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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants

2016-09-18 · Day game · AT&T Park · Att: 41324 · 82°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph to CF · 2:49

St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Francisco Giants 3–0. St. Louis Cardinals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Aledmys Diaz homers (16) on a line drive to left field. Matt Carpenter scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Aledmys Diaz homers (16) on a line drive to left field. Matt Carpenter scores — worth 20% 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	9
SFN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Alex Reyes L: Albert Suarez SV: Seung Hwan Oh

Umpires — HP: Brian O'Nora · 1B: Doug Eddings · 2B: Laz Diaz · 3B: Cory Blaser · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Carpenter	4	1	1	0	0	1
Aledmys Diaz	4	1	2	2	0	1
Brandon Moss	4	0	1	0	0	1
Stephen Piscotty	3	0	0	0	1	2
Yadier Molina	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jedd Gyorko	4	0	0	0	0	2
Randal Grichuk	3	0	1	0	0	1
Kolten Wong	3	1	1	0	0	1
Alex Reyes	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	1	0	1	1	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Denard Span	4	1	0	1
Angel Pagan	4	1	0	1
Brandon Crawford	4	1	0	1
Hunter Pence	4	0	0	2
Brandon Belt	3	0	1	2
Eduardo Nunez	4	2	0	0
Joe Panik	3	0	1	0
Trevor Brown	3	0	0	0
Albert Suarez	1	0	0	0
Conor Gillaspie	1	0	0	0
Jarrett Parker	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Reyes	7.0	4	2	6
Kevin Siegrist	1.0	1	0	1
Seunghwan Oh	1.0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Albert Suarez	5.0	5	1	2
Cory Gearrin	2.0	0	0	5
Josh Osich	0.0	1	0	0
George Kontos	0.0	1	0	0
Javier Lopez	0.2	0	0	0
Joe Nathan	0.1	0	0	0
Steven Okert	0.0	1	0	0
Matt Cain	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Carpenter: 8/F8RD
Aledmys Diaz: D7/G5+
Brandon Moss: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Stephen Piscotty: 53/G5

Bot 1

Denard Span: 8/F8LM
Angel Pagan: 13/G34S-
Brandon Crawford: 8/F8LD+

Top 2

Yadier Molina: S9/L9S+
Jedd Gyorko: OA.1X2(24)
Jedd Gyorko: 63/G6
Randal Grichuk: 63/G6+

Bot 2

Hunter Pence: K
Brandon Belt: 13/G13-
Eduardo Nunez: S6/G56
Joe Panik: W.1-2
Trevor Brown: 6/F56-

Top 3

Kolten Wong: K
Alex Reyes: 63/G56
Matt Carpenter: D9/L3D+
Aledmys Diaz: HR/F7D+.2-H
Brandon Moss: 5

Bot 3

Albert Suarez: 3/G34
Denard Span: K
Angel Pagan: 53/G56

Top 4

Stephen Piscotty: W
Yadier Molina: 7/F78D
Jedd Gyorko: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 4

Brandon Crawford: 6/F6D
Hunter Pence: 9/F9LM
Brandon Belt: K

Top 5

Randal Grichuk: S9/G4+
Kolten Wong: 13/G15-.1-2
Alex Reyes: 9/F9LM.2-3
Matt Carpenter: K

Bot 5

Eduardo Nunez: S64/G6+
Joe Panik: PO1(E3).1-2
Joe Panik: 9/F89D.2-3
Trevor Brown: 8/F8RS-
Conor Gillaspie: 5/F25F-

Top 6

Aledmys Diaz: K
Brandon Moss: K
Stephen Piscotty: K

Bot 6

Denard Span: S9/L9S+
Angel Pagan: K
Brandon Crawford: S1/G25-.1-3(E1/TH);B-2
Hunter Pence: K23
Brandon Belt: W
Eduardo Nunez: 7/F7D

Top 7

Yadier Molina: 8/F89D
Jedd Gyorko: K
Randal Grichuk: K

Bot 7

Joe Panik: 43/G34
Trevor Brown: 7/F7D+
Jarrett Parker: K

Top 8

Kolten Wong: T9/L89D+
Jhonny Peralta: S7/L7D+.3-H
Matt Carpenter: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Aledmys Diaz: 63/G6+

Bot 8

Denard Span: 13/G15
Angel Pagan: S7/L7S
Brandon Crawford: K
Hunter Pence: 6(1)/FO/G6

Top 9

Brandon Moss: S7/G56
Stephen Piscotty: K
Yadier Molina: S8/G4.1-3
Jedd Gyorko: OA.1X2(24)
Jedd Gyorko: K

Bot 9

Brandon Belt: K
Eduardo Nunez: 43/G4+
Joe Panik: 9/F89M

Notes & reviews

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HP Umpire O'Nora was struck on the mask by a foul ball and left the game; 2B umpire Diaz moved to HP, game finished with three umpires
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