Saturday, May 12, 2018

Cardinals Beat Padres 9-5: Luke Weaver Strikes Out Four Over Five Scoreless Innings For The Win; Paul DeJong Singles, Homers, & Drives In Four Runs; Tommy Pham Singles Twice & Hits A Two-Run Homer

Individual Highlights:
Tommy Pham started in centerfield and batted leadoff.  3-for-5 with one home run, two RBIs, one run, and one caught stealing/pickoff.
Harrison Bader started in right field and batted second.  1-for-5 with one home run, one RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Marcell Ozuna started in left field and batted fourth.  2-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, three runs, and one walk.
Jedd Gyorko started at third base and moved to first, batting fifth.  3-for-4 with one home run, one RBI, two runs, and one walk.
Paul DeJong started at shortstop and batted sixth.  2-for-5 with one home run, four RBIs, and one run.
Kolten Wong started at second base and batted eighth.  0-for-3 with two walks and one strikeout.
Greg Garcia entered late in the game at third base and batted ninth.  2-for-2 with one run.
Luke Weaver started and pitched five innings.  He allowed four hits, one earned run, one walk, and struck four out for the winning decision (3-2).  Two sacrifices at the plate.  (p-s:92-60)(g/f:7-2)
John Gant entered in the eighth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, one walk, and struck one out.  (p-s:16-8)(g/f:2-0)

Rough Outing:
Jose Martinez started at first base and batted third.  0-for-3 with one walk.
Carson Kelly started at catcher and batted seventh.  0-for-5 with one strikeout.
Matthew Bowman entered in the sixth and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits, one earned run, one walk, and struck one out.  (p-s:28-15)(g/f:1-1)
John Brebbia entered in the seventh and pitched one inning.  He allowed three hits, two earned runs, and struck one out.  (p-s:24-17)(g/f:1-1)
Luke Gregerson entered in the ninth and pitched one inning.  He allowed two hits, two earned runs, one home run, one balk, and struck one out.  (p-s:14-11)(g/f:2-0)

Boxscore
St. Louis Official Site Post Game
Cardinal Beat Post Game
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