Sunday, September 8, 2013

Cardinals Beat Pirates 9-2: Michael Wacha Strikes Out Two Over Seven Scoreless Innings & Drives In Two Runs For The Win; Matt Carpenter & Jon Jay Each Single, Double, & Knock In One Run; David Freese Collects Two Singles & One RBI

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter 2-for-5 with one double, one RBI, two runs, two strikeouts, and assisted in two double plays.
Jon Jay 2-for-4 with one double, one RBI, two runs, and one walk.
Matt Holliday 1-for-3 with one two-out RBI and one walk.
Carlos Beltran 1-for-2 with one double, one RBI, one run, one walk, and one sac fly.
Yadier Molina 0-for-4 with one RBI and two strikeouts.
David Freese 2-for-4 with one RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Pete Kozma 2-for-3 with one double, two runs, one walk, and assisted in two double plays.
Michael Wacha started and pitched seven innings.  He allowed two hits, no runs, two walks, and struck two out for the winning decision (3-0).  1-for-2 with two RBIs, one sacrifice, and one strikeout at the plate.  (p-s:97-57)(g/f:7-7)
John Axford entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck three out.  (p-s:21-15)

Rough Outing:
Tony Cruz 0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Sam Freeman entered in the entered in the ninth and pitched to three batters.  He allowed one hit, two earned runs, one walk, and committed one fielding error.  (p-s:15-8)(g/f:1-0)
Fernando Salas entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:11-7)(g/f:0-1)(ir-s:2-1)

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

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