St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 2
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(60-78)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1
St. Louis 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 6 7 0
WP: J. Pineiro (4-2) S: R. Franklin (1)
LP: M. Morris (8-9)
(68-67)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: St. Louis
- R. Ankiel doubled to deep right, D. Eckstein scored
- J. Edmonds hit sacrifice fly to left, R. Ankiel scored
Top 3rd: Pittsburgh
- N. Morgan grounded out to shortstop, R. Paulino scored, J. Wilson to third
- J. Bautista doubled to deep center, J. Wilson scored
Bot 3rd: St. Louis
- C. Duncan doubled to deep left, J. Edmonds, R. Ankiel and D. Eckstein scored
Bot 6th: St. Louis
- R. Branyan homered to deep right
 Pittsburgh
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
N. Morgan cf 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 .286
J. Bautista 3b 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 .260
F. Sanchez 2b 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .316
A. LaRoche 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 .267
J. Bay lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .253
S. Pearce rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .214
R. Paulino c 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 .253
J. Wilson ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .278
M. Morris p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .196
    J. Phelps ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .390
    F. Osoria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    N. McLouth ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .246
    R. Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 35 2 10 2 3 3 16  
 Batting
2B - J Bautista 2 (32, J Pineiro 2).
S - M Morris.
RBI - N Morgan (1), J Bautista (56).
2-out RBI - J Bautista.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A LaRoche 2, J Phelps 1, J Wilson 1, N McLouth 2.
Team LOB - 10.
 Base Running
SB - S Pearce (1, 2nd base off J Pineiro/Y Molina).
Picked Off - S Pearce (1st base, Y Molina).
 
 Fielding
E - J Bautista (15, ground ball).
DP - 1 (A LaRoche-J Wilson-F Sanchez).
 St. Louis
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. Eckstein ss 4 2 3 0 0 0 1 .293
R. Ankiel rf 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 .342
A. Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315
J. Edmonds cf 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 .248
    R. Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
C. Duncan lf 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 .264
    R. Springer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    T. Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    S. Schumaker cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .317
Y. Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .280
R. Branyan 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .204
J. Pineiro p 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .091
    R. Ludwick lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
M. Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
 Totals 30 6 7 6 3 4 6  
 Batting
2B - D Eckstein (14, M Morris); R Ankiel (5, M Morris); C Duncan (20, M Morris).
HR - R Branyan (10, 6th inning off F Osoria 0 on, 1 Out).
SF - J Edmonds.
RBI - R Ankiel (20), J Edmonds (42), C Duncan 3 (69), R Branyan (25).
2-out RBI - C Duncan 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Ankiel 1, Y Molina 1.
GIDP - Y Molina.
Team LOB - 4.
 Pittsburgh
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
M. Morris (L, 8-9) 5.0 5 5 5 3 2 0 4.54
F. Osoria 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.78
J. Grabow 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.30
R. Sanchez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.17
 St. Louis
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Pineiro (W, 4-2) 5.2 8 2 2 2 2 0 3.63
R. Springer (H, 10) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.47
T. Percival 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.33
R. Franklin (S, 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.93
Pitches-strikes - M Morris 89-53; F Osoria 9-9; J Grabow 14-9; R Sanchez 8-4; J Pineiro 107-64; R Springer 15-10; T Percival 18-11; R Franklin 9-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - M Morris 7-6; F Osoria 2-1; J Grabow 1-0; R Sanchez 3-0; J Pineiro 9-5; R Springer 1-2; T Percival 0-2; R Franklin 0-4.
Batters faced - M Morris 23; F Osoria 5; J Grabow 3; R Sanchez 3; J Pineiro 26; R Springer 4; T Percival 5; R Franklin 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Brian Knight. 3B--Mike Winters.
Time: 2:35.
Attendance: 42,300.
Weather: 84 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, right to left.

Updated on Wednesday, Sep 5, 2007 5:18 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Pittsburgh
J. Bautista J. Bautista
2-5
1 RBI
 St. Louis
C. Duncan C. Duncan
1-3
3 RBI