St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 2

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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 7 11 1 Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 11 0 WP: M. Morris (10-6) LP: J. Sanchez (0-2)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Cincinnati

-B. Larkin singled to pitcher, R. Freel scored, B. Larkin to second on pitcher M. Morris' throwing error

Top 4th: St. Louis

-A. Pujols homered to deep left, E. Renteria scored

-S. Taguchi reached on bunt single to third, R. Sanders scored

-M. Matheny doubled to deep center, S. Taguchi scored

Top 6th: St. Louis

-M. Morris singled to center, J. Edmonds scored, M. Matheny to second

Bot 6th: Cincinnati

-B. Larson grounded into fielder's choice, D. Jimenez scored, W. Pena to third, J. LaRue out at second

Top 7th: St. Louis

-S. Rolen homered to deep left center, E. Renteria scored

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
T. Womack 2b	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.317
E. Renteria ss	5	2	4	0	0	0	1	.291
A. Pujols 1b	5	1	1	2	0	0	3	.303
S. Rolen 3b	5	1	1	2	0	2	2	.337
R. Sanders rf	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.255
J. Edmonds cf	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	.281
S. Taguchi lf	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.260
M. Matheny c	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.255
M. Morris p	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.150
S. Kline p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Anderson ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
R. King p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Tavarez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Isringhausen p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Totals	37	7	11	7	3	4	12

Batting 2B - M Matheny (13, J Sanchez); E Renteria (22, J Riedling). HR - A Pujols (23, 4th inning off J Sanchez 1 on, 0 Out), S Rolen (19, 7th inning off J Riedling 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Pujols 2 (62), S Taguchi (12), M Matheny (25), M Morris (5), S Rolen 2 (82). 2-out RBI - S Taguchi, M Matheny, M Morris. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Womack 1, M Morris 1. GIDP - A Pujols. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running SB - R Sanders (14, 2nd base off J Sanchez/J LaRue).    Fielding E - M Morris (1, throw). DP - 1 (T Womack-A Pujols).

Cincinnati
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
R. Freel cf	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.283
B. Larkin ss	5	0	1	0	0	2	1	.293
S. Casey 1b	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.346
A. Dunn lf	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	.266
D. Jimenez 2b	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	.263
W. Pena rf	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	.282
J. LaRue c	4	0	1	0	0	1	4	.228
B. Larson 3b	4	0	0	1	0	1	5	.214
J. Sanchez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Cruz ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.253
R. Wagner p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Valentin ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.172
J. Riedling p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
P. Norton p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
T. Van Poppel p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133
J. Vander Wal ph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
Totals	36	2	11	1	2	7	21

Batting 2B - A Dunn (16, M Morris); W Pena (4, M Morris). S - J Sanchez. RBI - B Larson (14). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Larson 1, D Jimenez 1, J Cruz 1, J Valentin 1, S Casey 1, R Freel 1, W Pena 1. Team LOB - 10.

Base Running SB - R Freel (15, 2nd base off M Morris/M Matheny).    Fielding DP - 1 (B Larkin-S Casey).

St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
M. Morris (W, 10-6)	6.0	8	2	1	1	4	0	4.20
S. Kline	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.91
R. King	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.39
J. Tavarez	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.00
J. Isringhausen	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76
Cincinnati
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Sanchez (L, 0-2)	4.0	5	4	4	2	2	1	7.53
R. Wagner	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	5.79
J. Riedling	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	4.10
P. Norton	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.66
T. Van Poppel	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.70

Pitches-strikes - M Morris 113-68; S Kline 13-8; R King 5-4; J Tavarez 7-10; J Isringhausen 16-6; J Sanchez 70-43; R Wagner 39-23; J Riedling 12-9; P Norton 13-7; T Van Poppel 19-11.

Ground balls-fly balls - M Morris 10-4; S Kline 0-1; R King 0-0; J Tavarez 1-0; J Isringhausen 3-0; J Sanchez 8-2; R Wagner 1-5; J Riedling 0-2; P Norton 1-2; T Van Poppel 0-2.

Batters faced - M Morris 27; S Kline 3; R King 2; J Tavarez 3; J Isringhausen 4; J Sanchez 18; R Wagner 10; J Riedling 5; P Norton 3; T Van Poppel 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Gerry Davis. 1B--Bruce Dreckman. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Greg Gibson. Time: 3:00. Attendance: 31,961. Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, out to center.

Game Notes

CINCINNATI'S RYAN FREEL SINGLED IN THE FIRST INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 10 GAMES.

Updated on Thursday, Jul 15, 2004 10:16 pm ET