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St. Louis Cardinals @ Atlanta Braves

2016-04-08 · Night game · Turner Field · Att: 24824 · 59°F, cloudy · Wind 20 mph L to R · 3:00

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Atlanta Braves 7–4. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 3rd — Erick Aybar out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Matt Wisler scores. Drew Stubbs to 3rd. St. Louis Cardinals took the lead in the 8th — Aledmys Diaz homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Aledmys Diaz homers (1) on a fly ball to left field — worth 24% 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	3	0	0	1	1	2	7	11
ATL	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5

W: Kevin Siegrist L: Eric O'Flaherty SV: Trevor Rosenthal

Umpires — HP: Mike Muchlinski · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Mark Wegner · 3B: Marty Foster · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	5	0	1	0	0	1
Stephen Piscotty	4	1	1	1	1	1
Matt Holliday	5	1	2	0	0	2
Matt Adams	2	1	1	0	0	1
Randal Grichuk	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yadier Molina	4	0	0	1	0	0
Kolten Wong	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jedd Gyorko	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jaime Garcia	2	0	1	1	0	1
Jeremy Hazelbaker	1	1	1	1	0	0
Aledmys Diaz	1	1	1	1	0	0
Greg Garcia	1	1	1	1	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ender Inciarte	1	0	0	0	0	0
Erick Aybar	3	0	0	1	0	0
Freddie Freeman	3	0	0	0	1	2
Adonis Garcia	2	1	0	0	2	1
Nick Markakis	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hector Olivera	4	0	1	1	0	2
Tyler Flowers	3	0	1	1	1	0
Gordon Beckham	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Wisler	3	1	1	0	0	1
Drew Stubbs	3	1	1	0	1	2
Kelly Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jaime Garcia	6.0	5	3	6
Seunghwan Oh	0.2	0	2	1
Kevin Siegrist	1.1	0	0	0
Trevor Rosenthal	1.0	0	0	2

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Wisler	6.2	7	1	6
Dan Winkler	0.1	0	1	0
Eric O'Flaherty	0.0	1	0	0
Jim Johnson	1.0	1	0	0
John Gant	1.0	2	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: 8/F8LD
Stephen Piscotty: 9/F9D
Matt Holliday: D8/L89D+
Matt Adams: HP
Randal Grichuk: K

Bot 1

Ender Inciarte: E6/TH/G6
Erick Aybar: E6/FO/G6.1-2
Freddie Freeman: 7/F7M
Adonis Garcia: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S-

Top 2

Yadier Molina: 23/G2R-
Kolten Wong: 3/G34
Jedd Gyorko: 7/F7M

Bot 2

Nick Markakis: 7/F7LSF
Hector Olivera: K
Tyler Flowers: W
Gordon Beckham: 53/G6S-

Top 3

Jaime Garcia: K
Matt Carpenter: 8/F8RXD+
Stephen Piscotty: K

Bot 3

Matt Wisler: S9/L9LM
Drew Stubbs: S8/L89S.1-3
Erick Aybar: SB2
Erick Aybar: 9/SF/F9LM.3-H;2-3
Freddie Freeman: K
Adonis Garcia: IW
Nick Markakis: S9/L34D+.3-H;1-2
Hector Olivera: S84/F8RS.2-H;1-3
Tyler Flowers: S7/L78S.3-H;1-3
Gordon Beckham: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 4

Matt Holliday: D8/F8LXD+
Matt Adams: S7/F78S-.2-3
Randal Grichuk: 23/G2L-.1-2
Yadier Molina: 43/G4.3-H;2-3
Kolten Wong: WP.3-H(NR)
Kolten Wong: W
Jedd Gyorko: S9/L34D-.1-3
Jaime Garcia: S4/G4.3-H;1-2
Matt Carpenter: 8/F8RM

Bot 4

Matt Wisler: 43/G4M
Drew Stubbs: K
Erick Aybar: 63/G6S

Top 5

Stephen Piscotty: 9/F9D+
Matt Holliday: K23
Matt Adams: K23

Bot 5

Freddie Freeman: K
Adonis Garcia: W
Nick Markakis: 7/F78D
Hector Olivera: K

Top 6

Randal Grichuk: K
Yadier Molina: 43/G4+
Kolten Wong: 43/G34D

Bot 6

Tyler Flowers: 9/F89D
Gordon Beckham: 7/F7LS
Matt Wisler: K

Top 7

Jedd Gyorko: 3/P3F
Jeremy Hazelbaker: HR/F89XD+
Matt Carpenter: S9/MREV/L34D+.BX2(96)
Stephen Piscotty: W
Matt Holliday: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 7

Drew Stubbs: W
Erick Aybar: 53/SH/BG25.1-2
Freddie Freeman: WP.2-3
Freddie Freeman: IW
Adonis Garcia: K
Nick Markakis: 46(1)/FO/G4+

Top 8

Aledmys Diaz: HR/F7LD+
Randal Grichuk: 9/F89D
Yadier Molina: 63/G6-
Kolten Wong: S8/G4
Jedd Gyorko: PO1(13)/UREV

Bot 8

Hector Olivera: 4/F34D-
Tyler Flowers: 8/F8RXD+
Gordon Beckham: 63/G6

Top 9

Jedd Gyorko: K
Greg Garcia: HR/F9LD+
Matt Carpenter: K
Stephen Piscotty: HR/F8RXD+
Matt Holliday: K

Bot 9

Kelly Johnson: K
Drew Stubbs: K
Erick Aybar: 43/G4S

Notes & reviews

Braves right fielder Ender Inciarte left the game due to an injured leg
replay,7,carpm002,SLN,wintm901,ATL02,,N,M,SLN,A $when Matt Carpenter was called out at 2B, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
replay,8,gyorj001,SLN,wintm901,ATL02,,N,U,,A $when Kolton Wong was called out at 1B, crew chief Mike Winters requested a review; the call was upheld by replay

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