Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Cardinals Beat Brewers 6-3: Matt Wieters Singles Twice & Drives In Two Runs; Marcell Ozuna Walks & Hits A Solo Home Run; Michael Wacha Strikes Out Seven & Allows Two Runs Over Six Innings For The Win

Individual Highlights:
Matt Carpenter started at third base and batted leadoff.  1-for-5 with one home run, one RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Paul Goldschmidt started at first base and batted second.  2-for-5 with one double, one run, one strikeout, and assisted in two double plays.
Paul DeJong started at shortstop and batted third.  4-for-5 with one RBI, one run, and assisted in two double plays.
Marcell Ozuna started in left fiedl and batted fourth.  1-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, one run, one walk, and grounded into one double play.
Dexter Fowler started in centerfield and moved right, batting sixth.  1-for-3 with one run, one walk, and grounded into one double play.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted seventh.  3-for-4 with one double, one two-out RBI, one run, and assisted in two double plays.
Matt Wieters started at catcher and batted eighth.  2-for-4 with two RBIs, one strikeout, one caught stealing, and one passed ball.
Michael Wacha started and pitched six innings.  He allowed five hits, two earned runs, one home run, one walk, and struck seven out for the winning decision (1-0).  0-for-2 with one strikeout,  (p-s:93-52)(g/f:5-3)
John Gant entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out for the hold (3).  (p-s:8-5)(g/f:1-0)(ir-s:1-0)
Jordan Hicks entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, one walk, and struck one out for the save (4).  (p-s:13-6)(g/f:1-0)

Rough Outing:
Jedd Gyorko entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Andrew Miller entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits, one earned run, and struck one out.  (p-s:23-15)

Boxscore
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