I really don’t want to have to do takeaways for this game. It was really, really bad. The Cardinals dropped a sticker in the opening game of the series with the Rockies 11-3 as the defense imploded and John Lackey hit hard. Let’s dig in.

The Takeaways

• This was an UGLY game all around. U-G-L-Y ugly.

• The defense was awful, with both Kolten Wong and Matt Carpenter both being charged with errors. Carpenter had a brutal game all around, also failing to reach base.

• John Lackey was shelled, giving up 8 ER over 4 IP. He gave up a whopping 12 hits. He finished with a game score of 7. His ERA spiked from 2.93 to 3.74. That’s a massive jump. It’s sad that his season stat line was so marred by this game because Lackey had been excellent coming into this blow out.

• The only positives to take away from this game were two solo homers from Kolten Wong and Jon Jay. Ed Easley also recorded his first RBI on a sac fly.

On Yonder Horizon…

Hopefully things get back on track as Michael Wacha (8-1, 2.89 ERA) takes on Jorge De La Rosa (2-2, 6.15 ERA)