pitcher: Kyle Lohse (1-0) Save: Jason Motte (1)
Miami Marlins: 1 Losing Pitcher: Josh Johnson (0-1)

RBIs:
Gaby Sanchez 1 (1)
David Freese 2 (2)
Rafael Furcal 1 (1)
Daniel Descalso 1 (1)

Player of the Game: Kyle Lohse
Stats:
7.1 IP, 2 hits, 1 (earned) run, 0 walks, 3 strikeouts

Summary:
Lohse was the story of the Opening Day. He took a No-Hitter into the seventh inning until Jose Reyes singled to start off the inning, but the Marlins first rally led to nothing. In the eight inning, however, the Marlins got a break. With no outs, Logan Morrison singled on a one hopper of the right field wall. Next up, Gaby Sanchez struck out. Matheny decided to end Lohse's night on a positive note. So he brought in Fernando Salas. On Salas' first pitch, Omar Infante hit a one hopper to second baseman Daniel Descalso who threw to shortstop Rafael Furcal who threw a one hopper to Lance Berkman for the double play. Unfortunately, Infante was called safe at first base even though the replay clearly showed the ball beat him to first base. The next batter, John Buck, doubled into the right center gap to score the Marlins' only run.

Summary of the Game:
Josh Johnson started the season strong by getting lead off hitter Rafael Furcal to ground out on a 1-2 count. But Carlos Beltran singled on a single to right field. Matt Holliday hit a high pop out to the right fielder. With two outs, cleanup hitter Lance Berkman hit a liner in-between the left and center fielders. Beltran coasted into third but the Big Puma was hustling into second base. Thanks to some fancy sliding at second, Berkman was safe for a double. But they still needed the key hit to bring the runners in. With two outs and a 2-2 count, David Freese singled into left field, scoring both runs.

In the bottom of the second, Furcal singled in Daniel Descalso after Lohse sacrificed him over to second. There were 1-2-3 innings for the next three innings until Furcal led off the fifth with a single. Beltran struck out on a failed hit 'n run, but Furcal made it in safely to second. Holliday struck out and Berkman was intentionally walked. Freese struck out to end the inning.

Quiet baseball loomed until the top of the eight when Daniel Descalso brought in David Freese from third on a ground ball to the pitcher. The bottom of the eight is when the Marlins finally scored on John Buck's RBI double off of Fernando Salas. The Cardinals failed to score in the top of the ninth, which allowed Jason Motte to come in for the save. He gave up a lead off single, but worked around it with a ground ball and back to back strikeouts to end the game.

Game 1 of 162
Record: 1-0