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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

2005-06-26 · Day game · Busch Stadium II · 10 innings · Att: 45050 · 91°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph R to L · 3:06

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 3rd. John Grabow earned the win and Jose Mesa picked up the save. Jason Bay went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	7
SLN	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11

W: John Grabow L: Alberto Reyes SV: Jose Mesa

Umpires — HP: Brian Knight · 1B: Ted Barrett · 2B: Terry Craft · 3B: Alfonso Marquez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Lawton	3	1	0	0	1	0
Freddy Sanchez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Bay	4	2	3	4	0	0
Daryle Ward	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rob Mackowiak	4	0	1	0	0	0
Humberto Cota	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Castillo	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jack Wilson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Oliver Perez	1	1	1	0	0	0
Ryan Doumit	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tike Redman	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Eckstein	2	0	0	0	2	0
So Taguchi	3	0	0	0	0	0
Albert Pujols	4	0	2	0	1	1
Reggie Sanders	4	1	2	1	1	1
Mark Grudzielanek	5	0	1	0	0	0
Hector Luna	3	1	0	0	1	0
Abraham Nunez	3	1	3	0	1	0
Yadier Molina	3	1	2	3	0	1
Jason Marquis	2	0	1	0	0	1
Scott Rolen	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Edmonds	1	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Mabry	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Oliver Perez	6.0	7	5	2
Brian Meadows	1.0	0	0	2
Rick White	1.1	2	3	0
John Grabow	0.2	0	0	0
Jose Mesa	1.0	2	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Marquis	6.0	5	1	0
Brad Thompson	1.0	0	0	0
Ray King	0.2	0	0	0
Julian Tavarez	0.1	0	0	0
Jason Isringhausen	1.0	1	1	1
Alberto Reyes	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Lawton: 43/G4-
Freddy Sanchez: 53/G56S-
Jason Bay: D9/F9M-
Daryle Ward: 6/P6MD

Bot 1

David Eckstein: W
So Taguchi: 9/F9D
Albert Pujols: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 2

Rob Mackowiak: 43/G4
Humberto Cota: 3/P3F
Jose Castillo: 8/F8LXD

Bot 2

Reggie Sanders: HR/F8RXD+
Mark Grudzielanek: 4/P4MD-
Hector Luna: 53/G56S
Abraham Nunez: D7/F78XD+
Yadier Molina: HR/F7D+.2-H
Jason Marquis: K

Top 3

Jack Wilson: 9/L9M
Oliver Perez: S7/L7S
Matt Lawton: W.1-2
Freddy Sanchez: 7/F78D
Jason Bay: HR/F78XD+.2-H;1-H
Daryle Ward: 9/F9D

Bot 3

David Eckstein: W
So Taguchi: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S
Albert Pujols: S8/F78S-
Reggie Sanders: 54(1)/FO/G5

Top 4

Rob Mackowiak: 3/G3-
Humberto Cota: 53/G5
Jose Castillo: 9/L9M

Bot 4

Mark Grudzielanek: 3/P3F
Hector Luna: W
Abraham Nunez: SB2
Abraham Nunez: W
Yadier Molina: S9/DP/PASS/F89XD+.2-H;1X2(94);BX2(4)

Top 5

Jack Wilson: S6/G56
Oliver Perez: 13/SH.1-2
Matt Lawton: 3/LDP/L3+.2X2(36)

Bot 5

Jason Marquis: S1/G15+
David Eckstein: 7/F78D
So Taguchi: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 6

Freddy Sanchez: 43/G4M
Jason Bay: 9/F89XD
Daryle Ward: 31/G3

Bot 6

Albert Pujols: 53/G5
Reggie Sanders: W
Mark Grudzielanek: 9/F89D
Hector Luna: 7/F78XD

Top 7

Rob Mackowiak: S9/L9M+
Humberto Cota: 8/F78M
Jose Castillo: 7/F78D
Jack Wilson: 4(1)/FO/G4M

Bot 7

Abraham Nunez: S8/L8RS
Yadier Molina: K/BF
Scott Rolen: K
David Eckstein: 43/G4M

Top 8

Ryan Doumit: 9/F89D
Matt Lawton: 9/L9M
Freddy Sanchez: 53/G56+

Bot 8

Jim Edmonds: W
Albert Pujols: SB2
Albert Pujols: IW
Reggie Sanders: S3/BG34S.2-3;1-2
Mark Grudzielanek: 52(3)3/GDP/G56.2-3;1-2
Hector Luna: 63/G6

Top 9

Jason Bay: HR/F89D+
Daryle Ward: W
Rob Mackowiak: 8/L8RM
Humberto Cota: CS2(24)
Humberto Cota: K

Bot 9

Abraham Nunez: S1/G15+
Yadier Molina: 34/SH/BG3S-.1-2
Scott Rolen: WP.2-3
Scott Rolen: IW
Larry Walker: 2/P2LF
Jim Edmonds: 2/P2RF

Top 10

Jose Castillo: HR/L7D+
Jack Wilson: 5/P5F
Tike Redman: 8/F8RXD
Matt Lawton: HP
Freddy Sanchez: CS2(24)

Bot 10

Albert Pujols: S7/G56+
Reggie Sanders: K
Mark Grudzielanek: S8/G6M+.1-2
John Mabry: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Notes & reviews

Yadier Molina's hit near the wall and Abraham Nunez thought it was caught; he started back to 1B and passed Molina as Yadier was frantically waving him toward 2B; Molina out for passing Nunez, who then stopped in his tracks, very confused, and was tagged for the third out

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