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Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals

2009-05-04 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 35990 · 67°F · Wind 7 mph from CF · 2:41

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–1. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 5th. Joe Blanton earned the win. Ryan Howard went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joe Blanton L: Kyle Lohse SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Wolf · 1B: Brian O'Nora · 2B: Fieldin Culbreth · 3B: Chad Fairchild · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Rollins	5	1	1	0	0	0
Shane Victorino	5	1	1	0	0	3
Chase Utley	2	1	1	0	1	0
Ryan Howard	3	2	2	4	1	1
Jayson Werth	4	1	2	2	0	1
Raul Ibanez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Pedro Feliz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Ruiz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Blanton	3	0	0	0	0	3
Greg Dobbs	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skip Schumaker	5	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Thurston	5	0	3	1	0	0
Albert Pujols	3	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Duncan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Ludwick	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rick Ankiel	2	0	0	0	0	1
Yadier Molina	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Greene	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kyle Lohse	0	1	0	0	0	0
Khalil Greene	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Barden	1	0	0	0	0	0
Colby Rasmus	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason LaRue	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Blanton	6.0	4	2	3
Scott Eyre	1.0	1	0	0
Ryan Madson	1.0	0	0	0
Chad Durbin	1.0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Lohse	4.1	7	2	4
Trever Miller	0.2	0	0	1
Blaine Boyer	1.0	0	0	1
Dennys Reyes	0.2	1	0	2
Kyle McClellan	0.1	0	0	1
Ryan Franklin	1.0	0	0	1
Brad Thompson	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Rollins: 7/F78M
Shane Victorino: 6/P5F
Chase Utley: W
Ryan Howard: W.1-2
Jayson Werth: 13/G15-

Bot 1

Skip Schumaker: K
Joe Thurston: 23/G-
Albert Pujols: 9/F34D

Top 2

Raul Ibanez: 31/G3+
Pedro Feliz: K
Carlos Ruiz: S7/G56+
Joe Blanton: K

Bot 2

Chris Duncan: 5/F6S-
Ryan Ludwick: S67/G6+
Rick Ankiel: 9/F9S
Yadier Molina: 3/F2R-

Top 3

Jimmy Rollins: 43/G4
Shane Victorino: K
Chase Utley: 3/G3

Bot 3

Tyler Greene: 53/G56S
Kyle Lohse: HP
Skip Schumaker: 13/L13-.1-2
Joe Thurston: DGR/L7LD+.2-H
Albert Pujols: W
Chris Duncan: E4/G4S-.2XH(42);1-2

Top 4

Ryan Howard: S8/L8RS
Jayson Werth: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Raul Ibanez: 5/L56+
Pedro Feliz: 53/G5
Carlos Ruiz: 6!3/G56+

Bot 4

Ryan Ludwick: 63/G6
Rick Ankiel: K
Yadier Molina: 8/F89M

Top 5

Joe Blanton: K
Jimmy Rollins: S8/G4M+
Shane Victorino: S9/L34+.1-2
Chase Utley: HP.2-3;1-2
Ryan Howard: HR/F9D+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jayson Werth: D7/F7D+
Raul Ibanez: K
Pedro Feliz: 8/L8LM

Bot 5

Tyler Greene: 9/F9M
Khalil Greene: 7/F7M
Skip Schumaker: S7/L7S
Joe Thurston: S7/G56.1-2
Albert Pujols: 7/L7M

Top 6

Carlos Ruiz: 63/G6
Joe Blanton: K
Jimmy Rollins: 43/G4

Bot 6

Chris Duncan: 43/G34
Ryan Ludwick: W
Rick Ankiel: HP.1-2
Yadier Molina: FC5/G56.2-3;1-2
Tyler Greene: K
Brian Barden: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 7

Shane Victorino: K
Chase Utley: S9/L34
Ryan Howard: K
Jayson Werth: K

Bot 7

Skip Schumaker: 43/G4
Joe Thurston: D9/L89XD+
Albert Pujols: 9/F9LM
Chris Duncan: 13/G15-

Top 8

Raul Ibanez: K
Pedro Feliz: 8!/F8LXD+
Carlos Ruiz: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Ryan Ludwick: 63/G6
Colby Rasmus: 7/F7M
Yadier Molina: 53/G56

Top 9

Greg Dobbs: 1
Jimmy Rollins: 8/F8LS
Shane Victorino: K

Bot 9

Tyler Greene: HP
Jason LaRue: 6!3/G56.1-2
Skip Schumaker: 43/G34.2-3
Joe Thurston: 7/F7M

Notes & reviews

Cardinals center fielder Rick Ankiel tumbled face-first into the wall after catching the fly ball by Pedro Feliz; he was taken to the hospital; x-rays and scans showed no broken bones

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