Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
5
Oakland Athletics
7
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| OAK | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Jed Lowrie hit a go-ahead, two-run home run in the fourth inning, Tommy Milone overcame a rocky start to win for the first time in nearly four weeks and the Oakland Athletics held on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 on Sunday.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
J Donaldson homered to right (392 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
J Lowrie homered to right (382 feet), C Young scored.
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
B Moss doubled to center, S Smith scored, Y Cespedes to third, Y Cespedes scored on error by second baseman M Carpenter.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Holliday safe at first on error by shortstop J Lowrie, C Beltran scored.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
M Carpenter homered to right (378 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Y Cespedes doubled to deep right center, J Lowrie scored.
J Lowrie singled to right, S Smith scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
A Craig homered to left (407 feet).
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
M Carpenter grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Carpenter batting
M Adams struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Adams batting
M Adams hit for P Kozma.
D Descalso flied out to center.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
D Descalso batting
D Descalso hit for S Robinson.
G Balfour relieved R Cook.
D Norris catching.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
C Young struck out looking.
Showing the last 40 of 575 events.
OAK wins series 2-1
Coco CrispCF4
Seth SmithDH12
Jed LowrieSS8
Yoenis CespedesLF52
Brandon Moss1B37
Josh Donaldson3B3
Josh ReddickRF22
Stephen VogtC21
Eric Sogard2B4
Chris YoungCF24
Derek NorrisC33
Matt Carpenter2B13
Yadier MolinaC4
Carlos Ivan BeltranRF15
Allen Craig1B11
Matt HollidayDH7
David Freese3B25
Ty Wigginton1B8
Shane RobinsonLF38
Pete KozmaSS38
Jon JayCF9
Daniel DescalsoPH33
Matt AdamsPH18
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