Joel Pineiro trusts his sinking fastball again, and that's making all the difference this season. A year after injuries left him shaken with an ugly ERA, the veteran right-hander scattered three hits in his third complete game this year and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to a 5-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday. Pineiro (7-9) benefited from three double plays and faced just one batter over the minimum. He struck out five without a walk on 100 pitches.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 5/15	StL	PPD
Sat 5/16	StL	MIL 1 at STL 0	W: Suppan L: Wainwright
Sun 5/17	StL	MIL 8 at STL 2	W: Parra L: Wellemeyer
Mon 5/18	StL	MIL 8 at STL 4	W: Looper L: Lohse
Mon 5/25	Mil	STL 0 at MIL 1	W: Villanueva L: McClellan
Tue 5/26	Mil	STL 8 at MIL 1	W: Wainwright L: Suppan
Wed 5/27	Mil	STL 3 at MIL 2	W: Wellemeyer L: Parra
Tue 7/7	Mil	STL 5 at MIL 0	W: Wainwright L: Gallardo
Wed 7/8	Mil	STL 4 at MIL 5	W: Coffey L: Motte
Thu 7/9	Mil	STL 5 at MIL 1	W: Pineiro L: Villanueva
Tue 9/1	StL	MIL 6 at STL 7	W: Pineiro L: Weathers
Wed 9/2	StL	MIL 3 at STL 10	W: Carpenter L: Bush
Thu 9/3	StL	MIL 4 at STL 3	W: Parra L: Smoltz
Mon 9/7	Mil	STL 3 at MIL 0	W: Carpenter L: Bush
Tue 9/8	Mil	STL 4 at MIL 3	W: Hawksworth L: Hoffman
Wed 9/9	Mil	STL 5 at MIL 1	W: Wainwright L: Suppan
Fri 10/2	StL	MIL 12 at STL 6	W: Looper L: McClellan
Sat 10/3	StL	MIL 5 at STL 4	W: Villanueva L: Lohse
Sun 10/4	StL	MIL 9 at STL 7	W: Hoffman L: Wellemeyer

Box Scores

Cardinals (47 - 40) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Brewers (44 - 41) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. B Ryan, SS 5 1 2 1 0 2. C Rasmus, CF 3 0 0 0 0 2. J LaRue, PH 0 1 0 0 1 2. J Thurston, 3B 1 0 1 0 0 3. A Pujols, 1B 5 1 2 1 0 4. R Ludwick, RF 5 1 1 3 0 5. N Stavinoha, LF 3 0 1 0 0 5. R Ankiel, PH-CF 1 0 1 0 0 6. Y Molina, C 4 0 0 0 0 7. J Hoffpauir, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 8. J Pineiro, P 4 0 2 0 0 9. B Barden, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 9. S Schumaker, PH-LF 2 1 1 0 0 Totals 38 5 11 5 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Counsell, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2. J Hardy, SS 3 0 0 0 0 3. R Braun, LF 3 0 0 0 0 4. P Fielder, 1B 3 1 2 0 0 5. C McGehee, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 6. M Cameron, CF 3 0 1 1 0 7. F Catalanotto, RF 3 0 0 0 0 8. M Rivera, C 3 0 0 0 0 9. M Parra, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. C Villanueva, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Stetter, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. T Coffey, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. C Smith, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Gamel, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 1 3 1 0
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Pineiro (W, 7-9) 9.0 3 1 1 0 5 3.20		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* M Parra 7.0 3 0 0 1 7 6.78 C Villanueva (L, 2-5) (BS, 5) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 5.08 M Stetter 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 2.57 T Coffey 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 2.86 C Smith 1.0 3 0 0 0 2 2.14
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: A Pujols (21) 3B: B Ryan (3) HR: R Ludwick (13) BASERUNNING SB: B Ryan (8)CS: R Ankiel (2)		BATTING 2B: P Fielder (21)

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Player News

Cardinals Khalil Greene (STL) News: Greene filed for free agency, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 6, 2009) Jason LaRue (STL) News: LaRue filed for free agency, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 6, 2009) John Smoltz (STL) News: Smoltz filed for free agency, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 6, 2009)

Brewers Rickie Weeks (MIL) News: Weeks will miss the rest of the season because of a tear in his left wrist. The second baseman hurt himself while striking out Sunday in St. Louis. He had an MRI exam Monday, and it revealed the startling injury.  (STATS - Sun. Nov 8, 2009) Mark DiFelice (MIL) News: DiFelice's season is over due to problems with his surgically repaired right shoulder, MLB.com reports.  (STATS - Sun. Nov 8, 2009) David Riske (MIL) News: Riske is scheduled to have elbow surgery, and could miss the rest of the season.  (STATS - Sun. Nov 8, 2009)