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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2007-09-29 · Night game · PNC Park · Att: 35169 · 67°F, sunny · Wind 1 mph L to R · 2:32

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 2nd. Adam Wainwright earned the win. Rick Ankiel went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	7	14
PIT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6

W: Adam Wainwright L: Tom Gorzelanny SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Gerry Davis · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Paul Nauert · 3B: Mike DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Eckstein	5	0	2	1	0	0
So Taguchi	5	1	2	1	0	0
Albert Pujols	5	1	3	1	0	0
Ryan Ludwick	3	1	0	0	1	1
Miguel Cairo	3	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Ankiel	4	1	3	3	0	0
Gary Bennett	4	1	3	1	0	0
Adam Wainwright	2	0	0	0	0	1
Aaron Miles	2	1	0	0	2	0
Brian Barden	2	0	0	0	0	1
Skip Schumaker	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nyjer Morgan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Matt Kata	3	0	0	0	0	0
Adam LaRoche	3	1	1	1	0	1
Xavier Nady	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Bautista	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ronny Paulino	3	0	2	0	1	1
Steve Pearce	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jack Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Gorzelanny	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cesar Izturis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Phelps	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Adam Wainwright	7.0	6	1	2
Randy Flores	0.2	0	0	0
Ryan Franklin	0.1	0	0	1
Brian Falkenborg	1.0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Gorzelanny	6.0	11	3	1
Romulo Sanchez	1.0	0	0	1
Salomon Torres	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

David Eckstein: 7!/F78S
So Taguchi: 63/G6
Albert Pujols: 9/F9S

Bot 1

Nyjer Morgan: D9/F9D
Matt Kata: 53/SH/BG25.2-3
Adam LaRoche: DGR/F7LM.3-H
Xavier Nady: 9/F89D+.2-3
Jose Bautista: D7/G5.3-H
Ronny Paulino: W
Steve Pearce: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Jack Wilson: 9/F89M

Top 2

Ryan Ludwick: W
Miguel Cairo: S9/G34.1-3
Rick Ankiel: S9/G34.3-H;1-3
Gary Bennett: S5.3-H;1-2
Adam Wainwright: PO2(26)
Adam Wainwright: K
Aaron Miles: 43/G4

Bot 2

Tom Gorzelanny: 63/G6M
Nyjer Morgan: 63/G6S
Matt Kata: 31/G34

Top 3

David Eckstein: S8/G6M
So Taguchi: 43/G4.1-2
Albert Pujols: S9/L89S.2XH(92452);B-2(TH)
Ryan Ludwick: 9/F89D

Bot 3

Adam LaRoche: 43/G34
Xavier Nady: 53/G
Jose Bautista: 63/G6

Top 4

Miguel Cairo: 53/G5-
Rick Ankiel: HR/F9D+
Gary Bennett: S7/L7S
Adam Wainwright: 14/SH.1-2
Aaron Miles: W
David Eckstein: S8/L6MD.2-H;1-2
So Taguchi: 9/F9LS

Bot 4

Ronny Paulino: S8/F8LS
Steve Pearce: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Jack Wilson: 13/G15-

Top 5

Albert Pujols: D7/L7LS
Ryan Ludwick: FC3/SH/BG23.2-3;B-1
Miguel Cairo: 54(1)/FO/G5
Rick Ankiel: S7/G56.3-H;1-2
Gary Bennett: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 5

Tom Gorzelanny: 9/F89M+
Nyjer Morgan: 5/P5F
Matt Kata: 43/G4

Top 6

Adam Wainwright: 9/F9D+
Aaron Miles: W
David Eckstein: 53/G56+.1-2
So Taguchi: S8/G6MD.2-H
Albert Pujols: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 6

Adam LaRoche: K
Xavier Nady: 63/G6
Jose Bautista: 9/F89D

Top 7

Ryan Ludwick: 7/F7S
Brian Barden: K
Rick Ankiel: 31/G34

Bot 7

Ronny Paulino: S8/G6M
Steve Pearce: 8/F8RD+
Cesar Izturis: 7/F7M
Josh Phelps: K

Top 8

Gary Bennett: S9/F89S-
Skip Schumaker: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Aaron Miles: 3E1/G34S.B-1
David Eckstein: 43/G4

Bot 8

Nyjer Morgan: 2/BG
Matt Kata: 5/P56S-
Adam LaRoche: HP
Xavier Nady: K

Top 9

So Taguchi: D9/G3
Albert Pujols: S8/F8RM-.2-H
Ryan Ludwick: K
Brian Barden: 54(1)3/GDP/G5+

Bot 9

Jose Bautista: 63/G6
Ronny Paulino: K
Steve Pearce: K

Notes & reviews

Cardinals Miguel Cairo left the game due to an injured leg
SS Jack Wilson and 2B Matt Kata banged heads while both diving for ground ball up the middle

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