Major League Baseball
St. Louis Cardinals
3
Cincinnati Reds
0
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michael Wacha gave the Cardinals' tired bullpen a respite by throwing seven innings in the rain on Thursday afternoon, and St. Louis pulled away to a 3-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, taking
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Wong singled to center, Carpenter and Heyward scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Cruz singled to left, Heyward scored, Wong to third, Cruz to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
Phillips lined out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Phillips batting
Peña struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Peña batting
Peña hit for Axelrod.
Barnhart walked, Byrd to second.
Pitch 8: ball 4
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
Barnhart batting
Suárez flied out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Suárez batting
Byrd reached on infield single to second.
Pitch 1: in play
Byrd batting
Rosenthal relieved Choate.
Showing the last 40 of 574 events.
STL wins series 2-1
Brandon Phillips2B0
Jason BourgeoisCF4
Joey Votto1B37
Todd Frazier3B99
Jay BruceRF30
Marlon ByrdLF6
Eugenio SuarezSS28
Tucker BarnhartC18
Michael LorenzenP55
Burke BadenhopP72
Pedro VillarrealP62
Ivan De Jesus Jr.PH11
Dylan Davis AxelrodP39
Brayan PenaPH25
Matt Carpenter3B13
Stephen PiscottyLF26
Jason HeywardRF22
Randal GrichukCF34
Kolten Wong2B16
Brandon Moss1B37
Tony CruzC17
Greg GarciaSS4
Michael WachaP52
Jonathan BroxtonP30
Randy ChoateP
Trevor RosenthalP40
Peter BourjosCF25
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