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St. Louis Cardinals @ Milwaukee Brewers

2016-07-08 · Night game · Miller Park · Att: 28343 · 80°F, sunny · Wind 22 mph to CF · 3:05

Milwaukee Brewers defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3. Milwaukee Brewers opened the scoring in the 2nd — Chris Carter homers (21) on a line drive to center field. St. Louis Cardinals took the lead in the 3rd — Matt Holliday singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Greg Garcia scores. Aledmys Diaz to 3rd. Milwaukee Brewers took the lead in the 6th — Chris Carter homers (22) on a fly ball to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Cardinals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Jonathan Villar singles on a ground ball to left fielder Tommy Pham. Kirk Nieuwenhuis scores. Ramon Flores to 2nd — worth 39% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8
ML4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	6

W: Jeremy Jeffress L: Trevor Rosenthal SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Will Little · 1B: Ted Barrett · 2B: Gabe Morales · 3B: Lance Barksdale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Greg Garcia	5	1	2	0	0	1
Aledmys Diaz	5	0	1	1	0	0
Matt Holliday	4	0	1	1	0	3
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	1	0	1	0
Matt Adams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Yadier Molina	3	1	1	1	1	0
Randal Grichuk	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kolten Wong	3	0	0	0	1	1
Michael Wacha	1	1	0	0	2	0
Jedd Gyorko	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Pham	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jonathan Villar	5	0	2	1	0	1
Scooter Gennett	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Braun	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jonathan Lucroy	3	1	1	1	1	0
Chris Carter	4	2	2	2	0	1
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	2	1	0	0	2	2
Hernan Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ramon Flores	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Nelson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Will Middlebrooks	1	0	0	0	0	1
Andy Wilkins	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Michael Wacha	6.2	5	2	8
Matthew Bowman	1.1	0	0	0
Trevor Rosenthal	0.1	0	1	0
Seunghwan Oh	0.1	1	0	1

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmy Nelson	6.0	6	4	2
Tyler Thornburg	1.0	0	1	1
Will Smith	1.1	1	0	3
Jeremy Jeffress	0.2	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Greg Garcia: 43/G4
Aledmys Diaz: 53/G5
Matt Holliday: K

Bot 1

Jonathan Villar: K
Scooter Gennett: 31/G34+
Ryan Braun: E5/TH/G56
Jonathan Lucroy: 13/G13

Top 2

Stephen Piscotty: S6/G56+.B-2(E6/TH)
Matt Adams: 9/L9D+
Yadier Molina: 8/F8RD+.2-3
Randal Grichuk: 53/G6S-

Bot 2

Chris Carter: HR/F8LXD+
Kirk Nieuwenhuis: K
Hernan Perez: 63/G6
Ramon Flores: 31/G3

Top 3

Kolten Wong: 8/F8LXD+
Michael Wacha: W
Greg Garcia: S7.1-2
Aledmys Diaz: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Matt Holliday: S8/G6M.2-H;1-3
Stephen Piscotty: 3/F3F-
Matt Adams: 7/F78S

Bot 3

Jimmy Nelson: K
Jonathan Villar: 53/G6S+
Scooter Gennett: D7/F78XD+
Ryan Braun: K

Top 4

Yadier Molina: 53/G5
Randal Grichuk: 63/G56
Kolten Wong: 8/F8LS

Bot 4

Jonathan Lucroy: W
Chris Carter: K
Kirk Nieuwenhuis: K
Hernan Perez: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 5

Michael Wacha: W
Greg Garcia: S9/G34+.1-2
Aledmys Diaz: 8/F8RM
Matt Holliday: K
Stephen Piscotty: 63/G6+

Bot 5

Ramon Flores: 43/G34
Jimmy Nelson: K
Jonathan Villar: D7/G5
Scooter Gennett: SB3
Scooter Gennett: 9/F9LS

Top 6

Matt Adams: 9/F9D
Yadier Molina: W
Randal Grichuk: D7/F7LM.1-3
Kolten Wong: IW
Michael Wacha: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Greg Garcia: 7/L7D+

Bot 6

Ryan Braun: 9/L9D+
Jonathan Lucroy: HR/F8LXD+/UREV
Chris Carter: HR/F89D+
Kirk Nieuwenhuis: W
Hernan Perez: 9/F9D
Ramon Flores: 7/F7M

Top 7

Aledmys Diaz: 7/L78D+
Matt Holliday: K
Stephen Piscotty: W
Matt Adams: 43/G34

Bot 7

Will Middlebrooks: K
Jonathan Villar: 153
Scooter Gennett: 7/L7D+

Top 8

Yadier Molina: HR/F7D+
Randal Grichuk: 9/F9S
Kolten Wong: K
Jedd Gyorko: K

Bot 8

Ryan Braun: 53/G56S-
Jonathan Lucroy: 6/L6+
Chris Carter: 63/G6

Top 9

Greg Garcia: K
Aledmys Diaz: E6/G6
Tommy Pham: S9/L34D+.1-2
Stephen Piscotty: 9/F89M
Jhonny Peralta: PB.2-3;1-2
Jhonny Peralta: 9/F9D+

Bot 9

Kirk Nieuwenhuis: W
Hernan Perez: 34/SH/BG34S+.1-2
Ramon Flores: HP
Andy Wilkins: K
Jonathan Villar: S7/MREV/G56+.2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

replay,6,lucrj001,MIL,barrt901,MIL06,O,N,U,,H $Jonathan Lucroy's fly to CF struck the top of the padded wall and caromed off the back wall onto the field; the ball was ruled a home run; crew chief Ted Barrett requested a review, which upheld the call by replay
Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha left the game due to an injured foot
replay,9,villj001,MIL,barrt901,MIL06,,N,M,SLN,A $when Kirk Nieuwenhuis was called safe at HP, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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