NL: CINCINNATI at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - CINCINNATI 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 1 ST LOUIS 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 9 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: CIN - AARON HARANG, TODD COFFEY (7TH), MIKE STANTON (7TH), GARY MAJEWSKI (8TH), JARED BURTON (9TH), JON COUTLANGUS (9TH) AND DAVID ROSS, JAVIER VALENTIN (7TH) STL - TODD WELLEMEYER, TYLER JOHNSON (4TH), RUSS SPRINGER (6TH), RANDY FLORES (7TH), RYAN FRANKLIN (7TH), JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (9TH) AND GARY BENNETT, KELLY STINNETT (3RD) WP - JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (3-0) LP - JARED BURTON (0-1) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: CIN - NONE STL - JUAN ENCARNACION (3) OFF AARON HARANG IN THE 6TH, 0 ON TIME: 3:33 ATT: 43,532 PROBABLES: CIN - BRONSON ARROYO (2-6, 4.73) STL - BRAD THOMPSON (4-1, 4.37)</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">CINCINNATI (3) VS ST LOUIS (4) - FINAL CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg N Hopper rf 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .315 J Hamilton cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .260 B Phillips 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .280 A Dunn lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .255 E Encarnacion 3b 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 .271 S Hatteberg 1b 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 .290 a-J Conine ph-1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .284 D Ross c 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .198 b-K Griffey Jr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .279 T Coffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 M Stanton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 G Majewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 d-C Moeller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 J Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Coutlangus p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Castro ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .159 c-J Valentin ph-c 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .246 A Harang p 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 .143 A Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .272 Totals 33 3 7 2 9 9 30 a-singled to right center for S Hatteberg in the 7th; b-grounded into fielder's choice to first for D Ross in the 7th; c-grounded to first for J Castro in the 7th; d-grounded to shortstop for G Majewski in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - J Hamilton (6, T Wellemeyer). 3B - B Phillips (4, R Flores). S - N Hopper. RBI - N Hopper (1), A Dunn (36). 2-out RBI - N Hopper. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Dunn 2, J Hamilton 2, A Harang 1, S Hatteberg 1, J Valentin 2, A Gonzalez 1. GIDP - E Encarnacion. Team LOB - 15. FIELDING: E - D Ross (2, pop up). PB - D Ross. ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Eckstein ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 .295 C Duncan lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 .270 b-S Taguchi ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .266 A Pujols 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .293 J Edmonds cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .239 S Spiezio 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .270 J Encarnacion rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .246 G Bennett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 K Stinnett pr-c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 A Kennedy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .225 J Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T Wellemeyer p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 T Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R Springer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-R Ludwick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 R Flores p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A Miles 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .261 Totals 33 4 9 4 2 7 19 a-struck out swinging for R Springer in the 6th; b-singled to right for C Duncan in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - J Edmonds (3, A Harang); D Eckstein (6, T Coffey). HR - J Encarnacion (3, 6th inning off A Harang 0 on, 0 Out). S - D Eckstein , T Johnson. RBI - J Edmonds (21), D Eckstein (11), J Encarnacion (9), S Taguchi (9). 2-out RBI - J Edmonds, D Eckstein. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Duncan 1, S Spiezio 3, D Eckstein 2. Team LOB - 9. FIELDING: E - D Eckstein (10, ground ball). DP: 1 (D Eckstein-A Kennedy-A Pujols). ---------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI - 000 200 100 -- 3 ST LOUIS - 110 001 001 -- 4 One out when winning run scored. ---------------------------------------------------- CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era A Harang 6 7 3 3 0 7 1 4.24 T Coffey 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.87 M Stanton 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.06 G Majewski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.25 J Burton (L, 0-1) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.19 J Coutlangus 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.03 ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era T Wellemeyer 3 2/3 2 2 2 6 4 0 4.11 T Johnson 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.74 R Springer 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.84 R Flores (B, 1) 1/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.43 R Franklin 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.40 J Isringhausen (W, 3-0) 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1.57 J Burton pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. WP - T Johnson, A Harang, J Coutlangus. IBB - A Pujols (by T Coffey). HBP - G Bennett (by A Harang); A Dunn (by T Johnson); B Phillips (by R Franklin). Pitches-strikes: A Harang 114-70; T Coffey 7-3; M Stanton 8-4; G Majewski 12-8; J Burton 6-0; J Coutlangus 10-8; T Wellemeyer 86-43; T Johnson 18-10; R Springer 14-8; R Flores 12-7; R Franklin 26-16; J Isringhausen 24-13. Ground balls-fly balls: A Harang 3-8; T Coffey 1-0; M Stanton 0-2; G Majewski 1-2; J Burton 0-0; J Coutlangus 1-0; T Wellemeyer 4-3; T Johnson 2-0; R Springer 0-2; R Flores 1-0; R Franklin 5-0; J Isringhausen 1-0. Batters faced: A Harang 27; T Coffey 3; M Stanton 2; G Majewski 3; J Burton 1; J Coutlangus 2; T Wellemeyer 19; T Johnson 5; R Springer 4; R Flores 4; R Franklin 8; J Isringhausen 5. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Schrieber. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Fieldin Culbreth. 3B--Marty Foster. T--3:33. Att--43,532. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 12 mph, out to right.</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CINCINNATI (3) AT ST LOUIS (4) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ST LOUIS 1ST: D Eckstein singled to center. C Duncan struck out swinging. D Eckstein to second on passed ball by D Ross. A Pujols flied out to right. J Edmonds doubled to deep center, D Eckstein scored. S Spiezio flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, ST LOUIS 1. ST LOUIS 2ND: J Encarnacion singled to center. G Bennett hit by pitch, J Encarnacion to second. K Stinnett ran for G Bennett. A Kennedy struck out swinging. T Wellemeyer struck out swinging. D Eckstein singled to left, J Encarnacion scored, K Stinnett to second. C Duncan struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, ST LOUIS 2. CINCINNATI 4TH: E Encarnacion walked. S Hatteberg walked, E Encarnacion to second. D Ross walked, E Encarnacion to third, S Hatteberg to second. J Castro struck out looking. A Harang struck out swinging. N Hopper walked, E Encarnacion scored, S Hatteberg to third, D Ross to second. T Johnson relieved T Wellemeyer. S Hatteberg scored, D Ross to third, N Hopper to second on wild pitch by T Johnson. J Hamilton struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, ST LOUIS 2. ST LOUIS 6TH: J Encarnacion homered to left. K Stinnett flied out to right. A Kennedy flied out to right. R Ludwick hit for R Springer. R Ludwick struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, ST LOUIS 3. CINCINNATI 7TH: R Flores relieved R Springer. J Hamilton grounded out to shortstop. B Phillips tripled to deep right. A Dunn singled to right, B Phillips scored. E Encarnacion singled to center, A Dunn to second. J Conine hit for S Hatteberg. R Franklin relieved R Flores. J Conine singled to right center, A Dunn to third, E Encarnacion to second. K Griffey Jr hit for D Ross. K Griffey Jr grounded into fielder's choice to first, A Dunn out at home, E Encarnacion to third, J Conine to second. J Valentin hit for J Castro. J Valentin grounded out to first. (1 Run, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 3, ST LOUIS 3. ST LOUIS 9TH: J Burton relieved G Majewski. A Miles walked. J Coutlangus relieved J Burton. D Eckstein sacrificed to first, A Miles to second. S Taguchi hit for C Duncan. A Miles to third on wild pitch by J Coutlangus. S Taguchi singled to right, A Miles scored. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 3, ST LOUIS 4.</div>
NL: CINCINNATI at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CINCINNATI (3) AT ST LOUIS (4) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cincinnati Starting Lineups -- N Hopper RF, J Hamilton CF, B Phillips 2B, A Dunn LF, E Encarnacion 3B, S Hatteberg 1B, D Ross C, J Castro SS, A Harang RHP. St Louis Starting Lineups -- D Eckstein SS, C Duncan LF, A Pujols 1B, J Edmonds CF, S Spiezio 3B, J Encarnacion RF, G Bennett C, A Kennedy 2B, T Wellemeyer RHP. Umpires -- Paul Schrieber (HP), Tim Mcclelland (1B), Fieldin Culbreth (2B), Marty Foster (3B). Gametime Weather: 78 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to right at 12 mph. CINCINNATI 1ST: N Hopper grounded out to second. J Hamilton walked. B Phillips grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Hamilton out at second. A Dunn flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, ST LOUIS 0. ST LOUIS 1ST: D Eckstein singled to center. C Duncan struck out swinging. D Eckstein to second on passed ball by D Ross. A Pujols flied out to right. J Edmonds doubled to deep center, D Eckstein scored. S Spiezio flied out to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, ST LOUIS 1. CINCINNATI 2ND: E Encarnacion singled to right. S Hatteberg walked, E Encarnacion to second. D Ross grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, E Encarnacion out at third, S Hatteberg to second. J Castro struck out swinging. A Harang fouled out to catcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, ST LOUIS 1. ST LOUIS 2ND: J Encarnacion singled to center. G Bennett hit by pitch, J Encarnacion to second. K Stinnett ran for G Bennett. A Kennedy struck out swinging. T Wellemeyer struck out swinging. D Eckstein singled to left, J Encarnacion scored, K Stinnett to second. C Duncan struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, ST LOUIS 2. CINCINNATI 3RD: K Stinnett catching. N Hopper flied out to right. J Hamilton doubled to left center. B Phillips grounded out to shortstop, J Hamilton to third. A Dunn struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, ST LOUIS 2. ST LOUIS 3RD: A Pujols grounded out to shortstop. J Edmonds struck out looking. S Spiezio flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 0, ST LOUIS 2. CINCINNATI 4TH: E Encarnacion walked. S Hatteberg walked, E Encarnacion to second. D Ross walked, E Encarnacion to third, S Hatteberg to second. J Castro struck out looking. A Harang struck out swinging. N Hopper walked, E Encarnacion scored, S Hatteberg to third, D Ross to second. T Johnson relieved T Wellemeyer. S Hatteberg scored, D Ross to third, N Hopper to second on wild pitch by T Johnson. J Hamilton struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, ST LOUIS 2. ST LOUIS 4TH: J Encarnacion safe at first on error by catcher D Ross. K Stinnett fouled out to right. A Kennedy singled to left, J Encarnacion to second. T Johnson sacrificed to first, J Encarnacion to third, A Kennedy to second. D Eckstein grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) CINCINNATI 2, ST LOUIS 2. CINCINNATI 5TH: B Phillips singled to left center. A Dunn hit by pitch, B Phillips to second. E Encarnacion grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, A Dunn out at second, B Phillips to third. S Hatteberg struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, ST LOUIS 2. ST LOUIS 5TH: C Duncan struck out looking. A Pujols singled to left center. A Pujols to second on wild pitch by A Harang. J Edmonds popped out to second. S Spiezio flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, ST LOUIS 2. CINCINNATI 6TH: R Springer relieved T Johnson. D Ross struck out swinging. J Castro lined out to center. A Harang walked. N Hopper flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, ST LOUIS 2. ST LOUIS 6TH: J Encarnacion homered to left. K Stinnett flied out to right. A Kennedy flied out to right. R Ludwick hit for R Springer. R Ludwick struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 2, ST LOUIS 3. CINCINNATI 7TH: R Flores relieved R Springer. J Hamilton grounded out to shortstop. B Phillips tripled to deep right. A Dunn singled to right, B Phillips scored. E Encarnacion singled to center, A Dunn to second. J Conine hit for S Hatteberg. R Franklin relieved R Flores. J Conine singled to right center, A Dunn to third, E Encarnacion to second. K Griffey Jr hit for D Ross. K Griffey Jr grounded into fielder's choice to first, A Dunn out at home, E Encarnacion to third, J Conine to second. J Valentin hit for J Castro. J Valentin grounded out to first. (1 Run, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 3, ST LOUIS 3. ST LOUIS 7TH: J Conine at first base. T Coffey relieved A Harang. J Valentin catching. A Gonzalez at shortstop. D Eckstein doubled to deep left. C Duncan grounded out to third. A Pujols intentionally walked. M Stanton relieved T Coffey. J Edmonds flied out to left. S Spiezio flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 3, ST LOUIS 3. CINCINNATI 8TH: A Gonzalez safe at first on error by shortstop D Eckstein. N Hopper sacrificed to third, A Gonzalez to second. J Hamilton grounded out to first, A Gonzalez to third. B Phillips hit by pitch. A Dunn grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) CINCINNATI 3, ST LOUIS 3. ST LOUIS 8TH: G Majewski relieved M Stanton. J Encarnacion popped out to second. K Stinnett grounded out to second. A Kennedy fouled out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 3, ST LOUIS 3. CINCINNATI 9TH: J Isringhausen relieved R Franklin. A Miles at second base. E Encarnacion walked. J Conine struck out swinging. C Moeller hit for G Majewski. C Moeller grounded out to shortstop, E Encarnacion to second. J Valentin walked. A Gonzalez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 3, ST LOUIS 3. ST LOUIS 9TH: J Burton relieved G Majewski. A Miles walked. J Coutlangus relieved J Burton. D Eckstein sacrificed to first, A Miles to second. S Taguchi hit for C Duncan. A Miles to third on wild pitch by J Coutlangus. S Taguchi singled to right, A Miles scored. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) CINCINNATI 3, ST LOUIS 4.</div>
Taguchi comes through in ninth to lift Cardinals past Reds <h3>ST LOUIS 4, CINCINNATI 3</h3>ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- So Taguchi singled to right field in thebottom of the ninth inning to drive in the winning run and leadthe St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the CincinnatiReds on Tuesday. With one out and a runner on third base, Taguchi fouled off fiveconsecutive pitches from rookie Jon Coutlangus before lining a3-2 pitch, the 11th of the at-bat, just short of the warningtrack in right to score Aaron Miles. Miles led off the ninth with a walk against rookie Jared Burton(0-1), moved to second on a sacrifice by David Eckstein andadvanced to third on a wild pitch by Coutlangus, setting thestage for Taguchi. Jason Isringhausen (3-0) walked two and struck out two in theninth to pick up the win. St. Louis took a 2-0 lead with a run in each of the first twoinnings. Jim Edmonds doubled home Eckstein in the first inningand Eckstein drove in Juan Encarnacion with a single to left inthe second. The Reds tied the game in the fourth without the benefit of abase hit as they got plenty of help from Cardinals starter ToddWellemeyer. After walking the bases full to start the inning,Wellemeyer struck out the next two batters. He could not escapethe inning unscathed as he walked rookie Norris Hopper to forcehome Encarnacion. Tyler Johnson came on to relieve Wellemeyer after the walk toHopper and promptly threw a wild pitch, allowing Scott Hattebergto score and tie the game 2-2. Encarnacion put the Cardinals back in front with a solo home runin the sixth to make it 3-2. Leading off the frame,Encarnacion deposited a 2-0 pitch from Cincinnati starter AaronHarang over the wall in left field. Harang yielded three runs and seven hits in six innings with nowalks and seven strikeouts. Adam Dunn tied the game in theseventh with a RBI single for the Reds.
Taguchi comes through in ninth to lift Cardinals past Reds <h3>ST LOUIS 4, CINCINNATI 3</h3>ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- So Taguchi singled to right field in thebottom of the ninth inning to drive in the winning run and leadthe St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the CincinnatiReds on Tuesday. With one out and a runner on third base, Taguchi fouled off fiveconsecutive pitches from rookie Jon Coutlangus before lining a3-2 pitch, the 11th of the at-bat, just short of the warningtrack in right to score Aaron Miles. Miles led off the ninth with a walk against rookie Jared Burton(0-1), moved to second on a sacrifice by David Eckstein andadvanced to third on a wild pitch by Coutlangus, setting thestage for Taguchi. "(So's) a terrific late-game player," Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa said. "He's just absolutely cool under pressure. He canmake a lot of things happen." "I just wanted to have fun," Taguchi said. "It's kind of a toughsituation. I just tried to take my swing. Don't think too muchand stay focused on the ball." Reds manager Jerry Narron was upset with the way the ninthinning started. "It's disappointing," Narron said. "When the leadoff (hitter)there in the ninth had one base on balls in 70 at-bats hittinglefthanded and you walk him on four pitches, that's a littledisappointing." Jason Isringhausen (3-0) walked two and struck out two in theninth to pick up the win. St. Louis took a 2-0 lead with a runin each of the first two innings. Jim Edmonds doubled homeEckstein in the first inning and Eckstein drove in JuanEncarnacion with a single to left in the second. The Reds tied the game in the fourth without the benefit of abase hit as they got plenty of help from Cardinals starter ToddWellemeyer. After walking the bases full to start the inning,Wellemeyer struck out the next two batters. He could not escapethe inning unscathed as he walked rookie Norris Hopper to forcehome Encarnacion. "I hit a wall and couldn't throw a strike in the fourth," saidWellemeyer who threw 36 pitches in the fourth inning. "I wasjust yanking it out of the zone." Tyler Johnson came on to relieve Wellemeyer after the walk toHopper and promptly threw a wild pitch, allowing Scott Hattebergto score and tie the game 2-2. "You don't see many innings where you score two runs and youhave four base on balls and three punch outs." Narron said. Encarnacion put the Cardinals back in front with a solo home runin the sixth to make it 3-2. Leading off the frame,Encarnacion deposited a 2-0 pitch from Cincinnati starter AaronHarang over the wall in left field. "The ball stayed over the middle of the plate," Harang said."It's going to happen in that situation. You don't want to fallbehind 3-0, you just try to throw a pitch good enough that hemight hit it on the ground. It stayed over the middle of theplate and he hit it good." Harang yielded three runs and seven hits in six innings with nowalks and seven strikeouts. Adam Dunn tied the game in theseventh with a RBI single for the Reds. "You just hate to see an L come when you have your horse going,"Reds catcher Cody Ross said. "(Harang) threw well enough to winand we didn't capitalize. That how this game goes. It's goingthat way a lot for us." The Reds struggled with runners in scoring position going2-for-17 with seven strikeouts while leaving a season high 15runners on base as they lost for the fourth time in the pastfive games. "We had our chances," Narron said. "It would have been nice tohave a hit with the bases loaded some where in there. We had acouple of chances."
