GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ST LOUIS (35-42) at CINCINNATI (31-50)

NL: ST LOUIS at CINCINNATI

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ST LOUIS (11) AT CINCINNATI (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
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ST LOUIS 1ST: S Taguchi singled to center. A Miles safe at first on error
by pitcher H Bailey, S Taguchi to third, A Miles tagged out at second
attempting to advance on play. A Pujols hit sacrifice fly to right, S Taguchi
scored. C Duncan singled to right. S Rolen singled to right, C Duncan to
third. R Ludwick struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 1 Error) ST LOUIS 1,
CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 1ST: N Hopper reached on infield single to shortstop.
B Phillips homered to center, N Hopper scored. K Griffey Jr struck out
swinging. J Conine lined out to right. A Dunn grounded out to first. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 2.

ST LOUIS 2ND: A Kennedy walked. G Bennett doubled to deep left center,
A Kennedy to third. M Maroth grounded out to pitcher. S Taguchi singled to
center, A Kennedy scored, G Bennett to third. A Miles hit sacrifice fly to
center, G Bennett scored. A Pujols walked, S Taguchi to second. C Duncan
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, CINCINNATI 2.

ST LOUIS 3RD: S Rolen flied out to right. R Ludwick homered to center.
A Kennedy grounded out to second. G Bennett walked. M Maroth grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, G Bennett out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 4, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 3RD: H Bailey singled to right. N Hopper reached on bunt single
to pitcher, H Bailey to second. B Phillips bunted into fielder's choice to
pitcher, H Bailey out at third, N Hopper to second. K Griffey Jr homered to
center, N Hopper and B Phillips scored. J Conine grounded out to third.
A Dunn struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 4, CINCINNATI 5.

ST LOUIS 4TH: S Taguchi flied out to center. A Miles grounded out to
second. A Pujols walked. C Duncan walked, A Pujols to second. S Rolen
singled to left, A Pujols scored, C Duncan to third, S Rolen to second
advancing on throw. R Stone relieved H Bailey. R Ludwick homered to right,
C Duncan and S Rolen scored. A Kennedy struck out looking. (4 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 8, CINCINNATI 5.

CINCINNATI 5TH: B Phillips walked. T Cate relieved T Percival. K Griffey
Jr singled to deep right, B Phillips to third. J Conine hit sacrifice fly to
left, B Phillips scored. A Dunn grounded into fielder's choice to first,
K Griffey Jr out at second. E Encarnacion struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 8, CINCINNATI 6.

ST LOUIS 6TH: A Miles popped out to second. A Pujols singled to center.
C Duncan homered to right, A Pujols scored. S Rolen flied out to center.
R Ludwick lined out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10,
CINCINNATI 6.

CINCINNATI 6TH: A Gonzalez struck out swinging. D Ross homered to center.
J Castro hit for B Salmon. J Castro flied out to center. N Hopper flied out
to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10, CINCINNATI 7.

ST LOUIS 8TH: S Taguchi safe at first on error by shortstop A Gonzalez.
A Miles singled to right, S Taguchi to third. A Pujols grounded into double
play, third to second to first, S Taguchi scored, A Miles out at second.
C Duncan singled to right. S Rolen singled to left, C Duncan to second,
C Duncan to third, S Rolen to second on error by left fielder A Dunn.
R Ludwick intentionally walked. J Coutlangus relieved T Coffey. B Ryan hit
for A Kennedy. B Ryan fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 2 Errors)
ST LOUIS 11, CINCINNATI 7.</div>

 

Ludwick's big day leads Cardinals over Reds

<h3>ST LOUIS 11, CINCINNATI 7</h3>CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Ryan Ludwick homered twice and drove infour runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-7 win overthe Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Ludwick, starting just his 19th game this season, hit a 473-footsolo shot off Cincinnati rookie phenom Homer Bailey in thethird inning. He added a three-run shot, his sixth of theseason, against reliever Ricky Stone in the fourth to put theCardinals ahead to stay.

Troy Percival (2-0) relieved Cardinals starter Mike Maroth withtwo on and none out in the fourth. He got the next three Redsout in order, striking out one.

Bailey (2-2) suffered his second consecutive loss, allowing sixruns and seven hits while lasting just 3 2/3 innings. The21-year old walked five and struck out two as his ERA rose to8.10.

Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 22nd home run of the season and the585th of his career off Maroth to give the Reds a 5-4 lead afterthree frames.

But Bailey could not hold the lead. The righthander retired thefirst two batters in the fourth before walking Albert Pujolsand Chris Duncan.

Scott Rolen singled to score Pujols, chasing Bailey. Stone, whohad his contract selected from Class AAA Louisville on Friday,served up Ludwick's second homer on a 3-1 pitch to put St. Louisahead, 8-5.

The Cardinals scored their final run in the eighth inning whenPujols grounded into a double play to plate So Taguchi, who ledoff the frame by reaching on shortstop Alex Gonzalez's error.

Taguchi, Rolen and Duncan had three hits apiece to pace St.Louis' 14-hit attack.

Maroth surrendered a first inning, two-run home run to BrandonPhillips - his 15th of the season - and lasted just three-plusinnings. The lefthander was charged with five earned runs andsix hits.

David Ross hit his second home run in two days off Troy Cate inthe sixth. It was his 14th homer of the year.

The Reds have dropped the deciding game of six straight series.

 

NL: ST LOUIS at CINCINNATI

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ST LOUIS (11) AT CINCINNATI (7) - EVENT LOG
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St Louis Starting Lineups -- S Taguchi CF, A Miles SS, A Pujols 1B, C Duncan
LF, S Rolen 3B, R Ludwick RF, A Kennedy 2B, G Bennett C, M Maroth LHP.

Cincinnati Starting Lineups -- N Hopper CF, B Phillips 2B, K Griffey Jr RF,
J Conine 1B, A Dunn LF, E Encarnacion 3B, A Gonzalez SS, D Ross C, H Bailey RHP.

Umpires -- Tim Tschida (HP), Jim Joyce (1B), Jim Wolf (2B), Rob Drake (3B).


Gametime Weather: 81 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind swirling at 5 mph.


ST LOUIS 1ST: S Taguchi singled to center. A Miles safe at first on error
by pitcher H Bailey, S Taguchi to third, A Miles tagged out at second
attempting to advance on play. A Pujols hit sacrifice fly to right,
S Taguchi scored. C Duncan singled to right. S Rolen singled to right,
C Duncan to third. R Ludwick struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 1 Error)
ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 0.

CINCINNATI 1ST: N Hopper reached on infield single to shortstop.
B Phillips homered to center, N Hopper scored. K Griffey Jr struck out
swinging. J Conine lined out to right. A Dunn grounded out to first.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 2.

ST LOUIS 2ND: A Kennedy walked. G Bennett doubled to deep left center,
A Kennedy to third. M Maroth grounded out to pitcher. S Taguchi singled to
center, A Kennedy scored, G Bennett to third. A Miles hit sacrifice fly to
center, G Bennett scored. A Pujols walked, S Taguchi to second. C Duncan
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 2ND: E Encarnacion flied out to center. A Gonzalez grounded out
to third. D Ross popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3,
CINCINNATI 2.

ST LOUIS 3RD: S Rolen flied out to right. R Ludwick homered to center.
A Kennedy grounded out to second. G Bennett walked. M Maroth grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, G Bennett out at second. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 4, CINCINNATI 2.

CINCINNATI 3RD: H Bailey singled to right. N Hopper reached on bunt single
to pitcher, H Bailey to second. B Phillips bunted into fielder's choice to
pitcher, H Bailey out at third, N Hopper to second. K Griffey Jr homered to
center, N Hopper and B Phillips scored. J Conine grounded out to third.
A Dunn struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 4, CINCINNATI 5.

ST LOUIS 4TH: S Taguchi flied out to center. A Miles grounded out to
second. A Pujols walked. C Duncan walked, A Pujols to second. S Rolen
singled to left, A Pujols scored, C Duncan to third, S Rolen to second
advancing on throw. R Stone relieved H Bailey. R Ludwick homered to right,
C Duncan and S Rolen scored. A Kennedy struck out looking. (4 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 8, CINCINNATI 5.

CINCINNATI 4TH: E Encarnacion singled to right. E Encarnacion safe at
second on error by first baseman A Pujols. A Gonzalez walked. T Percival
relieved M Maroth. D Ross fouled out to third. J Valentin hit for R Stone.
J Valentin struck out swinging. N Hopper grounded out to first. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 1 Error) ST LOUIS 8, CINCINNATI 5.

ST LOUIS 5TH: B Salmon relieved R Stone. G Bennett lined out to center.
T Percival struck out swinging. S Taguchi struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 8, CINCINNATI 5.

CINCINNATI 5TH: B Phillips walked. T Cate relieved T Percival. K Griffey
Jr singled to deep right, B Phillips to third. J Conine hit sacrifice fly to
left, B Phillips scored. A Dunn grounded into fielder's choice to first,
K Griffey Jr out at second. E Encarnacion struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 8, CINCINNATI 6.

ST LOUIS 6TH: A Miles popped out to second. A Pujols singled to center.
C Duncan homered to right, A Pujols scored. S Rolen flied out to center.
R Ludwick lined out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10,
CINCINNATI 6.

CINCINNATI 6TH: A Gonzalez struck out swinging. D Ross homered to center.
J Castro hit for B Salmon. J Castro flied out to center. N Hopper flied out
to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10, CINCINNATI 7.

ST LOUIS 7TH: T Coffey relieved B Salmon. A Kennedy grounded out to second.
G Bennett lined out to center. A Wainwright hit for T Cate. A Wainwright
grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10, CINCINNATI 7.

CINCINNATI 7TH: R Franklin relieved T Cate. B Phillips grounded out to
shortstop. K Griffey Jr struck out looking. J Conine grounded out to second.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10, CINCINNATI 7.

ST LOUIS 8TH: S Taguchi safe at first on error by shortstop A Gonzalez.
A Miles singled to right, S Taguchi to third. A Pujols grounded into double
play, third to second to first, S Taguchi scored, A Miles out at second.
C Duncan singled to right. S Rolen singled to left, C Duncan to second,
C Duncan to third, S Rolen to second on error by left fielder A Dunn.
R Ludwick intentionally walked. J Coutlangus relieved T Coffey. B Ryan hit
for A Kennedy. B Ryan fouled out to catcher. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 2 Errors)
ST LOUIS 11, CINCINNATI 7.

CINCINNATI 8TH: B Ryan at second base. A Dunn flied out to right.
E Encarnacion grounded out to second. A Gonzalez flied out to center.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 11, CINCINNATI 7.

ST LOUIS 9TH: M McBeth relieved J Coutlangus. G Bennett popped out to
shortstop. S Schumaker hit for R Franklin. S Schumaker grounded out to first.
S Taguchi singled to left. A Miles flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 11, CINCINNATI 7.

CINCINNATI 9TH: R Flores relieved R Franklin. D Ross fouled out to first.
C Moeller hit for M McBeth. C Moeller struck out swinging. N Hopper walked.
N Hopper to second on fielder's indifference. B Phillips popped out to first.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 11, CINCINNATI 7.</div>

 

Ludwick's big day leads Cardinals over Reds

<h3>ST LOUIS 11, CINCINNATI 7</h3>CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Ryan Ludwick homered twice and drove infour runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-7 win overthe Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Ludwick, starting just his 19th game this season, hit a 473-footsolo shot off Cincinnati rookie phenom Homer Bailey in thethird inning. He added a three-run shot, his sixth of theseason, against reliever Ricky Stone in the fourth to put theCardinals ahead to stay.

Troy Percival (2-0) relieved Cardinals starter Mike Maroth withtwo on and none out in the fourth. He got the next three Redsin order, striking out one.

The tape-measure shot by Ludwick was the first to reach thenewly constructed steamboat replica that was built on top of thebatter's eye in center field. It was the ninth-longest hit inGreat American Ball Park and six feet short of Albert Pujols'2003 blast.

"I knew I hit it good," Ludwick said. "He is a power pitcherand supplied a lot of the power. I just put a good swing on it.He had fallen behind some hitters and I knew he'd be throwing ahard fastball."

Ludwick was in the lineup to give Juan Encarnacion a day offafter a night game.

"That was a bomb," said Cardinals manager Tony La Russa ofLudwick's first home run. "The second one was clutch. They waythe game was going we needed every bit of it."

Bailey (2-2) suffered his second consecutive loss, allowing sixruns and seven hits while lasting just 3 2/3 innings. The21-year old walked five and struck out two as his ERA rose to8.10.

"He tried to go out there with one pitch (fastball)," Cincinnatimanager Jerry Narron said of Bailey. "He wasn't gettinganything else over. With young players, you know you're goingto have ups and downs. You've got to be able to throw strikeswith something other than your fastball."

Reds management, with the worst record in baseball, resistedpressure to bring Bailey to the major leagues until June. Theywere concerned that he hadn't developed enough confidence inother pitches and was accustomed to relying on his fastball.

"I was throwing, not pitching," Bailey said. "There were a fewmechanical flaws me and Dick (pitching coach Pole) just found.When I came into ice, I said, 'I'm going to look at the video.'I was flying out, striding too long. When you're flying open,it's hard to make your pitches.

"I was standing right there. I knew something was wrong, but Icouldn't figure out what it was. It's a small, mechanicalthing. Everybody has it. We have an off-day tomorrow, whichgives me an extra day to remember how bad today was."

Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 22nd home run of the season and the585th of his career off Maroth to give the Reds a 5-4 lead afterthree frames.

But Bailey could not hold the lead. The righthander retired thefirst two batters in the fourth before walking Pujols and ChrisDuncan.

Scott Rolen singled to score Pujols and chase Bailey. Stone,who had his contract selected from Class AAA Louisville onFriday, served up Ludwick's second homer on a 3-1 pitch to putSt. Louis ahead, 8-5.

The Cardinals scored their final run in the eighth inning whenPujols grounded into a double play to plate So Taguchi, who ledoff the frame by reaching on shortstop Alex Gonzalez's error.

Taguchi, Rolen and Duncan had three hits apiece to pace St.Louis' 14-hit attack.

Maroth surrendered a first inning, two-run home run to BrandonPhillips - his 15th of the season - and lasted just three-plusinnings. The lefthander was charged with five earned runs andsix hits.

"The first-inning home run was on a tee," La Russa said. "Hegave up five runs on two pitches. I'm sure he's going to pickus up another time. Today we had to pick him up."

"I got behind too many guys and had to come closer to the middleof the plate," Maroth said. "I needed to make my pitches anddidn't do it."

David Ross hit his second home run in two days off Troy Cate inthe sixth. It was his 14th homer of the year.

The Reds have dropped the deciding game of six straight series.