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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants

2001-06-29 · Night game · AT&T Park · Att: 41738 · 68°F, cloudy · Wind 15 mph to RF · 2:25

San Francisco Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. San Francisco Giants put up 2 in the 5th. Felix Rodriguez earned the win and Robb Nen picked up the save. Ray Lankford went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4
SFN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1		3	8

W: Felix Rodriguez L: Steve Kline SV: Robb Nen

Umpires — HP: Terry Craft · 1B: Bill Miller · 2B: Jim McKean · 3B: Jim Joyce · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Vina	4	0	0	0	0	0
Placido Polanco	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Edmonds	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mark McGwire	4	0	0	0	0	3
Albert Pujols	4	0	0	0	0	1
Craig Paquette	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Lankford	2	1	1	1	1	0
Mike Matheny	3	0	1	1	0	0
Darryl Kile	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Bonilla	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Calvin Murray	4	0	2	1	0	0
Rich Aurilia	4	0	1	0	0	1
Barry Bonds	1	1	0	0	3	0
Jeff Kent	4	0	1	0	0	1
Armando Rios	3	0	0	0	1	1
Ramon Martinez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Damon Minor	4	0	1	1	0	0
Edwards Guzman	4	1	2	0	0	0
Kirk Rueter	3	0	0	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	7.0	7	2	3
Steve Kline	0.0	0	1	0
Mike Timlin	1.0	1	1	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kirk Rueter	7.0	4	2	4
Felix Rodriguez	1.0	0	0	1
Robb Nen	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fernando Vina: 9/F9S
Placido Polanco: 4/P4D
Jim Edmonds: W
Mark McGwire: 8/F78XD+

Bot 1

Calvin Murray: 7/F7D+
Rich Aurilia: K
Barry Bonds: W
Jeff Kent: S/L8LM+.1-2
Armando Rios: K/C

Top 2

Albert Pujols: 43/G4
Craig Paquette: 8/F8RXD+
Ray Lankford: 43/G4

Bot 2

Ramon Martinez: 9/F89D+
Damon Minor: 9/F9D
Edwards Guzman: 7/F78D+

Top 3

Mike Matheny: 53/G56S
Darryl Kile: 8/F8RS
Fernando Vina: 7/F7M

Bot 3

Kirk Rueter: 13/G13-
Calvin Murray: 4/P4
Rich Aurilia: 6/P7S

Top 4

Placido Polanco: 43/G4
Jim Edmonds: K/C
Mark McGwire: K/C

Bot 4

Barry Bonds: 63/G4M
Jeff Kent: 7/F78D+
Armando Rios: 43/G4-

Top 5

Albert Pujols: 7/F78D+
Craig Paquette: 7/F7M
Ray Lankford: HR/F78XD+
Mike Matheny: 8/F8LM

Bot 5

Ramon Martinez: S7/G56+
Damon Minor: 5/P56S-
Edwards Guzman: S9/G34-.1-3
Kirk Rueter: 31/G34S-.3-H;1-2
Calvin Murray: S/L89S+.2-H
Rich Aurilia: S5/BG25-.1-2
Barry Bonds: W.2-3;1-2
Jeff Kent: K

Top 6

Darryl Kile: K
Fernando Vina: 7/F78D
Placido Polanco: S7/L7S
Jim Edmonds: 41/G34

Bot 6

Armando Rios: 43/G4-
Ramon Martinez: 9/F9D+
Damon Minor: 5/L56S+

Top 7

Mark McGwire: K/C
Albert Pujols: 9/F89M+
Craig Paquette: S7/L7M+
Ray Lankford: W.1-2
Mike Matheny: S8/L8LS+.2-H;1-3
Darryl Kile: 8/F8RD+

Bot 7

Edwards Guzman: S8/L8RM+
Kirk Rueter: 16(1)/FO
Calvin Murray: S7/L78S.1-2
Rich Aurilia: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 8

Fernando Vina: 8/F8LS
Placido Polanco: 53/G56
Jim Edmonds: K

Bot 8

Barry Bonds: W
Jeff Kent: 53.1-2
Armando Rios: IW
Ramon Martinez: 9/F9S-
Damon Minor: S9/G34.2-H;1-3
Edwards Guzman: 3/G

Top 9

Mark McGwire: K
Albert Pujols: K
Bobby Bonilla: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

great leaping catch to rob Pujols of homer, but Bonds hurt wrist; X-rays negative, but will miss at least tomorrow's game

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