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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

2015-08-06 · Day game · Great American Ballpark · Att: 26053 · 64°F, overcast · Wind 6 mph L to R · 2:59

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–0. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 4th — Tony Cruz singles on a line drive to left fielder Marlon Byrd. Jason Heyward scores. Kolten Wong to 3rd. Tony Cruz to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Kolten Wong singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Jason Bourgeois. Matt Carpenter scores. Jason Heyward scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Michael Wacha L: Michael Lorenzen SV: Trevor Rosenthal

Umpires — HP: Scott Barry · 1B: James Hoye · 2B: Ted Barrett · 3B: Ben May · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	3	1	1	0	1	1
Stephen Piscotty	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Heyward	4	2	1	0	0	0
Randal Grichuk	4	0	0	0	0	3
Kolten Wong	3	0	1	2	1	0
Brandon Moss	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tony Cruz	4	0	1	1	0	0
Greg Garcia	3	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Wacha	3	0	0	0	0	1
Peter Bourjos	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Brandon Phillips	5	1	0	0
Jason Bourgeois	3	0	1	1
Joey Votto	1	1	3	0
Todd Frazier	4	0	0	0
Jay Bruce	4	0	0	2
Marlon Byrd	4	1	0	2
Eugenio Suarez	4	2	0	0
Tucker Barnhart	3	0	1	0
Michael Lorenzen	1	0	0	1
Skip Schumaker	1	0	0	1
Ivan De Jesus	1	0	0	0
Brayan Pena	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Michael Wacha	7.0	4	2	6
Jonathan Broxton	0.2	0	2	0
Randy Choate	0.1	0	0	1
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	1	1	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Michael Lorenzen	5.0	4	4	5
Burke Badenhop	1.0	0	0	0
Pedro Villarreal	1.0	1	0	1
Dylan Axelrod	2.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: K
Stephen Piscotty: 9/F9M
Jason Heyward: 7/F78D+

Bot 1

Brandon Phillips: 8/F8LD
Jason Bourgeois: K
Joey Votto: D8/F8RXD+
Todd Frazier: 4/F4MD

Top 2

Randal Grichuk: K
Kolten Wong: 53/G56S
Brandon Moss: W
Tony Cruz: 7/F78M

Bot 2

Jay Bruce: 8/F89XD+
Marlon Byrd: 31/G34
Eugenio Suarez: 9/F9LM

Top 3

Greg Garcia: 4/F4D-
Michael Wacha: 43/G4
Matt Carpenter: W
Stephen Piscotty: 6/L6D-

Bot 3

Tucker Barnhart: 43/G4
Michael Lorenzen: K
Brandon Phillips: S8/G6+
Jason Bourgeois: 9/F9LS

Top 4

Jason Heyward: S9/L4D
Randal Grichuk: K+SB2
Kolten Wong: W
Brandon Moss: K
Tony Cruz: S7/L7S.2-H;1-3;B-2
Greg Garcia: IW
Michael Wacha: 43/G4-

Bot 4

Joey Votto: W
Todd Frazier: 7/F7S
Jay Bruce: 1/G34S-.1-2
Marlon Byrd: K

Top 5

Matt Carpenter: D9/F89S
Stephen Piscotty: HP
Jason Heyward: 46(1)/FO/UREV/G4S.2-3
Randal Grichuk: SB2
Randal Grichuk: K
Kolten Wong: S8/G4M.3-H;2-H
Brandon Moss: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Eugenio Suarez: S8/L6MD
Tucker Barnhart: 36(1)/FO/G34S-
Skip Schumaker: K
Brandon Phillips: 9/L9LM

Top 6

Brandon Moss: 3/G3+
Tony Cruz: 8/F89XD+
Greg Garcia: 7/F78S

Bot 6

Jason Bourgeois: 53/G5S
Joey Votto: W
Todd Frazier: 9/F9LS
Jay Bruce: K

Top 7

Michael Wacha: K
Matt Carpenter: 6/L6-
Stephen Piscotty: D9/L89S
Jason Heyward: 63/G6MD+

Bot 7

Marlon Byrd: K
Eugenio Suarez: S7/L7S+
Tucker Barnhart: 5/F6S-
Ivan De Jesus: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 8

Randal Grichuk: 3/P3F
Kolten Wong: 43/G4
Brandon Moss: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Brandon Phillips: 63/G6+
Jason Bourgeois: W
Joey Votto: W.1-2
Todd Frazier: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Jay Bruce: K

Top 9

Tony Cruz: 7/L78M
Greg Garcia: 43/G4
Peter Bourjos: K

Bot 9

Marlon Byrd: S14/G13-
Eugenio Suarez: 9/F9D
Tucker Barnhart: W.1-2
Brayan Pena: K
Brandon Phillips: 9/F9D

Notes & reviews

replay,5,heywj001,SLN,barrt901,CIN09,,N,U,,Q $when Stephen Piscotty was called out at 2B, Cardinals manager asked if he could challenge the ruling; crew chief Ted Barrett requested a rules check, which determined that it was a neighborhood play and not reviewable

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