The Baltimore Orioles scored early and often and once the Cardinals fell behind there was no catching up as Kyle Lohse gave up two long balls in the second inning during the Cardinals 11-3 loss on Thursday afternoon.
After a scoreless first inning, Lohse ran into problems giving up two homers. Both came with one on and two outs. The first was to Justin Christian. Then after Lohse allowed another baserunner, left fielder Nolan Reimold went deep to give the Orioles a 4-2 lead.
The Cardinals took the lead in the first on a double by Yadier Molina up the left field line. After Baltimore grabbed the lead, they got three more in the third off Ian Ostlund who walked two and gave up three hits.
Albert Pujols and Rick Ankiel did not play today. The Cardinals will travel to play the Mets tomorrow. Todd Wellemeyer will make the start.
