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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets

2009-08-04 · Night game · Citi Field · 10 innings · Att: 40354 · 79°F, cloudy · Wind 17 mph to LF · 3:28

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Mets 12–7. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 10th. Kyle McClellan earned the win. Albert Pujols went 4-for-5 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	5	12	15
NYN	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	15

W: Kyle McClellan L: Pedro Feliciano SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Joyce · 1B: Bill Miller · 2B: Derryl Cousins · 3B: Chad Fairchild · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skip Schumaker	6	0	1	1	0	1
Mark DeRosa	5	1	0	1	0	1
Albert Pujols	5	3	4	5	1	0
Matt Holliday	6	1	1	1	0	1
Ryan Ludwick	5	2	2	2	0	1
Yadier Molina	5	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Ankiel	5	2	3	1	0	1
Julio Lugo	5	2	3	1	0	0
Joel Pineiro	1	0	0	0	0	1
Khalil Greene	1	0	0	0	0	1
Colby Rasmus	1	1	0	0	1	1

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Angel Pagan	4	0	1	1	1	0
Luis Castillo	3	1	1	0	0	0
David Wright	3	1	2	0	2	0
Gary Sheffield	4	1	2	2	0	0
Daniel Murphy	4	2	2	1	1	1
Jeff Francoeur	5	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Cora	5	1	2	1	0	0
Omir Santos	4	1	2	0	0	1
Johan Santana	3	0	1	2	0	0
Jeremy Reed	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cory Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Angel Berroa	1	0	1	0	0	0
Fernando Tatis	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joel Pineiro	5.0	11	0	0
Dennys Reyes	1.0	0	1	1
Todd Wellemeyer	2.0	1	2	0
Kyle McClellan	1.0	1	1	1
Ryan Franklin	1.0	2	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johan Santana	8.0	9	0	6
Francisco Rodriguez	1.0	3	1	1
Brian Stokes	0.1	0	0	0
Pedro Feliciano	0.1	2	1	1
Sean Green	0.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Skip Schumaker: 43/G34+
Mark DeRosa: 7/F7S
Albert Pujols: 8/F8RD

Bot 1

Angel Pagan: S7/G56
Luis Castillo: 53/SH.1-2
David Wright: S9/L9S.2-3
Gary Sheffield: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 2

Matt Holliday: K
Ryan Ludwick: HR/F7D+
Yadier Molina: 63/G56
Rick Ankiel: K

Bot 2

Daniel Murphy: S49/G34D
Jeff Francoeur: 9/F89D+
Alex Cora: S7/L78M.1-2
Omir Santos: HP.2-3;1-2
Johan Santana: D8/F78XD+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Angel Pagan: 7/SF/F7D.3-H
Luis Castillo: 43/G4MS-

Top 3

Julio Lugo: D7/L7LM+
Joel Pineiro: 34/SH.2-3
Skip Schumaker: 153/F25-
Mark DeRosa: K

Bot 3

David Wright: 9/F89D
Gary Sheffield: S4/G6M
Daniel Murphy: 8/F8LXD
Jeff Francoeur: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 4

Albert Pujols: S9/L89S+
Matt Holliday: 4!6(1)/FO/G4MD
Ryan Ludwick: D9/F8RXD+.1-H
Yadier Molina: S7/G56.2-3
Rick Ankiel: S7/L7S.3-H;1-2
Julio Lugo: 7/F7M
Joel Pineiro: K

Bot 4

Alex Cora: 9/F9D
Omir Santos: 43/G4
Johan Santana: 8/F8LD

Top 5

Skip Schumaker: 63/G6M
Mark DeRosa: 8/F8RXD+
Albert Pujols: D7/L7LM+
Matt Holliday: S8/F8LM.2-H
Ryan Ludwick: K

Bot 5

Angel Pagan: 43/G4
Luis Castillo: S8/G6M+
David Wright: S7/L78S.1-2
Gary Sheffield: D87/F78XD+.2-H;1-H
Daniel Murphy: D8/F78XD+.2-H
Jeff Francoeur: 63/G6.2-3
Alex Cora: S8/G4M.3-H
Omir Santos: CS2(24)

Top 6

Yadier Molina: 63/G6
Rick Ankiel: 9/F89D
Julio Lugo: 9/F9M

Bot 6

Omir Santos: K
Johan Santana: 43/G4MD
Angel Pagan: W
Luis Castillo: CS2(26)

Top 7

Khalil Greene: K
Skip Schumaker: 31/G34
Mark DeRosa: 1/F6MS-

Bot 7

Luis Castillo: 43/G4
David Wright: W
Gary Sheffield: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 8

Albert Pujols: HR/F8LXD+
Matt Holliday: 4/L4D+
Ryan Ludwick: 9/F9S
Yadier Molina: 15!3/G15

Bot 8

Daniel Murphy: W
Jeff Francoeur: 4/L4
Alex Cora: 7/F7M
Omir Santos: S9/F89S.1-3
Jeremy Reed: 43/G4

Top 9

Rick Ankiel: D9/G3F+
Julio Lugo: D7/L78M+.2-H
Colby Rasmus: K
Skip Schumaker: S9/L89S.2-H
Mark DeRosa: 8/F8LXD
Albert Pujols: W.1-2
Matt Holliday: E6/FO/G6+.2-3;1-2
Ryan Ludwick: 4/F34D-

Bot 9

Angel Pagan: 13/G13
Cory Sullivan: 9/F89D+
David Wright: W
Angel Berroa: S14/G13.1-2
Daniel Murphy: K23

Top 10

Yadier Molina: 31/G34
Rick Ankiel: S4/G4S-
Julio Lugo: S9/L9S.1-2
Colby Rasmus: W.2-3;1-2
Skip Schumaker: K
Mark DeRosa: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Albert Pujols: HR/F78XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Matt Holliday: 63/G6

Bot 10

Jeff Francoeur: 43/G4
Alex Cora: 63/G6MS-
Omir Santos: S8/G4M
Fernando Tatis: D8/F8LXD+.1-3
Angel Pagan: 9/F9D

Notes & reviews

Mets second baseman Luis Castillo left the game due to an injured foot/ankle
the fifth grand slam of the season for Pujols, which ties the NL record set by Ernie Banks in 1955

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