St. Louis 5, Detroit 0
Preview - Box Score - Recap - Series Breakdown

(95-67)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
St. Louis 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 X 5 7 0
WP: C. Carpenter (1-0)
LP: N. Robertson (0-1)
(83-78)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 4th: St. Louis
- J. Edmonds doubled to right, S. Rolen and A. Pujols scored, R. Belliard to third
Bot 7th: St. Louis
- A. Pujols reached on fielder's choice, P. Wilson and D. Eckstein scored on pitcher J. Zumaya's throwing error
Bot 8th: St. Louis
- S. Taguchi scored, D. Eckstein to third, P. Wilson to second on wild pitch
 Detroit
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
C. Granderson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
C. Monroe lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273
P. Polanco 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
C. Guillen ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500
I. Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
S. Casey 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333
B. Inge 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .300
    F. Rodney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    Z. Miner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
N. Robertson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    A. Gomez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    W. Ledezma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Zumaya p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Grilli p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    N. Perez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    O. Infante ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 28 0 3 0 0 6 3  
 Batting
S - N Robertson.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Granderson 1.
GIDP - B Inge.
Team LOB - 2.
 Fielding
E - J Zumaya (1, throw).
DP - 1 (N Perez-S Casey).
 St. Louis
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
D. Eckstein ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 .154
P. Wilson lf 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 .143
A. Pujols 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200
S. Rolen 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .417
R. Belliard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000
J. Edmonds cf 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 .444
Y. Molina c 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 .273
S. Taguchi rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 .143
C. Carpenter p 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000
    B. Looper p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 30 5 7 2 8 5 20  
 Batting
2B - A Pujols (1, N Robertson); J Edmonds (2, N Robertson); Y Molina (1, W Ledezma).
S - C Carpenter.
RBI - J Edmonds 2 (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Carpenter 3, R Belliard 1, Y Molina 1.
GIDP - S Rolen.
Team LOB - 11.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (S Rolen-R Belliard-A Pujols).
 Detroit
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
N. Robertson (L, 0-1) 5.0 5 2 2 3 3 0 3.60
W. Ledezma 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
J. Zumaya 1.0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0.00
J. Grilli 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
F. Rodney 0.1 1 1 1 2 0 0 6.75
Z. Miner 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
 St. Louis
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
C. Carpenter (W, 1-0) 8.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0.00
B. Looper 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
WP - C Carpenter, Z Miner.
IBB - Y Molina (by N Robertson), J Edmonds (by J Grilli).
HBP - A Pujols (by Z Miner).
Pitches-strikes - N Robertson 93-54; W Ledezma 10-5; J Zumaya 24-11; J Grilli 11-5; F Rodney 17-6; Z Miner 8-5; C Carpenter 82-55; B Looper 11-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - N Robertson 3-9; W Ledezma 0-0; J Zumaya 2-1; J Grilli 2-0; F Rodney 1-0; Z Miner 2-0; C Carpenter 12-6; B Looper 2-1.
Batters faced - N Robertson 23; W Ledezma 2; J Zumaya 6; J Grilli 3; F Rodney 4; Z Miner 2; C Carpenter 26; B Looper 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Mike Winters. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Tim Mcclelland. LF--Randy Marsh. RF--Alfonso Marquez.
Time: 3:03.
Attendance: 46,513.
Weather: 43 degrees, clear.
Wind: 6 mph, right to left.

Updated on Wednesday, Oct 25, 2006 2:55 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Detroit
S. Casey S. Casey
2-3
0 RBI
 St. Louis
J. Edmonds J. Edmonds
1-2
2 RBI