Jason Motte News

There seems to be some generalized angst about the bullpen as of late. Losing a string of one run games, some in extra innings, will do that to you, I suppose.

Adam Henrique scored off a wild scramble in front at 1:03 into overtime and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 to advance to their first Stanley Cup finals since 2003.

Adam Henrique scored off a wild scramble in front at 1:03 into overtime and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Rangers 3-2 to advance to their first Stanley Cup finals since 2003.

Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning off Jason Motte and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St.

Sure, there's the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Padres.

St. Louis, MO - Tyler Greene belted a go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to propel the Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres in the opener of a three-game series on Monday from Busch Stadium.

St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina leaps toward relief pitcher Jason Motte after the Cardinals clinched their 2011 World Series win over the Texas Rangers in seven games.

Jaime Garcia threw 7 1/3 innings of one- run ball and the St. Louis Cardinals downed the San Francisco Giants, 4-1, in the opener of a two-game series on Wednesday.

Red Sox 5, Mariners 0 : That Josh Beckett is such a disgrace! He's poisoning this team, I tell you, poisoning them! Oh, wait, he pitched well? Seven shutout innings while striking out nine? Well, in that case, I stand corrected.

The Cubs clubhouse was upbeat and noisy Tuesday morning with the chance of sweeping St.

Man, that happens every time I try to post the picture I have to go along with Eduardo Sanchez's nickname.

The Cardinals bullpen has been quite good this year. They are in the top half of MLB in terms of ERA and #7 if you evaluate them on their peripherals with FIP.

In the ninth inning of a the Cardinals ' tidy 6-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks , the Redbirds got a scare when Yadier Molina took a 96-mph fastball off the back of his catching hand when he crossed signals with pitcher Mitchell Boggs.

Across SB Nation's baseball network, this week, we've been asked to write about great Grooming Moments in baseball history, and as sad as this might make Jason Motte and Al Hrabosky hirsute relievers didn't even cross my mind when I thought about who to write up.

What a week. Not only did the Cubs post a 4-2 record, but they also did it against the Cardinals - two come from behind walk-off wins - and the Phillies .