San Diego 3, St. Louis 1

Preview - Box Score - Recap - Series Breakdown

(88-74)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E San Diego 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 WP: C. Young (1-0) S: T. Hoffman (1) LP: J. Suppan (0-1)	(83-78)

Scoring Summary

Top 4th: San Diego

- R. Branyan tripled to right, A. Gonzalez and M. Cameron scored

- G. Blum hit sacrifice fly to right, R. Branyan scored

Bot 8th: St. Louis

- S. Taguchi homered to deep left

San Diego
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Series Avg
D. Roberts lf	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	.545
T. Walker 2b	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000
T. Hoffman p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B. Giles rf	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	.200
M. Piazza c	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.111
A. Embree p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Linebrink p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Barfield ph-2b	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250
A. Gonzalez 1b	3	1	2	0	2	1	0	.300
M. Cameron cf	3	1	1	0	2	0	5	.200
R. Branyan 3b	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	.182
K. Greene ss	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000
G. Blum ss-3b	3	0	1	1	1	0	3	.167
C. Young p	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000
R. Bowen c	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Totals	34	3	10	3	8	6	27

Batting 2B - M Cameron (1, J Suppan); R Branyan (1, J Suppan); G Blum (1, J Hancock); M Piazza (1, R Flores). S - D Roberts. SF - G Blum. RBI - R Branyan 2 (2), G Blum (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Cameron 2, T Walker 2, G Blum 2, C Young 1, K Greene 1. GIDP - T Walker. Team LOB - 14.

Base Running SB - D Roberts (1, 2nd base off J Suppan/Y Molina). Picked Off - M Piazza (1st base, Y Molina).    Fielding DP - 2 (R Branyan-T Walker-A Gonzalez, G Blum-T Walker-A Gonzalez).

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Series Avg
D. Eckstein ss	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.167
C. Duncan lf	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.167
T. Johnson p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B. Thompson p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Pujols 1b	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.417
J. Edmonds cf	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.300
S. Rolen 3b	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.091
J. Encarnacion rf	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.273
R. Belliard 2b	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500
Y. Molina c	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.222
S. Spiezio ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
G. Bennett c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Suppan p	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
J. Hancock p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Miles ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
R. Flores p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B. Looper p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Taguchi ph-lf	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Totals	30	1	5	1	3	11	11

Batting 2B - R Belliard (1, C Young). HR - S Taguchi (1, 8th inning off S Linebrink 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - S Taguchi (1). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Spiezio 1, J Edmonds 1, S Rolen 1. GIDP - Y Molina, A Pujols. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - D Eckstein (1, 2nd base off C Young/M Piazza).    Fielding E - C Duncan (1, line drive); Y Molina (1, throw). DP - 1 (J Suppan-D Eckstein-A Pujols).

San Diego
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Series ERA
C. Young (W, 1-0)	6.2	4	0	0	2	9	0	0.00
A. Embree (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
S. Linebrink (H, 1)	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	6.75
T. Hoffman (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Series ERA
J. Suppan (L, 0-1)	4.1	6	3	3	3	3	0	6.23
J. Hancock	1.2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0.00
R. Flores	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
B. Looper	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
T. Johnson	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
B. Thompson	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00

IBB - J Edmonds (by C Young), G Blum (by J Suppan).

Pitches-strikes - C Young 102-63; A Embree 7-4; S Linebrink 19-12; T Hoffman 7-6; J Suppan 82-41; J Hancock 35-19; R Flores 11-4; B Looper 18-12; T Johnson 12-6; B Thompson 14-10.

Ground balls-fly balls - C Young 3-8; A Embree 0-0; S Linebrink 3-0; T Hoffman 1-1; J Suppan 5-4; J Hancock 2-2; R Flores 1-0; B Looper 3-2; T Johnson 0-0; B Thompson 0-1.

Batters faced - C Young 25; A Embree 1; S Linebrink 4; T Hoffman 3; J Suppan 21; J Hancock 8; R Flores 3; B Looper 6; T Johnson 3; B Thompson 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Brian Gorman. 1B--Greg Gibson. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Marty Foster. LF--Gerry Davis. RF--Bill Welke. Time: 3:33. Attendance: 46,634. Weather: 66 degrees, sunny. Wind: 11 mph, right to left.

Updated on Sunday, Oct 8, 2006 3:42 am ET