STL 17 vs PIT 2

BOXSCORE: 2009 St. Louis Cardinals At 2009 Pittsburgh Pirates 5/2/2009

Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
S.Schumaker 2B 4 0 1 1 .250 N.McLouth LF 4 0 0 0 .125
C.Rasmus CF,RF 3 1 1 0 .242 A.McCutchen CF 4 0 2 0 .429
A.Pujols 1B 2 1 0 0 .270 F.Sanchez 2B 4 0 0 0 .125
C.Duncan LF 3 0 0 0 .210 G.Jones RF 2 1 0 0 .000
R.Ludwick RF 2 0 1 2 .274 A.Laroche 1B 4 1 1 2 .250
A-R.Ankiel PR,CF 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Laroche* 3B 4 0 1 0 .250
Y.Molina C 3 0 1 0 .375 R.Doumit C 3 0 2 0 .333
J.Thurston 3B 4 0 0 0 .148 J.Wilson SS 3 0 0 0 .167
R.Franklin P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-D.Young PH 1 0 0 0 .000
B.Ryan SS 3 1 1 0 .222 C.Morton P 1 0 0 0 .000
A.Wainwright P 2 0 1 0 .100 J.Grabow P 1 0 0 0 .000
C-B.Barden 3B 1 0 0 0 .300 M.Capps P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-N.Morgan PH 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Burnett P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 28 3 6 3 Totals 32 2 6 2

A-Pinch Ran For Ludwick In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Capps In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Wainwright In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 9th Inning

INJURY: Ryan Ludwick INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning

Cardinals....... 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 2
Pirates......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0

Cardinals (8-9) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Wainwright WIN(2-3) 7 5 2 2 2 5 1 103 3.53 A1 C9
R.Franklin SAVE(8th) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 37 0.00 D1
Totals 9 6 2 2 3 6 1

Pirates (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
C.Morton LOSS(0-1) 4 1/3 6 3 3 2 2 0 79 6.23 A1 C3
J.Grabow 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 34 0.00 C4 D2
M.Capps 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 D3 D3
S.Burnett 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 0.00 D4
Totals 9 6 3 3 5 3 0

ATTENDANCE- 34,943 DATE- TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Todd Tichenor, Doug Eddings, Hunter Wendelstedt, Dana Demuth
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7 Pirates: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 2 Pirates: 2
ERRORS- A.Pujols, J.Thurston
TRIPLES- A.McCutchen(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Laroche(1st)
STOLEN BASES- B.Ryan(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Ludwick
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Wainwright
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Schumaker
WALKS- C.Rasmus, A.Pujols, C.Duncan, Y.Molina, B.Ryan, G.Jones-2, R.Doumit
HIT BY PITCH- A.Pujols, R.Ludwick
STRIKE OUTS- C.Rasmus, C.Duncan, J.Thurston, N.McLouth-2, F.Sanchez, G.Jones,
J.Wilson, D.Young
GIDP- A.Pujols, C.Duncan, R.Doumit, J.Wilson

34,943 fans watched an exciting game at PNC Park. The St. Louis Cardinals
topped the Pittsburgh Pirates by the slimmest of margins, 3 to 2.

Pittsburgh surrendered all of the runs St. Louis needed in the 3rd inning with
3 runs utilizing 3 base hits. Brendan Ryan kicked off the action when he
smacked a single. Adam Wainwright stepped up next and he laid down a
sacrifice bunt. Ryan proceeded to steal third base. Skip Schumaker stepped
in and he hit a sacrifice fly. Colby Rasmus stepped into the box and lined a
base-hit. Albert Pujols added his contribution to the rally and was hit by a
pitch. Chris Duncan came next and he drew a walk to load the bases. Ryan
Ludwick then lined a single. That early run support was enough for
Wainwright(2-3) and St. Louis. The pitchers took over after the 4th inning
as neither team was able to score again.

Wainwright was helped out by Ryan Franklin who recorded his 8th save. Charlie
Morton(0-1) was charged with the loss. He pitched 4 and 1/3 innings allowing
6 hits and 2 walks.

The St. Louis ballclub's record now stands at 8-9. With this loss, Pittsburgh
has a 1-1 record of late, 1-1 overall.