Friday, March 14, 2014

Cardinals Beat Astros 6-4: Michael Wacha Strikes Out Five & Picks One Runner Off Over Three & Two-Thirds Scoreless For The Win; Xavier Scruggs Doubles & Drives In Two Runs; Matt Carpenter Singles, Doubles, & Knocks In Two Runs

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter 2-for-3 with one double, two two-out RBIs, and one strikeout.
Matt Adams 1-for-3 with one double, one run, and one strikeout.
Joey Butler 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
Kolten Wong 2-for-3 with two runs and assisted in one double play.
Xavier Scruggs 1-for-2 with one double, two RBIs, one run, one walk, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Randal Grichuk 1-for-3 with one double and one hit by pitch.
Pete Kozma 0-for-3 with one RBI.
Michael Wacha started and pitched 3.2 innings.  He allowed three hits, no runs, struck five out, and picked one runner off for the winning decision (2-0).  (g/f:2-3)
Seth Maness entered in the fourth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck two out.  (g/f:1-1)(ir-s:1-0)
Keith Butler entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit and no runs.  (g/f:1-0)
Kevin Siegrist entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, one walk, hit one batter, and struck two out for the save (2).  (g/f:0-1)

Rough Outing:
Jon Jay 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
James Ramsey 0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Matt Holliday 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and one fielding error.
Greg Garcia 0-for-1 with one strikeout and assisted in one double play.
Tim Cooney entered in the sixth and pitched 1.1 innings.  He allowed two hits, four runs (three earned), one walk, threw one wild pitch, and struck three out.  (g/f:1-0)
Sam Freeman entered in the seventh and pitched to four batters.  He allowed two hits and no runs for the hold (2).  (g/f:1-0)(ir-s:2-2)

Former Cardinals:
Cesar Izturis 0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Adron Chambers 0-for-1 with one run, one walk, and one strikeout.
Raul Valdes entered in the fourth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck two out.  (g/f:0-1)

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
By Gosh, It's Langosch Post Game
STL Sports Page Post Game

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