St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

62-51, 31-28 Away

Final

45-66, 28-27 Home


STL
PIT

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	7	11	1
0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	2

CardinalsTop 1st
- Z. Duke pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Foul Ball
  3
  Ball
  4
  Foul Ball
  5
  Foul Ball
  6
  Strike Swinging
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 1st
- J. Pineiro pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 2nd
- Z. Duke pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 2nd
- J. Pineiro pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 3rd
- Z. Duke pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 3rd
- J. Pineiro pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 4th
- Z. Duke pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- J Lugo safe at third on throwing error by pitcher Z Duke.
  0
  3
- Y Molina picked off first.
  1
  3
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error
PiratesBottom 4th
- J. Pineiro pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 5th
- Z. Duke pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 5th
- J. Pineiro pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 6th
- Z. Duke pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 6th
- J. Pineiro pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 7th
- Z. Duke pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- M Holliday picked off and caught stealing second, M Holliday safe at third on error by S Pearce.
  1
  3
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error
PiratesBottom 7th
- J. Pineiro pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 8th
- Z. Duke pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- M DeRosa hit for J Pineiro.
  2
  3
- M. Capps pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- S Schumaker hit for J Lugo.
  2
  3
- M. Capps pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- A Pujols to third, M Holliday to second on wild pitch by J Chavez.
  4
  3
- 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 8th
- J. Chavez pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- S Schumaker at second base.
  7
  3
- J Thurston at third base.
  7
  3
- T. Miller pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- T. Miller pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- T. Miller pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- T. Miller pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- T. Miller pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- T. Miller pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- T. Miller pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- T. Miller pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- K. McClellan pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
CardinalsTop 9th
- E. Meek pitching for PIT
  STL
  PIT
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
PiratesBottom 9th
- K. McClellan pitching for STL
  STL
  PIT
- R Vazquez safe at first on error by third baseman J Thurston.
  7
  3
- B Moss hit for E Meek.
  7
  3
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error

Cardinals
6
Pirates
4

Game 1

8/8

Cardinals
5
Pirates
3

Game 2

9/8

Cardinals
7
Pirates
3

Game 3

9/8

PNC Park

6:35 PM, 9 August 2009

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 24,369

Game Time:2:43

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Estabrook
First Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher
Second Base Umpire - Greg Gibson
Third Base Umpire - Tim Mcclelland

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

J. Pineiro10-9

M. Capps2-7

K. McClellan2

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Foul Ball
3 Ball
4 Foul Ball
5 Foul Ball
6 Strike Swinging