Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
8
Cincinnati Reds
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| CIN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Allen Craig and Yadier Molina homered during a six-run sixth inning Friday night, and the St. Louis Cardinals opened a defining road trip by beating the Cincinnati Reds 8-5 and moving six games back of the NL Central leaders.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
M Carpenter hit sacrifice fly to center, S Schumaker scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
R Furcal singled to center, D Freese scored, S Schumaker to third.
Y Molina homered to right (363 feet).
A Craig homered to center (424 feet), C Beltran and M Holliday scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
S Rolen doubled to deep right, J Bruce scored, T Frazier to third.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
D Freese singled to center, Y Molina scored, D Freese to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
S Rolen struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
S Rolen batting
T Frazier singled to left, R Ludwick to second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
T Frazier batting
J Bruce flied out to left.
Pitch 1: in play
J Bruce batting
R Ludwick singled to left.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
R Ludwick batting
B Phillips grounded out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
B Phillips batting
D Descalso at third base.
J Motte relieved M Boggs.
R Jackson at second base.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
R Jackson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, A Craig out at second.
Pitch 6: in play
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STL wins series 2-1
Zack CozartSS7
Drew StubbsCF46
Brandon Phillips2B0
Ryan LudwickLF41
Jay BruceRF30
Todd Frazier1B99
Scott Rolen3B27
Ryan Michael HaniganC30
Mat LatosP57
Alfredo SimonP31
Xavier PaulPH28
Sam LeCureP63
Jon JayCF9
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Yadier MolinaC4
David Freese3B25
Rafael FurcalSS
Lance LynnP31
Ryan Jackson2B21
Edward MujicaP96
Mitchell BoggsP41
Jason MotteP30
Joe KellyP99
Matt CarpenterPH13
Fernando SalasP31
Daniel Descalso3B33
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