Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
5
San Francisco Giants
7
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| SF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Brandon Crawford hit a two-run single for his first RBIs since April and the San Francisco Giants capitalized on shoddy fielding by St. Louis to give Matt Cain support on a rare shaky day as the Giants beat the Cardinals 7-5 on Thursday.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Y Molina homered to center (417 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
C Culberson grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Pagan scored, E Burriss out at second, B Belt to third.
B Belt doubled to right center, B Posey scored, A Pagan to third.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
A Huff safe at second on throwing error by third baseman D Freese, B Belt scored.
E Burriss hit sacrifice fly to left, A Pagan scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Holliday homered to left center (395 feet), M Carpenter scored.
B Crawford singled to left, E Burriss and G Blanco scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
M Carpenter struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Carpenter batting
S Schumaker grounded out to first.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
S Schumaker batting
C Beltran popped out to shortstop.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Beltran batting
C Beltran hit for E Sanchez.
S Casilla relieved S Romo.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
A Pagan grounded into fielder's choice to second, B Posey out at second.
Pitch 7: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 1
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Pagan batting
Showing the last 40 of 659 events.
Series tied 1-1
Gregor BlancoRF7
Brandon CrawfordSS35
Melky CabreraLF53
Buster PoseyC28
Angel PaganCF16
Brandon Belt1B13
Emmanuel Burriss3B15
Charlie Culberson2B18
Matt CainP18
Aubrey HuffPH17
Jeremy AffeldtP41
Nate SchierholtzPH62
Sergio RomoP54
Santiago CasillaP46
Matt CarpenterRF13
Matt HollidayLF7
Lance Berkman1B27
David Freese3B25
Yadier MolinaC4
Daniel Descalso2B33
Shane RobinsonCF38
Adam WainwrightP50
Rafael FurcalSS
Victor MarteP66
Kyle McClellanP37
Mitchell BoggsP41
Eduardo SanchezP73
Carlos Ivan BeltranPH15
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