Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
6
San Francisco Giants
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| SF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Carlos Beltran hit a go-ahead two-run single in the fifth against his former team and Shelby Miller beat the reigning World Series champion Giants in his second career start, spoiling Buster Posey's MVP party at AT&T Park with a 6-3 Cardinals win.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
M Carpenter singled to right center, S Robinson scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
P Sandoval homered to center (419 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
P Kozma singled to left, D Descalso scored.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
C Beltran singled to right, M Carpenter and M Holliday scored, A Craig to third.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Holliday singled to left, P Kozma scored, M Carpenter to second.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
P Sandoval singled to center, A Pagan scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
H Pence homered to center (418 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
C Beltran singled to right, M Carpenter scored, A Craig to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
End of the 9th
M Scutaro flied out to right.
Pitch 1: in play
M Scutaro batting
A Pagan singled to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Pagan batting
A Torres struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Torres batting
B Crawford flied out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
B Crawford batting
S Robinson in left field.
M Boggs relieved E Mujica.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
M Holliday grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Carpenter out at second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Holliday batting
S Casilla relieved J Lopez.
Showing the last 40 of 594 events.
STL wins series 2-1
Angel PaganCF16
Marco Scutaro2B19
Pablo Sandoval3B48
Buster PoseyC28
Hunter PenceRF8
Brandon Belt1B13
Gregor BlancoLF7
Brandon CrawfordSS35
Ryan VogelsongP14
Joaquin AriasPH1
George KontosP30
Hector SanchezPH63
Javier LopezP49
Santiago CasillaP46
Jose MijaresP50
Andres TorresLF56
Jon JayCF9
Matt Carpenter3B13
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Yadier MolinaC4
Daniel Descalso2B33
Pete KozmaSS38
Shelby MillerP77
Mitchell BoggsP41
Randy ChoateP
Fernando SalasP31
Edward MujicaP96
Shane RobinsonLF38
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