Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
4
Atlanta Braves
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Matt Carpenter's two-run double in the fifth inning helped carry the St. Louis Cardinals past the slumping Atlanta Braves, who shook up their lineup but still lost their seventh in a row, 4-3 Monday night.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
R Pena homered to left center (399 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 3: foul
B Upton hit sacrifice fly to left, F Freeman scored.
E Gattis singled to right, J Upton scored, F Freeman to third.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Y Molina grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, J Peralta scored, P Bourjos out at third, M Carpenter to second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 3 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
P Bourjos singled to right center, A Craig scored, J Peralta to second.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
M Holliday singled to left, M Carpenter scored.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
M Carpenter doubled to center, P Bourjos and M Ellis scored.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
J Upton struck out looking.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Upton batting
J Heyward walked.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Heyward batting
R Pena flied out to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
R Pena batting
J Schafer sacrificed to third, A Simmons to second.
Pitch 1: in play
J Schafer batting
J Schafer hit for L Avilan.
A Simmons singled to center.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Simmons batting
T Rosenthal relieved C Martinez.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Showing the last 40 of 612 events.
STL wins series 2-1
Jason HeywardRF22
Justin UptonLF8
Freddie Freeman1B5
Evan GattisC11
B.J. UptonCF0
Chris Johnson3B92
Andrelton SimmonsSS19
Aaron HarangP34
Ramiro Pena2B1
Anthony VarvaroP43
Tyler PastornickyPH
David CarpenterP77
Luis AvilanP70
Jordan SchaferPH19
Matt Carpenter3B13
Yadier MolinaC4
Matt HollidayLF7
Matt Adams1B18
Allen CraigRF11
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Peter BourjosCF25
Mark Ellis2B3
Shelby MillerP77
Pat NeshekP93
Kevin SiegristP54
Carlos MartinezP18
Jon JayPH9
Randal GrichukPH34
Trevor RosenthalP40
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