Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Cardinals Beat Royals 8-5: Yadier Molina Hits A Grand Slam; Jose Martinez Singles & Hits A Solo Home Run; Matt Carpenter Singles, Walks Twice, & Drives In One Run

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter started at first base and batted leadoff.  1-for-3 with one RBI, one run, two walks, one strikeout, and assisted in one double play.
Jose Martinez started in left field and batted second.  2-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, and one run.
Tommy Pham entered late in the game in left field and batted second.  1-for-1 with one double.
Dexter Fowler started in centerfield and batted fourth.  1-for-2 with two runs, three walks (one intentional), one stolen base, one strikeout, and one outfield assist.
Yadier Molina started at catcher and batted fifth.  1-for-4 with one home run, four two-out RBIs, one run, one throwing error, and threw out one of three base runners.
Jedd Gyorko started at third base and batted sixth.  1-for-4 with one RBI and two strikeouts.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted seventh.  1-for-2 with one run, two walks, one stolen base, one strikeout, one caught stealing/pickoff, and assisted in one double play.
Randal Grichuk started in right field and batted eighth.  2-for-4 with one run.
Greg Garcia entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  1-for-1 with one run.
Matthew Bowman entered in the sixth and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits, no runs, and struck one out for the winning decision (3-4).  (p-s:15-10)(g/f:0-1)
Zach Duke entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs for the hold (2).  (p-s:10-8)(g/f:2-0)
Tyler Lyons entered in the eighth and pitched to one batter.  He allowed no hits or runs for the hold (8).  (p-s:4-2)(g/f:0-1)(ir-s:1-0)
Trevor Rosenthal entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck two out for the save (9).  (p-s:17-12)(g/f:1-0)

Rough Outing:
Paul DeJong started at shortstop and batted third.  0-for-5 with two strikeouts, grounded into one double play, and assisted in one double play.
Mike Leake started and pitched five innings.  He allowed 11 hits, five runs (four earned), one home run, one walk, and struck five out.  0-for-1 with one RBI, one sacrifice, and grounded into one double play.  (p-s:86-57)(g/f:7-1)

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