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St. Louis Cardinals @ Atlanta Braves

2012-10-05 · 2012 Wild Card · Night game · Turner Field · Att: 52631 · 81°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph L to R · 3:09

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Atlanta Braves 6–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 4th. Kyle Lohse earned the win and Jason Motte picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	6	6
ATL	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12

W: Kyle Lohse L: Kris Medlen SV: Jason Motte

Umpires — HP: Jeff Kellogg · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Gary Cederstrom · 3B: Jeff Nelson · LF: Sam Holbrook · RF: Rob Drake

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Jon Jay	4	0	0	0	1
Carlos Beltran	4	1	1	0	1
Matt Holliday	3	2	2	1	0
Allen Craig	4	1	2	1	0
Yadier Molina	4	0	0	1	0
David Freese	2	0	0	1	1
Daniel Descalso	3	0	0	0	0
Pete Kozma	4	1	0	0	2
Kyle Lohse	2	0	0	0	0
Matt Carpenter	1	0	1	1	0
Shane Robinson	1	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Michael Bourn	5	0	1	1	0	2
Martin Prado	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Heyward	5	0	1	0	0	1
Chipper Jones	5	0	1	0	0	1
Freddie Freeman	4	0	3	0	1	1
Dan Uggla	4	1	0	0	1	0
David Ross	4	1	3	2	0	0
Andrelton Simmons	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kris Medlen	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Constanza	1	1	1	0	0	0
Brian McCann	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Lohse	5.2	6	1	6
Lance Lynn	0.1	0	0	0
Edward Mujica	0.2	2	0	0
Marc Rzepczynski	0.1	1	0	0
Mitchell Boggs	0.2	1	1	0
Jason Motte	1.1	2	1	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Kris Medlen	6.1	3	4
Chad Durbin	0.0	0	0
Jonny Venters	0.2	1	0
Eric O'Flaherty	1.0	2	0
Craig Kimbrel	1.0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jon Jay: K
Carlos Beltran: K
Matt Holliday: HP
Allen Craig: 63/G

Bot 1

Michael Bourn: K
Martin Prado: 31/G
Jason Heyward: K

Top 2

Yadier Molina: 9!/F
David Freese: K
Daniel Descalso: 31/G

Bot 2

Chipper Jones: K
Freddie Freeman: K
Dan Uggla: W
David Ross: HR/78/F.1-H
Andrelton Simmons: S8/G
Kris Medlen: 23/BG

Top 3

Pete Kozma: K
Kyle Lohse: 63/G
Jon Jay: 5/P

Bot 3

Michael Bourn: S8/G
Martin Prado: K
Jason Heyward: 7/F
Chipper Jones: 43/G

Top 4

Carlos Beltran: S9/L
Matt Holliday: FC5/G.1-3(E5/TH2);B-1
Allen Craig: D7/L.3-H(UR);1-3
Yadier Molina: 43/G.3-H;2-3
David Freese: 8/SF/F.3-H(UR)
Daniel Descalso: 9/L

Bot 4

Freddie Freeman: S9/L
Dan Uggla: 53/G-.1-2
David Ross: S5/BG.2-3
Andrelton Simmons: 13/BG/BINT.3-3;1-1
Kris Medlen: K

Top 5

Pete Kozma: 13/G-
Kyle Lohse: 9/F
Jon Jay: 43/G

Bot 5

Michael Bourn: 13/L
Martin Prado: 9/F
Jason Heyward: 7/F

Top 6

Carlos Beltran: 8/F
Matt Holliday: HR/7/L
Allen Craig: 63/G
Yadier Molina: 53/G

Bot 6

Chipper Jones: 4/P
Freddie Freeman: S8/L
Dan Uggla: 7/F
David Ross: 9/F

Top 7

David Freese: E4/TH1/G.B-2
Daniel Descalso: 14/SH/BG.2-3
Pete Kozma: FC6/G.3-H(E6/THH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Matt Carpenter: S1/G-.2-H(UR)
Jon Jay: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Andrelton Simmons: 6/P
Jose Constanza: T8/L
Michael Bourn: 43/G.3-H
Martin Prado: S7/G
Jason Heyward: D78/L-.1-3
Chipper Jones: 43/G

Top 8

Carlos Beltran: 53/G
Matt Holliday: S9/G
Allen Craig: S7/G.1-2
Yadier Molina: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Freddie Freeman: W
Dan Uggla: 64(1)/FO/G
David Ross: S8/L.1-2
Andrelton Simmons: 6/P/IF.2-3;1-2
Brian McCann: W
Michael Bourn: K

Top 9

Shane Robinson: 8/F
Daniel Descalso: 7/F
Pete Kozma: K

Bot 9

Martin Prado: 43/G
Jason Heyward: 7/F
Chipper Jones: S4/G4M
Freddie Freeman: DGR/78/F.1-3
Dan Uggla: 43/G

Notes & reviews

Protest=H the first NL Wild Card Play-In game
Jason Heyward caught Yadier Molina's fly ball over the top of the wall
with a 1-2 count, David Ross was granted time by HP Umpire Jeff Kellogg at the last second before Kyle Lohse came out of the stretch; Ross was still in the batter's box and swung and missed a change-up but the pitch did not count as time had been called
David Ross hit the next pitch, another change-up, into the LF seats
Andrelton Simmons hit a bunt down the 1B line; Kyle Lohse's throw glanced off Simmons' helmet and sailed down the RF line; Simmons was called for interference for running in fair territory
SS Peter Kozma ran out into shallow LF and stopped under the fly ball; when he turned and put his hands out to call off LF Matt Holliday, LF umpire Sam Holbrook called it an infield fly; the signal was repeated by 3B umpire Jeff Nelson; Kozma then moved away and the ball dropped onto the field; when the Braves realized that Simmons was out, manager Fredi Gonzalez ran out to argue with Holbrook; fans started throwing trash onto the field, some of it in the direction of the umpires; the Cardinals left the field while a crew picked up the debris; the Braves protested the ruling, which was denied shortly after the game concluded, based on the fact that an infield fly is a judgment call and not subject to a protest; the delay lasted 19 minutes

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