Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Cardinals Beat Astros 9-5: Adam Wainwright Strikes Out Nine & Allows One Run Over Seven Innings For The Win; Matt Carpenter Singles, Doubles Twice, & Drives In Three Runs; Matt Holliday Hits Two-Run Homer

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs (two w/two-outs), three runs, and one sac fly.
Carlos Beltran 2-for-5 with one double, one two-out RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Matt Holliday 1-for-3 with one home run, two RBIs, one run, one hit by pitch, and one strikeout.
Allen Craig 3-for-5 with two RBIs.
Yadier Molina 0-for-2 with one run, one intentional walk, one hit by pitch, and grounded into one double play.
David Freese 3-for-4 with one run and grounded into one double play.
Daniel Descalso 2-for-4 with two doubles, one run, and one strikeout.
Jon Jay 1-for-3 with one two-out RBI, one run, and one walk.
Adam Wainwright started and pitched seven innings.  He allowed five hits, one earned run, one walk, and struck nine out for the winning decision (12-5).  0-for-2 with one sacrifice and two strikeouts at the plate.  (p-s:97-72)(g/f:10-0)
Kevin Siegrist entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:16-8)(g/f:0-1)
Edward Mujica entered in the ninth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the save (24).  (p-s:8-5)(ir-s:2-0)

Rough Outing:
Tony Cruz 0-for-1 with one ground into double play.
Randy Choate entered in the ninth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed one hit and one earned run.  (p-s:4-2)
Mike Blazek entered in the ninth and pitched to seven batters.  He allowed two hits, three earned runs, and three walks.  (p-s:32-17)(g/f:2-0)(ir-s:1-1)

Former Cardinals:
Brett Wallace 1-for-5 with one double, one RBI, one run, two strikeouts, and assisted in two double plays.
Ronny Cedeno 0-for-2 with one strikeout.

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
STL Sports Page Post Game
Post-Dispatch Post Game
KMOV Post Game

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