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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

2011-07-31 · Night game · Busch Stadium III · Att: 43960 · 92°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph from CF · 3:04

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–3. Chicago Cubs put up 4 in the 6th. Ryan Dempster earned the win and Carlos Marmol picked up the save. Lance Berkman went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ryan Dempster L: Jake Westbrook SV: Carlos Marmol

Umpires — HP: Jim Wolf · 1B: Derryl Cousins · 2B: D.J. Reyburn · 3B: Ron Kulpa · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Reed Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Starlin Castro	4	1	1	1	0	1
Aramis Ramirez	3	1	0	0	1	0
Carlos Pena	3	0	0	1	1	1
Marlon Byrd	4	1	2	2	0	1
Alfonso Soriano	4	1	1	2	0	0
Darwin Barney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Koyie Hill	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ryan Dempster	2	0	0	0	0	1
Blake DeWitt	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skip Schumaker	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jon Jay	4	1	1	0	0	0
Albert Pujols	4	1	2	0	0	0
Matt Holliday	4	0	0	0	0	3
Lance Berkman	4	1	1	3	0	3
David Freese	4	0	2	0	0	0
Yadier Molina	4	0	1	0	0	0
Daniel Descalso	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jake Westbrook	2	0	0	0	0	1
Rafael Furcal	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Theriot	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryan Dempster	6.0	7	1	6
Sean Marshall	1.1	1	0	0
Kerry Wood	0.2	0	0	0
Carlos Marmol	1.0	1	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Westbrook	6.0	3	3	3
Jason Motte	1.0	0	0	1
Kyle McClellan	2.0	4	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Reed Johnson: 63/G6
Starlin Castro: 53/G5S-
Aramis Ramirez: 3/F34-

Bot 1

Skip Schumaker: 3/G34S+
Jon Jay: S4/G4
Albert Pujols: 8/F8LD
Matt Holliday: K

Top 2

Carlos Pena: K
Marlon Byrd: K
Alfonso Soriano: 13/G15-

Bot 2

Lance Berkman: K
David Freese: 63/G6-
Yadier Molina: 5/L56+

Top 3

Darwin Barney: 13/G15
Koyie Hill: K
Ryan Dempster: 1/G

Bot 3

Daniel Descalso: 9/F89D
Jake Westbrook: K
Skip Schumaker: 63/G6+

Top 4

Reed Johnson: 563/G56S+
Starlin Castro: 9/F89D
Aramis Ramirez: 43/G4+

Bot 4

Jon Jay: 63/G6
Albert Pujols: 6/P
Matt Holliday: K

Top 5

Carlos Pena: 8/F8LD
Marlon Byrd: 5/L5
Alfonso Soriano: 63/G6MD

Bot 5

Lance Berkman: K
David Freese: D8/UREV/F89XD+
Yadier Molina: 9/F9LD+.2-3
Daniel Descalso: W
Jake Westbrook: 4/F89S

Top 6

Darwin Barney: 63/G6
Koyie Hill: W
Ryan Dempster: 1/SH/BG34S.1-2
Reed Johnson: S9/L9S.2-3
Starlin Castro: DGR/F8RXD+.3-H;1-3
Aramis Ramirez: W
Carlos Pena: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Marlon Byrd: S9/L9S+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Alfonso Soriano: 9/F9D

Bot 6

Skip Schumaker: S7/L7S
Jon Jay: 36(1)/FO/G34S-
Albert Pujols: D7/L7LM+.1-3
Matt Holliday: K
Lance Berkman: HR/F8RXD+.3-H;2-H
David Freese: 8/F8RD

Top 7

Darwin Barney: 4/F34D-
Koyie Hill: 6
Ryan Dempster: K

Bot 7

Yadier Molina: S7/G5
Daniel Descalso: S9/G34.1-2
Rafael Furcal: 46(1)/FO/G4S-.2-3;B-1
Ryan Theriot: 6(1)3/GDP/G6-

Top 8

Reed Johnson: K
Starlin Castro: K
Aramis Ramirez: 6/F6D-

Bot 8

Jon Jay: 3/G34S-
Albert Pujols: S7/G56
Matt Holliday: 16(1)3/GDP/G13

Top 9

Carlos Pena: 13/G
Marlon Byrd: S8/L89M
Alfonso Soriano: HR/F7D+.1-H
Darwin Barney: S9/L89S
Koyie Hill: S9/L34-.1-3
Blake DeWitt: 16(1)3/GDP/G13

Bot 9

Lance Berkman: K
David Freese: S8/G6M
Yadier Molina: 8/F8RS
Daniel Descalso: K

Notes & reviews

replay,5,freed001,SLN,cousd901,STL10,O,N,I,,H $the fly ball by David Freese hit on the top of the CF wall and caromed back onto the field; the ball was ruled in play but the Cardinals thought it might be a homer; crew chief Derryl Cousins watched the replay and upheld the call

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