Also, David Freese and Nick Punto are back. Berkman is tied for the league lead in homers and near the top in several other categories, and Chris Carpenter finally learned that if he wants to win, he has to take the ball out of the hands of our bullpen (32 innings pitched over the last 4 games, averaging just below 120 pitches per game in that span, 3 wins in a row to show for it).
Looks like the Cardinals overcame the first big mid-season stumble just fine.
AND: We're still in first place in the division.
Edited, Jul 5th 2011 3:14pm by BrownDuck