Major League Baseball
Cincinnati Reds
1
St. Louis Cardinals
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| STL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
John Lackey powered back into the St. Louis postseason rotation picture with 7 2/3 dominant innings, and Randal Grichuk and Matt Holliday hit consecutive homers in the first inning of the Cardinals' 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 2: strike 0 (bunted foul)
Z Cozart singled to right center, D Mesoraco scored, J Bruce to second, Z Cozart out stretching at second.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
M Holliday homered to center (418 feet).
R Grichuk homered to left center (400 feet).
Pitch 1: in play
Middle of the 9th
R Ludwick flied out to center.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
R Ludwick batting
S Maness relieved R Choate.
J Bruce struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Bruce batting
R Choate relieved T Rosenthal.
B Phillips singled to center, T Frazier to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
B Phillips batting
D Mesoraco struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Mesoraco batting
T Frazier walked.
Pitch 6: ball 4
Pitch 5: ball 3
Showing the last 40 of 508 events.
STL wins series 2-1
Matt Carpenter3B13
Randal GrichukRF34
Matt HollidayLF7
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Matt Adams1B18
Yadier MolinaC4
Jon JayCF9
Pete Kozma2B38
John LackeyP41
Sam FreemanP77
Trevor RosenthalP40
Randy ChoateP
Seth ManessP63
Billy HamiltonCF0
Brayan Pena1B25
Todd Frazier1B99
Devin MesoracoC29
Brandon Phillips2B0
Jay BruceRF30
Ryan LudwickLF41
Zack CozartSS7
David A. HolmbergP97
Kristopher Negron3B45
Pedro VillarrealP62
Chris HeiseyPH24
Sam LeCureP63
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