NL: ST LOUIS (43-49) at ATLANTA (51-45) <h3>James hopes to continue recent success against Cardinals</h3> St Louis (43-49) at Atlanta (51-45) 7:35 pm EDT ATLANTA (Ticker) -- Chuck James looks to win his third straightdecision when the Atlanta Braves host the St. Louis Cardinals inthe second of a four-game series Friday. James (8-7, 3.73 ERA) has been excellent in his previous threestarts, posting a 2-0 record with a 1.02 ERA and 12 strikeoutsover 17 2/3 innings. The 25-year-old lefthander pitched six scoreless innings,allowing just two hits and three walks with four strikeouts in a5-4 triumph over the Pittsburgh Pirates last Saturday. Andruw Jones blasted a home run and drove in three runs to helpthe Braves snap a three-game losing streak with a 10-1 victoryin Thursday's contest against the Cardinals. Jones is batting .220 with 19 home runs and 65 RBI on theseason. The 30-year-old slugger has homered four times in hislast seven games. The Cardinals will counter with Adam Wainwright (8-7, 4.36), whois seeking a third straight win. The 25-year-old Wainwright pitched seven scoreless innings in a10-2 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. Therighthander yielded just six hits and two walks with fivestrikeouts. St. Louis is 3-4 on its current 10-game road trip.
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">ST LOUIS AT ATLANTA -- LINEUPS ST LOUIS ATLANTA AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI David Eckstein SS .310 2 14 Willie Harris LF .326 1 12 Jim Edmonds CF .240 7 24 Edgar Renteria SS .327 10 48 Albert Pujols 1B .315 20 58 Chipper Jones 3B .337 15 43 Juan Encarnacion RF .278 7 32 Andruw Jones CF .220 19 65 Ryan Ludwick LF .250 7 23 Brian Mccann C .269 11 53 Yadier Molina C .254 1 15 Jeff Francoeur RF .291 10 65 Aaron Miles 2B .277 0 14 Kelly Johnson 2B .291 9 44 Brendan Ryan 3B .313 2 5 Julio Franco 1B .208 1 10 Adam Wainwright RHP .281 0 4 Chuck James LHP .194 0 2 (8-7, 4.36) (8-7, 3.73)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA WARMUPS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT (8-7, 4.36) ATL - CHUCK JAMES (8-7, 3.73) UMPIRES: HP - GARY CEDERSTROM 1B - JIM REYNOLDS 2B - BILL WELKE 3B - LANCE BARKSDALE WEATHER: 77 Degrees, partly cloudy WIND: 9 mph, left to right</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA STARTING BATS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT AND YADIER MOLINA ATL - CHUCK JAMES AND BRIAN MCCANN DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: D ECKSTEIN (.310, 2 HR, 14 RBI) J EDMONDS (.240, 7 HR, 24 RBI) A PUJOLS (.315, 20 HR, 58 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 ATLANTA 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT ATL - CHUCK JAMES DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: W HARRIS (.326, 1 HR, 12 RBI) E RENTERIA (.327, 10 HR, 48 RBI) C JONES (.337, 15 HR, 43 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS ATLANTA (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 J Encarnacion rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 R Ludwick lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Y Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 A Miles 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 B Ryan 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 A Wainwright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg W Harris lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326 E Renteria ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 C Jones 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337 A Jones cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 B McCann c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 J Francoeur rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 K Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 J Franco 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 C James p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 0 -- 0 ATLANTA - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era A Wainwright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.36 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era C James 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.70 Pitches-strikes: C James 9-7. Ground balls-fly balls: C James 1-2. Batters faced: C James 3. UMPIRES: HP--Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Lance Barksdale. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA CONFIRMED STARTERS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT ATL - CHUCK JAMES</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY CHIPPER JONES SCORED WILLIE HARRIS. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C JONES ON FIRST, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 0 ATLANTA 1 BOTTOM, 1ST DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: A JONES (.220, 19 HR, 65 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 ATLANTA 1 1 1 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT ATL - CHUCK JAMES DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J ENCARNACION (.278, 7 HR, 32 RBI) R LUDWICK (.250, 7 HR, 23 RBI) Y MOLINA (.254, 1 HR, 15 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS ATLANTA (1) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 J Encarnacion rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 R Ludwick lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Y Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 A Miles 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 B Ryan 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 A Wainwright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. FIELDING: PB - Y Molina. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg W Harris lf 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .324 E Renteria ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326 C Jones 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339 A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .219 B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268 J Francoeur rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 K Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 J Franco 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 C James p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Totals 5 1 1 1 0 2 3 BATTING: RBI - C Jones (44). Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 0 -- 0 ATLANTA - 1 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era A Wainwright 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.40 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era C James 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.70 WP - A Wainwright 2. Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright 15-12; C James 9-7. Ground balls-fly balls: A Wainwright 1-1; C James 1-2. Batters faced: A Wainwright 5; C James 3. UMPIRES: HP--Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Lance Barksdale. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 1 0 ATLANTA 1 1 1 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT ATL - CHUCK JAMES DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: J FRANCOEUR (.291, 10 HR, 65 RBI) K JOHNSON (.291, 9 HR, 44 RBI) J FRANCO (.208, 1 HR, 10 RBI)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS ATLANTA (1) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 J Encarnacion rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 R Ludwick lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255 Y Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253 A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276 B Ryan 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 A Wainwright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 BATTING: 2B - R Ludwick (12, C James). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Miles 1. Team LOB - 1. FIELDING: PB - Y Molina. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg W Harris lf 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .324 E Renteria ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326 C Jones 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339 A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .219 B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268 J Francoeur rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 K Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 J Franco 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 C James p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Totals 5 1 1 1 0 2 3 BATTING: RBI - C Jones (44). Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 00 -- 0 ATLANTA - 1 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era A Wainwright 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.40 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era C James 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.66 WP - A Wainwright 2. Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright 15-12; C James 26-19. Ground balls-fly balls: A Wainwright 1-1; C James 3-2. Batters faced: A Wainwright 5; C James 7. UMPIRES: HP--Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Lance Barksdale. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 1 0 ATLANTA 1 0 1 1 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT ATL - CHUCK JAMES DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B RYAN (.313, 2 HR, 5 RBI) A WAINWRIGHT (.281, 0 HR, 4 RBI) D ECKSTEIN (.308, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS ATLANTA (1) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 J Encarnacion rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 R Ludwick lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255 Y Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253 A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276 B Ryan 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 A Wainwright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 BATTING: 2B - R Ludwick (12, C James). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Miles 1. Team LOB - 1. FIELDING: PB - Y Molina. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg W Harris lf 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .324 E Renteria ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326 C Jones 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339 A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .219 B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268 J Francoeur rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 K Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J Franco 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 C James p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Totals 8 1 1 1 0 2 3 BATTING: RBI - C Jones (44). Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 00 -- 0 ATLANTA - 10 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era A Wainwright 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.37 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era C James 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.66 WP - A Wainwright 2. Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright 32-22; C James 26-19. Ground balls-fly balls: A Wainwright 4-1; C James 3-2. Batters faced: A Wainwright 8; C James 7. UMPIRES: HP--Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Lance Barksdale. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 1 0 ATLANTA 1 0 1 1 0 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT ATL - CHUCK JAMES DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: C JAMES (.194, 0 HR, 2 RBI) W HARRIS (.324, 0-FOR-1) E RENTERIA (.326, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS ATLANTA (1) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 J Encarnacion rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 R Ludwick lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255 Y Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253 A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276 B Ryan 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 A Wainwright p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Totals 10 0 1 0 0 2 2 BATTING: 2B - R Ludwick (12, C James). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Miles 1. Team LOB - 1. FIELDING: PB - Y Molina. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg W Harris lf 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .324 E Renteria ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .326 C Jones 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .339 A Jones cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .219 B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268 J Francoeur rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 K Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J Franco 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 C James p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Totals 8 1 1 1 0 2 3 BATTING: RBI - C Jones (44). Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 000 -- 0 ATLANTA - 10 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era A Wainwright 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.37 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era C James 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.63 WP - A Wainwright 2. Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright 32-22; C James 34-26. Ground balls-fly balls: A Wainwright 4-1; C James 3-4. Batters faced: A Wainwright 8; C James 10. UMPIRES: HP--Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Lance Barksdale. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 0 1 0 ATLANTA 1 0 0 1 2 0 (TOP 4) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT ATL - CHUCK JAMES DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J EDMONDS (.239, 0-FOR-1) A PUJOLS (.315, 0-FOR-1) J ENCARNACION (.277, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (0) VS ATLANTA (1) - END 3RD - IN PROGRESS ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 J Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 A Pujols 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315 J Encarnacion rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 R Ludwick lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255 Y Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253 A Miles 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276 B Ryan 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 A Wainwright p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Totals 10 0 1 0 0 2 2 BATTING: 2B - R Ludwick (12, C James). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Miles 1. Team LOB - 1. FIELDING: PB - Y Molina. ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg W Harris lf 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .322 E Renteria ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .328 C Jones 3b 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .339 A Jones cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .219 B McCann c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268 J Francoeur rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 K Johnson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 J Franco 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 C James p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Totals 12 1 2 1 1 2 5 BATTING: 2B - E Renteria (25, A Wainwright). RBI - C Jones (44). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Jones 1. Team LOB - 3. ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 000 -- 0 ATLANTA - 100 -- 1 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era A Wainwright 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 4.33 ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era C James 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.63 WP - A Wainwright 2. Pitches-strikes: A Wainwright 44-27; C James 34-26. Ground balls-fly balls: A Wainwright 7-1; C James 3-4. Batters faced: A Wainwright 13; C James 10. UMPIRES: HP--Gary Cederstrom. 1B--Jim Reynolds. 2B--Bill Welke. 3B--Lance Barksdale. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, left to right.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE SOLO HOME RUN BY ALBERT PUJOLS (21) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE 4TH OFF CHUCK JAMES. CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1, ATLANTA 1 DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J ENCARNACION (.277, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ST LOUIS 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 ATLANTA 1 0 0 1 2 0 (BOT 4) CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT ATL - CHUCK JAMES DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.268, 0-FOR-1) J FRANCOEUR (.290, 0-FOR-1) K JOHNSON (.290, 0-FOR-1)</div>
