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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2012-04-20 · Night game · PNC Park · Att: 23509 · 78°F, cloudy · Wind 11 mph R to L · 2:38

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 9th. Lance Lynn earned the win and Jason Motte picked up the save. Daniel Descalso went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lance Lynn L: Charlie Morton SV: Jason Motte

Umpires — HP: Jim Joyce · 1B: Jim Reynolds · 2B: Mike DiMuro · 3B: James Hoye · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rafael Furcal	4	0	1	1	1	1
Matt Carpenter	3	0	0	0	2	1
Matt Holliday	5	0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Beltran	4	1	2	1	0	0
David Freese	4	0	1	0	0	1
Yadier Molina	4	0	1	1	0	1
Erik Komatsu	4	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Descalso	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lance Lynn	3	1	1	0	0	1
Shane Robinson	1	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Presley	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jose Tabata	4	0	2	0	0	0
Andrew McCutchen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Neil Walker	2	0	0	0	1	0
Garrett Jones	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rod Barajas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Alvarez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Clint Barmes	3	0	0	0	0	2
Charlie Morton	1	0	0	0	0	1
Yamaico Navarro	1	0	0	0	0	0
Casey McGehee	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lance Lynn	7.0	4	1	4
Mitchell Boggs	1.0	0	0	2
Jason Motte	1.0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Morton	5.0	4	3	6
Evan Meek	1.0	0	0	0
Jared Hughes	3.0	4	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rafael Furcal: K
Matt Carpenter: W
Matt Holliday: 6(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 1

Alex Presley: HR7/IPHR/F8RXD+
Jose Tabata: S9/G34+
Andrew McCutchen: 64(1)/FO/G6+
Neil Walker: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 2

Carlos Beltran: 3E1/G34
David Freese: K
Yadier Molina: D7/L7LS.1-H(UR);B-3(E6/TH)
Erik Komatsu: 13/G15+
Daniel Descalso: K

Bot 2

Garrett Jones: 8/F89XD+
Rod Barajas: 9/F89S
Pedro Alvarez: K

Top 3

Lance Lynn: K
Rafael Furcal: W
Matt Carpenter: K
Matt Holliday: E6/TH/G6S.1-3
Carlos Beltran: 4/L4-

Bot 3

Clint Barmes: 53/G5
Charlie Morton: K
Alex Presley: 7/F78D

Top 4

David Freese: S9/G34
Yadier Molina: K
Erik Komatsu: 13.1-2
Daniel Descalso: 43/G4

Bot 4

Jose Tabata: S7/G56
Andrew McCutchen: 9/F9LM
Neil Walker: CS2(26)
Neil Walker: 8/F8LXD+

Top 5

Lance Lynn: S9/G34+
Rafael Furcal: 53/G56S.1-2
Matt Carpenter: W
Matt Holliday: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Carlos Beltran: S9/G34.3-H;1-2
David Freese: 9/F9M

Bot 5

Garrett Jones: S9/G34
Rod Barajas: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Pedro Alvarez: 8/F8LD+

Top 6

Yadier Molina: 9/F9M
Erik Komatsu: 7/L7S
Daniel Descalso: 5/F56-

Bot 6

Clint Barmes: K
Yamaico Navarro: 53/G56-
Alex Presley: 13/G13-

Top 7

Lance Lynn: 53/G5S-
Rafael Furcal: 7/F78M
Matt Carpenter: 43/G4

Bot 7

Jose Tabata: 43/G4
Andrew McCutchen: 7/F7D+
Neil Walker: W
Garrett Jones: K

Top 8

Matt Holliday: S5/G56S-
Carlos Beltran: S7/L7M.1-2
David Freese: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S-.2-3
Yadier Molina: 63/G6

Bot 8

Rod Barajas: 13/G
Pedro Alvarez: K
Clint Barmes: K

Top 9

Erik Komatsu: 8/L8LM
Daniel Descalso: HR/F9LD+
Shane Robinson: E4/G4-
Rafael Furcal: D7/L7LS+.1-H(UR)
Matt Carpenter: 8/F78XD+.2-3
Matt Holliday: 43/G4M

Bot 9

Casey McGehee: W
Alex Presley: 8/F8RD
Jose Tabata: 64(1)/FO/G6
Andrew McCutchen: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Notes & reviews

Cardinals center fielder Skip Schumaker injured when he collided with the wall while chasing fly ball; Alex Presley ran the circuit for a homer when Schumaker failed to get up

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