Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
5
Los Angeles Dodgers
8
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| LAD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Luis Cruz greeted St. Louis reliever Edwin Mujica with a first-pitch, three-run homer in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers tightened up the NL wild card race with an 8-5 victory over the Cardinals on Friday night.
S Schumaker grounded out to shortstop, Y Molina scored.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Gonzalez doubled to center, E Herrera and S Victorino scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
L Cruz homered to left (411 feet), A Ethier and H Ramirez scored.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 11: foul
Pitch 10: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 5: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Ethier homered to right center (405 feet), S Victorino scored.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
M Holliday homered to right (389 feet), C Beltran scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
L Cruz grounded out to second, A Gonzalez scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
M Carpenter homered to center (408 feet).
Y Molina homered to left center (402 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
A Chambers lined out to center.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Chambers batting
A Chambers hit for P Kozma.
S Schumaker grounded out to shortstop, Y Molina scored.
Pitch 1: in play
S Schumaker batting
S Schumaker hit for F Salas.
D Freese grounded out to shortstop, Y Molina to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Y Molina to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
D Freese batting
Y Molina singled to left center.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
Y Molina batting
B League relieved J Wright.
Top of the 9th inning
A Ellis grounded out to third.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
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Shane VictorinoLF8
Andre EthierRF16
Matt KempCF25
Adrian Gonzalez1B23
Hanley RamirezSS13
Luis Cruz3B
Nick Punto2B1
A.J. EllisC17
Chris CapuanoP39
Matt GuerrierP54
Bobby AbreuPH53
Shawn TollesonP38
Randy ChoateP
Elian HerreraPH48
Jamey WrightP96
Brandon LeagueP43
Jon JayCF9
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Yadier MolinaC4
David Freese3B25
Matt Carpenter2B13
Pete KozmaSS38
Joe KellyP99
Trevor RosenthalP40
Edward MujicaP96
Sam FreemanP77
Victor MarteP66
Marc RzepczynskiP20
Fernando SalasP31
Adron ChambersPH40
Daniel Descalso2B33
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