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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
August 20, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 20, 2008 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 20, 2008 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 20, 2008 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jason Davis |
Home Starting Pitcher | Todd Wellemeyer |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 37,269 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Chad Fairchild 1B: Mark Wegner 2B: Jeff Kellogg 3B: Sam Holbrook |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Nyjer Morgan | Center Fielder |
Freddy Sanchez | Second Baseman |
Ryan Doumit | Catcher |
Adam LaRoche | First Baseman |
Jason Michaels | Right Fielder |
Brandon Moss | Left Fielder |
Andy LaRoche | Third Baseman |
Jack Wilson | Shortstop |
Jason Davis | Pitcher |
John Russell | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Skip Schumaker | Center Fielder |
Ryan Ludwick | Right Fielder |
Albert Pujols | First Baseman |
Rick Ankiel | Left Fielder |
Troy Glaus | Third Baseman |
Felipe Lopez | Shortstop |
Jason LaRue | Catcher |
Todd Wellemeyer | Pitcher |
Adam Kennedy | Second Baseman |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
August 20, 2008
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Wellemeyer
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Wellemeyer
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pujols fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Doumit vs. Wellemeyer
Doumit hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Sanchez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
LaRoche vs. Wellemeyer
LaRoche strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Michaels vs. Wellemeyer
Michaels hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pujols scoops it up and throws to first, with Wellemeyer covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Schumaker vs. Davis
Schumaker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Ludwick vs. Davis
Ludwick hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pujols vs. Davis
Pujols hits a line drive into left field. Moss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ankiel vs. Davis
Ankiel hits a popup, foul, towards third. LaRoche settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Wellemeyer
Moss strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
LaRoche vs. Wellemeyer
LaRoche hits a fly ball into right field. Ludwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Wellemeyer
Wilson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Davis
Glaus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Davis
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Glaus moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
LaRue vs. Davis
There's a wild pitch. Glaus moves to third. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
LaRue vs. Davis
LaRue hits a fly ball into right field. Michaels settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Glaus tags and scores. Lopez tags and moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Wellemeyer vs. Davis
Wellemeyer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lopez scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Davis
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaRoche fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Davis covering. It's a double play. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Wellemeyer
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Wellemeyer
Morgan hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Pujols, and into shallow right field. Morgan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sanchez vs. Wellemeyer
Sanchez hits a fly ball into right field. Ludwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Morgan moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Doumit vs. Wellemeyer
Doumit hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
LaRoche vs. Wellemeyer
LaRoche takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Michaels vs. Wellemeyer
The ball gets by LaRue for a passed ball. LaRoche moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Michaels vs. Wellemeyer
Michaels hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Schumaker vs. Davis
Schumaker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ludwick vs. Davis
Ludwick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moss. Ludwick reaches second base with a double. Schumaker moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pujols vs. Davis
Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wilson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Schumaker scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Ankiel vs. Davis
Ankiel hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Davis
Glaus strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Davis
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaRoche scoops it up and throws to first, with Davis covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Wellemeyer
Moss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ludwick. Moss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
LaRoche vs. Wellemeyer
LaRoche hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wellemeyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Wellemeyer
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Glaus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Wellemeyer
Davis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
LaRue vs. Davis
LaRue hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moss. LaRue reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Wellemeyer vs. Davis
Wellemeyer bunts towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. LaRue moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Kennedy vs. Davis
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaRoche juggles the ball. That's an error on LaRoche. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Schumaker vs. Davis
Schumaker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. LaRue scores. Kennedy moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ludwick vs. Davis
Ludwick hits a fly ball into right field. Michaels settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kennedy tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pujols vs. Davis
Pujols hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Schumaker moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Ankiel vs. Davis
There's a wild pitch. Schumaker moves to third. Pujols moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Ankiel vs. Davis
Ankiel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 123
Glaus vs. Davis
Glaus takes first base on ball four. Schumaker scores. Pujols moves to third. Ankiel moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Lopez vs. Sanchez
Romulo Sanchez now pitching.
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Wellemeyer
Morgan hits a line drive towards short. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Wellemeyer
Sanchez hits a fly ball into left field. Ankiel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Doumit vs. Wellemeyer
Doumit hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Ankiel. Doumit reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
LaRoche vs. Wellemeyer
LaRoche strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaRue vs. Sanchez
LaRue hits a ball on the ground towards third. LaRoche fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Sanchez
Brian Barton pinch hits for Todd Wellemeyer.
Barton is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Sanchez
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanchez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Springer
Russ Springer now pitching.
Michaels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Moss vs. Springer
Moss strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
LaRoche vs. Springer
LaRoche hits a line drive into center field. Schumaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Springer
Wilson hits a popup towards third. Glaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schumaker vs. Sanchez
Schumaker hits a popup towards short. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ludwick vs. Sanchez
Ludwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Pujols vs. Sanchez
Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards third. LaRoche fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rivas vs. Garcia
Jaime Garcia now pitching. Luis Rivas pinch hits for Romulo Sanchez.
Rivas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Garcia
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sanchez vs. Garcia
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Doumit vs. Garcia
Doumit hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ankiel vs. Hansen
Craig Hansen now pitching.
Ankiel hits a popup towards third. LaRoche settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Glaus vs. Hansen
Glaus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Hansen
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
LaRue vs. Hansen
LaRue hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Hansen
Garcia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Hansen
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaRoche scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kennedy for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
LaRoche vs. Garcia
Cesar Izturis now playing shortstop. Felipe Lopez now playing third base.
LaRoche hits a popup towards short. Izturis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Michaels vs. Garcia
Michaels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Moss vs. Garcia
Moss hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Michaels moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
LaRoche vs. Garcia
LaRoche takes first base on ball four. Michaels moves to third. Moss moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Wilson vs. Franklin
Ryan Franklin now pitching.
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Izturis scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Schumaker vs. Hansen
Schumaker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Ludwick vs. Hansen
Ludwick hits a ball on the ground towards third. LaRoche fields it and throws to first for the out. Schumaker moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Pujols vs. Hansen
There's a wild pitch. Schumaker moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Pujols vs. Hansen
Pujols hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moss. Pujols reaches second base with a double. Schumaker scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Ankiel vs. Hansen
Joe Mather pinch runs for Albert Pujols.
Ankiel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wilson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mather moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Izturis vs. Hansen
Izturis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pearce vs. Perez
Joe Mather now playing first base. Chris Perez now pitching. Steven Pearce pinch hits for Craig Hansen.
Pearce hits a fly ball into right field. Ludwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Perez
Morgan hits a popup towards short. Izturis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Perez
Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mather scoops it up and throws to first, with Perez covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/20/2008 -- Pittsburgh at St. Louis (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St. Louis AB R H RBI Morgan N, cf 3 1 1 0 Schumaker S, cf 4 3 3 1 Sanchez F, 2b 5 0 0 0 Ludwick R, rf 4 1 2 1 Doumit R, c 4 1 3 2 Pujols A, 1b 5 0 2 2 LaRoche A, 1b 3 0 0 0 Mather J, pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Michaels J, rf 4 0 2 0 Ankiel R, lf 4 1 1 2 Moss B, lf 4 0 2 0 Glaus T, 3b 2 2 1 1 LaRoche A, 3b 3 0 0 0 Izturis C, ss 1 0 0 0 Wilson J, ss 4 0 0 0 Lopez F, ss-3b 4 1 1 0 Davis J, p 2 0 0 0 LaRue J, c 3 2 2 3 Sanchez R, p 0 0 0 0 Wellemeyer T, p 1 0 1 1 Rivas L, ph 1 0 0 0 Barton B, ph 0 0 0 0 Hansen C, p 0 0 0 0 Springer R, p 0 0 0 0 Pearce S, ph 1 0 0 0 Garcia J, p 0 0 0 0 Franklin R, p 0 0 0 0 Perez C, p 0 0 0 0 Kennedy A, 2b 4 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 2 8 2 32 11 13 11 Pittsburgh 002 000 000 -- 2 St. Louis 023 300 21x -- 11 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Davis J (L) 3.2 9 8 6 3 1 Sanchez R 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 Hansen C 2.0 3 3 3 2 1 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO Wellemeyer T (W) 5.0 5 2 2 2 5 Springer R 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Garcia J 1.1 2 0 0 2 0 Franklin R 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Perez C 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 E -- LaRoche A DP -- Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 6 2B -- Morgan N, Ludwick R, Moss B, LaRue J, Doumit R, Pujols A HR -- Doumit R, Ankiel R, LaRue J SH -- Wellemeyer T SF -- LaRue J, Ludwick R HBP -- by Sanchez R (Barton B) WP -- Davis J 2, Hansen C PB -- LaRue J T -- 2:50 A -- 37269
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