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Monday, Apr. 24 1:10pm ET
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GAME UPDATE
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GAME LOG
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Maybe it was just as well for St. Louis catcher Eli Marrero that Monday's game against Colorado was rained out. Marrero and Cardinals manager Tony La Russa were fuming about a veiled threat made by Colorado pitcher Scott Karl following Sunday's game, won by the Cardinals 6-3 in a rain-shortened 6½ innings. Any chance of retribution was washed away by light but persistent rains on Monday. The game will be made up Aug. 10. Karl was upset because Marrero took a 2-2 pitch on the elbow in the second inning, loading the bases for a two-out grand slam by Placido Polanco. Karl and manager Buddy Bell argued that Marrero didn't try to get out of the way. "If he wants to get hit so badly, I'm sure somebody else out there will accommodate him," Karl said Sunday. "As long as major league baseball lets people stand up there guarded like tanks, what can you do about it?" Those comments didn't sit well with La Russa or Marrero. "What's he supposed to do?," La Russa said Monday. "The ball was in off the plate. The ones you have a problem with is the guy who just stands there and doesn't make any attempt to move or he actually leans in. "Tell him (Karl) to get the ball with a little more command." Marrero told a Denver Post reporter that the pitch appeared to be a strike. "Maybe I leaned out a little too much," he said after Monday's game was called off. "If he (Karl) has got something to say, he can come over here and say it to me. He doesn't have to go out and take cheap shots at me." Umpires waited 1 hour, 44 minutes after the scheduled start before calling off the game. About an hour later, the rain stopped, but the outfield was drenched from more than 24 straight hours of rain. The Aug. 10 makeup date was a scheduled off-day for both teams. The Rockies will play in Denver against Pittsburgh Aug. 9, play in St. Louis, then go on to Montreal Aug. 11. The Cardinals conclude a series against Florida Aug. 9, then begin a six-game road trip in Milwaukee Aug. 11. The Cardinals' quirky early-season schedule would have had them concluding the season series against the Rockies on Monday. Though 12-7 overall, St. Louis is just 2-5 against Colorado. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Colorado Clubhouse St. Louis Clubhouse RECAPS Minnesota 7 NY Yankees 3
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