Niese surrender eight runs on 11 hits in Tuesday's loss to St. Louis. Niese pitched five innings in an awful performance on Tuesday, walking one and striking out one. The Cardinals offense hammered everything Niese threw at them, and he just couldn't find an answer. Niese now holds a 3.72 ERA and an ugly 1.49 WHIP. He'll look to improve both of those numbers in his next start against Philadelphia.