Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
6
St. Louis Cardinals
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| STL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Nelson Cruz snapped a ninth-inning tie with a two-run single through a drawn-in infield and the Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Friday night in the opener of a series between 2011 World Series opponents.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
N Cruz singled to center, I Kinsler and E Andrus scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 3 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
P Kozma scored on A Pierzynski's passed ball.
Pitch 6: foul
N Cruz singled to left, I Kinsler scored, E Andrus to second.
E Andrus singled to left, M Moreland and D Holland scored, I Kinsler to second.
End of the 9th
C Beltran lined out to left.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
M Carpenter to second on fielder's indifference.
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Beltran batting
M Carpenter walked.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Carpenter batting
M Adams struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 2
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Adams batting
M Adams hit for T Rosenthal.
P Kozma fouled out to catcher.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
P Kozma batting
J Nathan relieved N Cotts.
Bottom of the 9th inning
A Pierzynski grounded out to second.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Showing the last 40 of 585 events.
TEX wins series 3-0
Matt Carpenter2B13
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Matt HollidayLF7
Allen Craig1B11
Yadier MolinaC4
David Freese3B25
Jon JayCF9
Pete KozmaSS38
Tyler LyonsP58
Joe KellyP99
Randy ChoateP
Ty WiggintonPH8
Trevor RosenthalP40
Matt AdamsPH18
Ian Kinsler2B3
Elvis AndrusSS18
Nelson CruzRF32
Adrian Beltre3B29
A.J. PierzynskiC15
Mitch Moreland1B18
David MurphyLF18
Leonys MartinCF17
Derek HollandP49
Jurickson ProfarPH17
Neal CottsP
Joe NathanP74
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