Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

53-82, 17-49 Away

Final

72-61, 41-25 Home


PIT
STL

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	3	8	1

C. Carpenter13-6

9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 8 K, 0 BB

Z. Duke8-13

7.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 0 K, 1 BB

Pirates Hitting

hitters
C. DuffyCF
J. Bautista3B
F. SanchezSS
J. BayLF
X. NadyRF
R. Doumit1B
R. PaulinoC
José Castillo2B
Z. DukeP
aJ. WilsonPH
B. RogersP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	1	0	1	.213	.271	.275
4	0	0	0	2	.252	.348	.438
4	0	0	0	1	.343	.380	.482
4	0	0	0	3	.289	.398	.534
2	0	0	0	0	.289	.350	.478
3	0	0	0	0	.192	.270	.333
3	1	2	0	0	.318	.370	.403
3	0	0	0	0	.275	.322	.420
2	0	0	1	0	.207	.220	.259
1	0	0	0	1	.273	.313	.379
0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
30	1	3	1	8

a-struck out looking for Z Duke in the 8th

Batting
RBIZ Duke (7)
Team LOB3

Fielding
DP1 (F Sanchez-J Castillo-R Doumit)

Cardinals Hitting

hitters
P. WilsonRF
S. TaguchiLF
A. Pujols1B
S. Rolen3B
J. EncarnacionCF
R. Belliard2B
A. MilesSS
Y. MolinaC
C. CarpenterP
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	2	1	1	1	1	.268	.310	.422
4	1	1	0	0	0	.271	.333	.357
4	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.416	.653
3	0	2	0	0	1	.313	.385	.545
4	0	2	1	0	0	.289	.318	.459
4	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.333	.398
3	0	1	0	0	0	.270	.337	.351
3	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.266	.325
3	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143
31	3	8	2	1	2

Batting
HRP Wilson (13, 3rd inning off Z Duke 0 on, 0 Out)
RBIJ Encarnacion (70), P Wilson (63)
2Out RBIJ Encarnacion
GIDPR Belliard
Team LOB6

Fielding
EP Wilson (1, bobble)

Pirates Pitching

pitchers
Z. Duke(L,10-15)
B. Rogers
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	HR	PC-ST	ERA
7.0	8	3	3	1	1	88-56	4.97
1.0	0	0	0	1	0	15-11	0.00
8.0	8	3	3	2	1	103-67

Pitching
WPZ Duke
HBPX Nady (By C Carpenter)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsZ Duke 15-6; B Rogers 2-1
Game ScoresZ Duke 48

Cardinals Pitching

pitchers
C. Carpenter(W,15-8)
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
9.0	3	1	1	0	8	0	102-76	2.87
9.0	3	1	1	0	8	0	102-76

Pitching
WPC Carpenter
Ground Balls-Fly BallsC Carpenter 16-3
Game ScoresC Carpenter 85

Scoring Summary

		PIT	STL
1st	J Encarnacion singled to right, P Wilson scored, S Taguchi to third.	0	1
1st	S Taguchi scored, J Encarnacion to second on wild pitch by Z Duke.	0	2
3rd	Z Duke grounded out to first, R Paulino scored.	1	2
3rd	P Wilson homered to left.	1	3

Pirates
1
Cardinals
3

Game 1

2/9

Pirates
1
Cardinals
0

Game 2

3/9

Pirates
3
Cardinals
6

Game 3

3/9

Busch Stadium

1:10 AM, 2 September 2006

St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 42,091

Game Time:1:54

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Brian Onora
First Base Umpire - Chuck Meriwether
Second Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi
Third Base Umpire - Jerry Crawford

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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C. Carpenter13-6

Z. Duke8-13

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