not so hot

Is there worry in St. Louis? The Cardinals have been passed by red-hot Pittsburgh in the National League Central and their ace, Lance Lynn, is in a bit of a tailspin. Former Ole Miss standout Lynn lost his second straight start on Tuesday night. He is 10-3 with a 3.75 ERA for the year, but the right-hander has a 4.45 ERA over his last 10 starts and has allowed 21 runs in his last five (30 2/3 innings). “He has the stuff to stop the bleeding,” Cards manager Mike Matheny told mlb.com. “He just couldn’t figure out how to do it.” St. Louis lost to the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 and slipped 2 games behind the Pirates in the division. Third-place Cincinnati is just 2 back of the Cardinals. … Roy Oswalt, the former Weir High and Holmes Community College star, has made three starts for Colorado. He is 0-3 with a 7.88 ERA. He took the loss Tuesday as the Rockies were rocked by the LA Dodgers 8-0. In 16 innings, Oswalt has yielded 27 hits. The Rockies, in dire need of pitching, are just 1.5 games behind first-place Arizona in the NL West, but the surging Dodgers are now just a game back of Colorado. P.S. Itawamba CC alumnus Desmond Jennings hit his 10th home run and swiped his 10th base in Tampa Bay’s 8-0 win over Houston on Tuesday. Only four other American League players have reached double digits in both homers and steals.