St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 3

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(80-47)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E St. Louis 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 12 0 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 1 WP: C. Carpenter (18-4) LP: K. Wells (7-13)	(54-73)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: St. Louis

- L. Walker singled to right, D. Eckstein scored

- J. Rodriguez singled to right, L. Walker and A. Pujols scored, J. Edmonds to third

- Y. Molina singled to right, J. Edmonds scored, J. Rodriguez to second

- D. Eckstein singled to center, J. Rodriguez scored, Y. Molina to third, C. Carpenter to second

Bot 1st: Pittsburgh

- R. Mackowiak singled to right, C. Duffy scored, N. McLouth out at third

Bot 4th: Pittsburgh

- R. Mackowiak doubled to deep left, B. Eldred scored

Top 5th: St. Louis

- J. Rodriguez homered to deep center

Bot 7th: Pittsburgh

- T. Wigginton grounded out to shortstop, R. Mackowiak scored

Top 8th: St. Louis

- D. Eckstein tripled to deep center, H. Luna scored

Top 9th: St. Louis

- A. Pujols homered to deep right

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Eckstein ss	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	.273
L. Walker rf	5	1	2	1	0	1	4	.275
A. Pujols 1b	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	.333
J. Edmonds cf	4	1	0	0	1	2	1	.266
A. Nunez 3b	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	.303
J. Rodriguez lf	4	2	2	3	0	2	0	.299
S. Taguchi lf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296
J. Mabry ph-lf	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.261
Y. Molina c	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	.256
H. Luna 2b	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	.286
C. Carpenter p	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.032
A. Reyes p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	39	8	12	8	4	8	16

Batting 3B - D Eckstein (6, R White). HR - J Rodriguez (4, 5th inning off R Vogelsong 0 on, 1 Out), A Pujols (34, 9th inning off J Mesa 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - L Walker (41), J Rodriguez 3 (15), Y Molina (35), D Eckstein 2 (44), A Pujols (97). 2-out RBI - D Eckstein 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - L Walker 3. Team LOB - 8.

Base Running SB - H Luna (7, 2nd base off R White/R Doumit).    Fielding Outfield assists - L Walker (N McLouth at 3rd base). DP - 1 (A Nunez-H Luna-A Pujols).

Pittsburgh
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Duffy cf	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.339
N. McLouth rf	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.208
J. Bay lf	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.305
B. Eldred 1b	4	1	0	0	0	3	3	.261
R. Mackowiak 2b	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	.270
R. Doumit c	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.247
T. Wigginton 3b	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	.209
J. Wilson ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238
K. Wells p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178
R. Vogelsong p	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
T. Redman ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258
M. Gonzalez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. White p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Ward ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269
J. Mesa p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	30	3	4	3	2	5	8

Batting 2B - R Mackowiak (18, C Carpenter). 3B - R Mackowiak (3, C Carpenter). RBI - R Mackowiak 2 (52), T Wigginton (15). 2-out RBI - R Mackowiak. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Wigginton 1. GIDP - B Eldred. Team LOB - 2.

Fielding E - N McLouth (2, bobble).

St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
C. Carpenter (W, 18-4)	8.0	4	3	3	2	4	0	2.34
A. Reyes	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.36
Pittsburgh
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
K. Wells (L, 7-13)	0.2	6	5	5	2	1	0	4.74
R. Vogelsong	4.1	3	1	1	1	4	1	4.76
M. Gonzalez	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.81
R. White	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.84
J. Mesa	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	3.55

WP - C Carpenter.

Pitches-strikes - C Carpenter 96-61; A Reyes 13-9; K Wells 38-24; R Vogelsong 65-42; M Gonzalez 18-13; R White 17-9; J Mesa 17-9.

Ground balls-fly balls - C Carpenter 15-5; A Reyes 1-1; K Wells 0-1; R Vogelsong 4-5; M Gonzalez 1-3; R White 1-1; J Mesa 1-2.

Batters faced - C Carpenter 29; A Reyes 3; K Wells 10; R Vogelsong 17; M Gonzalez 6; R White 5; J Mesa 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Jerry Crawford. 1B--Ed Rapuano. 2B--Ed Hickox. 3B--Phil Cuzzi. Time: 2:29. Attendance: 21,506. Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 9 mph, in from left.

Updated on Wednesday, Aug 24, 2005 9:38 pm ET