St. Louis 5, Tampa Bay 4

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(25-19)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 11 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 5 11 1 WP: C. Perez (1-0) LP: G. Glover (0-2)	(26-20)

Scoring Summary

Top 2nd: Tampa Bay

- E. Hinske singled to right, E. Longoria scored, E. Hinske out at second

Top 3rd: Tampa Bay

- B.J. Upton doubled to right, A. Iwamura scored

Top 5th: Tampa Bay

- B. Zobrist stole third, B. Zobrist scored on J. LaRue's throwing error

Bot 6th: St. Louis

- S. Schumaker singled to left, C. Duncan scored, J. LaRue to third, C. Izturis to second

Bot 7th: St. Louis

- R. Ludwick homered to deep left

Top 8th: Tampa Bay

- C. Crawford homered to deep center

Bot 8th: St. Louis

- A. Miles singled to left center, C. Izturis and B. Ryan scored

Bot 9th: St. Louis

- S. Schumaker doubled to left, J. LaRue scored, C. Izturis to third

Tampa Bay
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Iwamura 2b	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.276
C. Crawford lf	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.282
B.J. Upton cf	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	.288
C. Pena 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.215
E. Longoria 3b	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.231
E. Hinske rf	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.250
G. Gross rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
D. Navarro c	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.368
B. Zobrist ss	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.333
E. Jackson p	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
J.P. Howell p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Floyd ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
D. Wheeler p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
T. Miller p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Reyes p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Gomes ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219
G. Glover p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	36	4	11	3	0	7	9

Batting 2B - E Longoria (6, K Lohse); D Navarro (4, K Lohse); A Iwamura (7, K Lohse); B Upton (11, K Lohse); B Zobrist 2 (2, K Lohse, M Parisi); C Pena (3, M Parisi). HR - C Crawford (4, 8th inning off M Parisi 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - E Hinske (19), B Upton (27), C Crawford (28). 2-out RBI - B Upton. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Pena 1, E Hinske 2, A Iwamura 1, B Zobrist 1. GIDP - C Crawford. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - B Zobrist (1, 3rd base off K Lohse/J LaRue), B Upton (9, 2nd base off K Lohse/J LaRue).

St. Louis
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
S. Schumaker cf	5	0	2	2	0	2	1	.286
A. Miles 2b	5	0	2	2	0	1	4	.315
A. Pujols 1b	5	0	3	0	0	0	3	.357
R. Ludwick rf	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	.336
T. Glaus 3b	4	0	0	0	1	1	5	.263
C. Duncan lf	4	1	1	0	1	1	3	.255
J. LaRue c	3	1	1	0	2	1	1	.132
K. Lohse p	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111
B. Barton ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.258
M. Parisi p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B. Ryan ph	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.298
C. Perez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Wainwright ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.207
C. Izturis ss	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	.257
Totals	34	5	11	5	10	9	25

Batting 2B - S Schumaker (9, G Glover). HR - R Ludwick (11, 7th inning off D Wheeler 0 on, 0 Out). S - K Lohse , S Schumaker. RBI - S Schumaker 2 (15), R Ludwick (29), A Miles 2 (7). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Izturis 1, C Duncan 2, T Glaus 3, A Pujols 2. Team LOB - 16.

Fielding E - J LaRue (1, throw). Outfield assists - R Ludwick (E Hinske at 2nd base). DP - 1 (A Miles-C Izturis-A Pujols).

Tampa Bay
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
E. Jackson	5.1	6	1	1	4	7	0	3.29
J.P. Howell (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.83
D. Wheeler (H, 11)	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	2.31
T. Miller (BS, 1)	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.40
A. Reyes	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.62
G. Glover (L, 0-2)	0.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	4.05
St. Louis
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
K. Lohse	6.0	8	3	2	0	5	0	4.71
M. Parisi	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	3.27
C. Perez (W, 1-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

IBB - R Ludwick (by Al Reyes).

Pitches-strikes - E Jackson 96-57; J Howell 14-7; D Wheeler 11-4; T Miller 8-3; Al Reyes 20-7; G Glover 17-10; K Lohse 78-54; M Parisi 35-21; C Perez 5-5.

Ground balls-fly balls - E Jackson 3-6; J Howell 1-0; D Wheeler 1-2; T Miller 1-0; Al Reyes 1-1; G Glover 0-0; K Lohse 8-4; M Parisi 2-2; C Perez 0-3.

Batters faced - E Jackson 26; J Howell 4; D Wheeler 5; T Miller 3; Al Reyes 4; G Glover 4; K Lohse 24; M Parisi 9; C Perez 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Brian Runge. 1B--Charlie Reliford. 2B--Mike Estabrook. 3B--Greg Gibson. Time: 2:59. (Plus ceremonies delay totaling 11 minutes in the 1st). Attendance: 46,392. Weather: 72 degrees, sunny. Wind: 18 mph, out to right.

Game Notes

THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO CEREMONIES.

Updated on Sunday, May 18, 2008 5:35 pm ET