Major League Baseball
San Diego Padres
3
St. Louis Cardinals
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Pinch hitter Jon Jay delivered a two-run double in the eighth inning and right fielder Shane Robinson threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the ninth to help the St. Louis Cardinals hold off the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Thursday night.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
J Goebbert singled to right, Y Grandal scored, A Amarista thrown out at home, C Nelson to second.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Jay doubled to deep center, K Wong and D Descalso scored, M Carpenter to third.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
R Liriano reached on infield single to third, T Medica scored, J Gyorko to second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Gyorko grounded into fielder's choice to first, W Venable scored, S Smith out at second, T Medica to third.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 12: foul
Pitch 11: foul
Pitch 10: foul
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Peralta homered to left center (408 feet), M Adams scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Middle of the 9th
T Medica struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
T Medica batting
W Venable walked, C Nelson to third, J Goebbert to second.
Pitch 4: ball 4
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
San Diego's Manager B Black ejected by B Davidson in the 9th.
W Venable batting
J Goebbert singled to right, Y Grandal scored, A Amarista thrown out at home, C Nelson to second.
Pitch 1: in play
J Goebbert batting
J Goebbert hit for N Vincent.
C Nelson walked, Y Grandal to third, A Amarista to second.
Pitch 7: ball 4
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Nelson batting
A Amarista singled to left, Y Grandal to second.
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Matt Carpenter3B13
Peter BourjosCF25
Matt HollidayLF7
Matt Adams1B18
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Mark Ellis2B3
Shane RobinsonRF38
Tony CruzC17
John LackeyP41
Jon JayCF9
Trevor RosenthalP40
Kolten Wong2B16
Seth ManessP63
Daniel DescalsoPH33
A.J. PierzynskiC15
Will VenableCF30
Tommy Medica1B37
Seth SmithLF12
Jedd Gyorko2B5
Yasmani GrandalC6
Rymer LirianoRF37
Alexi AmaristaSS2
Chris Nelson3B
Eric StultsP37
Alex TorresP54
Nick VincentP55
Jake GoebbertPH23
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