Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
2
Cincinnati Reds
8
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CIN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Brandon Phillips hit his first home run in August, Mike Leake pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 on Saturday to strengthen their hold on the top spot in the NL Central.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
D Navarro singled to left, J Bruce scored, S Rolen to third.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
S Rolen singled to center, R Ludwick and T Frazier scored, J Bruce to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
B Phillips homered to right (376 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
S Robinson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, T Cruz scored, R Furcal out at second.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Bruce homered to right (432 feet), T Frazier scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
T Frazier grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, B Phillips scored, R Ludwick out at second.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
M Carpenter hit sacrifice fly to right, T Cruz scored, R Furcal to third, J Jay to second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
B Phillips singled to center, M Leake scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Middle of the 9th
D Descalso struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
D Descalso batting
D Descalso hit for M Rzepczynski.
R Furcal struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
R Furcal batting
T Cruz struck out swinging.
Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
T Cruz batting
J Hoover relieved J Broxton.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
B Phillips grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, D Stubbs out at second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Showing the last 40 of 574 events.
STL wins series 2-1
Zack CozartSS7
Drew StubbsCF46
Brandon Phillips2B0
Ryan LudwickLF41
Todd Frazier1B99
Jay BruceRF30
Scott Rolen3B27
Dioner NavarroC17
Mike LeakeP8
Sean MarshallP45
Chris HeiseyPH24
Jonathan BroxtonP30
J.J. HooverP40
Jon JayCF9
Matt Carpenter3B13
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Tony CruzC17
Rafael FurcalSS
Jaime GarciaP64
Shane RobinsonPH38
Brandon DicksonP53
Marc RzepczynskiP20
Daniel DescalsoPH33
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