St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

9-6, 5-4 Away

Final

5-12, 4-6 Home


STL
PIT

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

C. Carpenter2-1

8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 1 BB

V. Santos1-3

6.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4 K, 1 BB

CardinalsTop 1st
- V. Santos pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Strike Looking
  3
  Ball
  4
  Ball
  5
  Strike Looking
  6
  Foul Ball
  7
  Fly Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 1st
- C. Carpenter pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 2nd
- V. Santos pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 2nd
- C. Carpenter pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 3rd
- V. Santos pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 3rd
- C. Carpenter pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 4th
- V. Santos pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 4th
- C. Carpenter pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 5th
- V. Santos pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 5th
- C. Carpenter pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 6th
- V. Santos pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 6th
- C. Carpenter pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- N McLouth hit for V Santos.
  2
  0
- STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 7th
- S. Torres pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- J Encarnacion in right field.
  2
  0
- S Taguchi in left field.
  2
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 7th
- C. Carpenter pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 8th
- S. Torres pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 8th
- C. Carpenter pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- J Hernandez hit for S Torres.
  2
  0
- STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 9th
- R. Hernandez pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- J Encarnacion stole second, J Encarnacion safe at third on throwing error by catcher R Paulino.
  4
  0
- STL
  PIT
- S Rolen at third base.
  4
  0
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error
PiratesBottom 9th
- J. Isringhausen pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Cardinals
2
Pirates
1

Game 1

18/4

Cardinals
4
Pirates
12

Game 2

19/4

Cardinals
4
Pirates
0

Game 3

19/4

PNC Park

5:35 PM, 19 April 2006

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 15,085

Game Time:2:12

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Greg Gibson
First Base Umpire - Paul Nauert
Second Base Umpire - Charlie Reliford
Third Base Umpire - Larry Vanover

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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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

C. Carpenter2-1

V. Santos1-3

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Strike Looking
3 Ball
4 Ball
5 Strike Looking
6 Foul Ball
7 Fly Out