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Atlanta 6, St. Louis 5
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(16-12)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 9 2
Atlanta 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 6 8 0
WP: J. Venters (1-0)
LP: R. Franklin (0-3)
(14-15)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: St. Louis
- M. Holliday doubled to left, N. Punto and C. Rasmus scored
- L. Berkman doubled to center, M. Holliday scored
Top 5th: St. Louis
- A. Pujols singled to center, J. Garcia scored, C. Rasmus to second
Bot 5th: Atlanta
- A. Gonzalez homered to deep left, B. McCann scored
- B. Hicks singled to shallow left center, J. Mather scored, N. McLouth to third
Bot 7th: Atlanta
- A. Gonzalez safe at first on first baseman A. Pujols' fielding error, D. Uggla scored
- M. Prado singled to right, J. Mather scored, E. Hinske to second
Top 8th: St. Louis
- Y. Molina hit sacrifice fly to right center, M. Holliday scored, J. Jay to second
Bot 9th: Atlanta
- B. Conrad singled to center, A. Gonzalez scored, N. McLouth to second
 St. Louis
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
N. Punto 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222
    D. Descalso 2b-3b-2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
C. Rasmus cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .299
A. Pujols 1b-3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 .245
M. Holliday lf 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 .418
L. Berkman rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .398
D. Freese 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .356
    T. Greene 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
    J. Jay ph 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .226
    R. Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Y. Molina c 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .291
R. Theriot ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .303
J. Garcia p 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .071
    J. Motte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    M. Hamilton 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
 Totals 32 5 9 5 0 3 10 0 11  
 Batting
2B - M Holliday 2 (9, D Lowe, C Gearrin); L Berkman (9, D Lowe).
S - D Descalso.
SF - Y Molina.
RBI - A Pujols (19), M Holliday 2 (18), L Berkman (23), Y Molina (12).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Y Molina 1, R Theriot 1, J Garcia 2.
GIDP - M Holliday, R Theriot.
Team LOB - 6.
 Fielding
E - A Pujols (4, field); R Theriot (7, field).
DP - 1 (R Theriot-D Descalso-A Pujols).
 Atlanta
  AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB Season Avg 
M. Prado lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .252
J. Heyward rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 .252
C. Jones 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .270
B. McCann c 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .299
D. Uggla 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .196
A. Gonzalez ss 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .231
J. Mather 1b 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000
N. McLouth cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .253
D. Lowe p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111
    B. Hicks ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125
    S. Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    G. Sherrill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    E. O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    E. Hinske ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
    C. Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Venters p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    B. Conrad ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154
 Totals 33 6 8 5 1 2 6 0 7  
 Batting
2B - D Uggla (4, J Garcia).
HR - A Gonzalez (4, 5th inning off J Garcia 1 on, 1 Out).
S - J Mather.
RBI - M Prado (13), A Gonzalez 2 (10), B Hicks (1), B Conrad (1).
2-out RBI - M Prado.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Heyward 1.
GIDP - M Prado.
Team LOB - 5.
 Fielding
DP - 2 (A Gonzalez-D Uggla-J Mather, C Jones-B McCann-J Mather).
 St. Louis
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
J. Garcia 6.0 5 4 3 1 6 1 1.13 2.48  
J. Motte (BS, 1) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.18 1.42  
R. Franklin (L, 0-3) 1.1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.93 8.68  
 Atlanta
  IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP Season ERA 
D. Lowe 5.0 6 4 4 2 5 0 1.37 3.72  
S. Linebrink 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.71 4.82  
G. Sherrill 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.33 3.00  
E. O'Flaherty 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.24 1.32  
C. Gearrin (BS, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0.71 4.76  
J. Venters (W, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.57 0.57  
IBB - J Jay (by C Gearrin).
HBP - D Freese (by S Linebrink).
Pitches-strikes - R Franklin 30-16; J Garcia 99-61; J Motte 23-14; D Lowe 91-59; S Linebrink 7-5; G Sherrill 3-3; E O'Flaherty 15-10; C Gearrin 13-6; J Venters 8-5.
Ground balls-fly balls - R Franklin 2-3; J Garcia 6-8; J Motte 4-1; D Lowe 9-4; S Linebrink 1-1; G Sherrill 0-0; E O'Flaherty 1-0; C Gearrin 1-1; J Venters 2-0.
Batters faced - R Franklin 7; J Garcia 23; J Motte 6; D Lowe 22; S Linebrink 4; G Sherrill 1; E O'Flaherty 3; C Gearrin 5; J Venters 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Ted Barrett. 1B--Brian Runge. 2B--Tim McClelland. 3B--Marvin Hudson.
Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, varies.

Updated on Sunday, May 1, 2011 5:44 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 St. Louis
M. Holliday Matt Holliday
2-3
2 RBI
 Atlanta
A. Gonzalez Alex Gonzalez
1-4, 1 HR
2 RBI