GAME THREAD: NL: SAN FRANCISCO (38-47) at ST LOUIS (39-45)

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NL AT ST LOUIS - PITCHING CHANGE
STL: JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (3-0, 1.57) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 7

DUE UP FOR SANFRNCSCO: F LEWIS (.283, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ST LOUIS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Isringhausen relieved R Franklin.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 0
ST LOUIS 7 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: F Lewis (.283, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ST LOUIS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: S Taguchi in center field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 0
ST LOUIS 7 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: F Lewis (.283, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ST LOUIS - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Winn hit for S Kline.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, P FELIZ ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 0
ST LOUIS 7 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: R Winn (.281, 5 HR, 26 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
ST LOUIS 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 x 7 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: SFO - BARRY ZITO, SCOTT ATCHISON (5TH), KEVIN CORREIA (7TH), STEVE
KLINE (8TH) AND GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ

STL - TODD WELLEMEYER, TROY CATE (6TH), TROY PERCIVAL
(6TH), RYAN FRANKLIN (7TH), JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (9TH) AND GARY
BENNETT

HOME RUNS: SFO - NONE

STL - NONE</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
ST LOUIS 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 x 7 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: SFO - BARRY ZITO, SCOTT ATCHISON (5TH), KEVIN CORREIA (7TH), STEVE
KLINE (8TH) AND GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ

STL - TODD WELLEMEYER, TROY CATE (6TH), TROY PERCIVAL
(6TH), RYAN FRANKLIN (7TH), JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (9TH) AND GARY
BENNETT


WP - TODD WELLEMEYER (3-1)
LP - BARRY ZITO (6-9)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: SFO - NONE

STL - NONE


TIME: 2:33 ATT: 44,613

PROBABLES:
PROBABLES: SFO - MATT CAIN (3-9, 3.53)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">SAN FRANCISCO (0) VS ST LOUIS (7) - FINAL

SAN FRANCISCO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Roberts cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .226
O Vizquel ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .235
R Durham 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .252
B Bonds lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .295
b-K Frandsen ph-lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267
R Klesko 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .295
F Lewis rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .280
P Feliz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .234
G Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .176
B Zito p 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125
S Atchison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-M Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
K Correia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
S Kline p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-R Winn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .280

Totals 31 0 5 0 5 3 18

a-flied out to right for S Atchison in the 7th; b-walked for B Bonds in the
8th; c-grounded to pitcher for S Kline in the 9th.

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Durham 1, B Bonds 1. GIDP
- P Feliz. Team LOB - 9.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Roberts (17, 2nd base off T Wellemeyer/G Bennett).

FIELDING: E - D Roberts (3, bobble). DP: 2 (R Klesko, R Durham-O Vizquel-R
Klesko).


ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Ryan ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .268
R Ludwick cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .258
R Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-S Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282
J Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Pujols 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .310
J Encarnacion rf 4 2 2 0 0 1 3 .269
S Rolen 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .267
C Duncan lf 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 .288
G Bennett c 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .221
A Miles 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 .290
T Wellemeyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
T Cate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Percival p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-S Schumaker ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
c-S Taguchi ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293

Totals 31 7 12 6 4 4 15

a-grounded to first for T Percival in the 6th; b-struck out swinging for R
Franklin in the 8th; c-grounded to shortstop for S Schumaker in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - R Ludwick 2 (11, B Zito 2); C Duncan (13, B Zito); J Encarnacion
(13, K Correia). S - T Wellemeyer 2. SF - S Rolen. RBI - A Pujols (52), S Rolen
(38), R Ludwick (21), C Duncan 3 (47). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out
- A Miles 1, R Ludwick 1, G Bennett 1, J Encarnacion 1. GIDP - G Bennett. Team
LOB - 7.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (S Rolen-A Pujols).


----------------------------------------------------
SAN FRANCISCO - 000 000 000 -- 0
ST LOUIS - 220 020 10x -- 7
----------------------------------------------------

SAN FRANCISCO ip h r er bb so hr era
B Zito (L, 6-9) 4 8 6 5 4 3 0 4.90
S Atchison 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
K Correia 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.99
S Kline 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.76

ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era
T Wellemeyer (W, 3-1) 5 2 0 0 4 2 0 4.19
T Cate 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.42
T Percival 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.59
R Franklin 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.23
J Isringhausen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.53

B Zito pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.

Pitches-strikes: B Zito 84-48; S Atchison 19-13; K Correia 15-12; S Kline
17-9; T Wellemeyer 80-50; T Cate 9-5; T Percival 3-3; R Franklin 20-13; J
Isringhausen 15-8. Ground balls-fly balls: B Zito 2-7; S Atchison 4-1; K
Correia 2-1; S Kline 2-0; T Wellemeyer 5-8; T Cate 0-1; T Percival 2-0; R
Franklin 2-3; J Isringhausen 1-2. Batters faced: B Zito 24; S Atchison 6; K
Correia 5; S Kline 3; T Wellemeyer 21; T Cate 3; T Percival 1; R Franklin 7; J
Isringhausen 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Mike Reilly. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Eric Cooper. 3B--Andy
Fletcher.

T--2:33. Att--44,613.
Weather: 90 degrees, sunny. Wind: 7 mph, out to
right.</div>

 

Wellemeyer, Cardinals blank Bonds, Giants

<h3>ST. LOUIS 7, SAN FRANCISCO 0</h3>ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- St. Louis Cardinals starter ToddWellemeyer and four relievers kept Barry Bonds off base and theSan Francisco Giants off the board for 7-0 victory on Sunday.

Ryan Ludwick had three hits to help the Cardinals avoid beingswept in the three-game series.

St. Louis starter Wellemeyer (2-3), who allowed two hits andfour walks through five innings on Sunday, recovered nicelyafter being unimpressive in his last start when he gave up sixruns and three homers in three innings of a 7-1 loss to Arizonaon Tuesday.

Troy Cate, Troy Percival, Ryan Franklin and Jason Isringhausencombined to pitch four scoreless innings of relief for theCardinals.

San Francisco starter Barry Zito (6-9) had another poor startand is now winless in his last six outings. The lefthander, whosigned a seven-year, $126 million free-agent contract in theoffseason, was charged with five earned runs, eight hits, andfour walks in four innings.

The trouble began early for Zito as the first three Cardinalshad base hits. An RBI single by Albert Pujols and a sacrificefly by Scott Rolen gave the Cardinals a 2-0 advantage after oneinning.

St. Louis increased its lead to 4-0 in the second. Aaron Milesscored when Giants centerfielder Dave Roberts allowed a BrendanRyan single to get past him and roll to the wall. Ludwickfollowed with his second double in as many innings to push Ryanacross.

Chris Duncan's two-run double with no one out in the fifth madeit 6-0 and put an end to Zito's day.

Bonds, who remains four home runs behind Hank Aaron's all-timemark of 755, was held hitless in three at-bats. Riding a10-game hitting streak coming into the weekend, the All-Star waslifted for a pinch hitter in the eighth and was 0-for-6 withfive walks for the series.

Wellemeyer retired Bonds on a flyout with a runner on in thefirst and struck out the slugger with runners at the corners inthe third.

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
SAN FRANCISCO 0
ST LOUIS 7 FINAL</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SAN FRANCISCO (0) AT ST LOUIS (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ST LOUIS 1ST: B Ryan singled to right. R Ludwick doubled to deep left,
B Ryan to third. A Pujols singled to right, B Ryan scored, R Ludwick to third.
J Encarnacion flied out to center. S Rolen hit sacrifice fly to right,
R Ludwick scored, A Pujols to second. C Duncan walked. G Bennett flied out to
center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 2.

ST LOUIS 2ND: A Miles walked. T Wellemeyer sacrificed to catcher, A Miles
to second. B Ryan singled to center, A Miles scored, B Ryan to third on error
by center fielder D Roberts. R Ludwick doubled to left, B Ryan scored.
A Pujols struck out swinging. J Encarnacion struck out swinging. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 1 Error) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 4.

ST LOUIS 5TH: A Pujols walked. J Encarnacion singled to center, A Pujols
to second. S Rolen walked, A Pujols to third, J Encarnacion to second.
C Duncan doubled to deep right, A Pujols and J Encarnacion scored, S Rolen to
third. S Atchison relieved B Zito. G Bennett grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, C Duncan tagged out at third. A Miles lined into double play, to first,
G Bennett doubled off first.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 6.

ST LOUIS 7TH: K Correia relieved S Atchison. J Encarnacion doubled to
center. S Rolen singled to center, J Encarnacion to third. C Duncan singled
to right, J Encarnacion scored, S Rolen to second. G Bennett grounded into
double play, second to shortstop to first, C Duncan out at second, S Rolen to
third. A Miles flied out to right. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0,
ST LOUIS 7.</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
ST LOUIS 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 x 7 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: SFO - BARRY ZITO, SCOTT ATCHISON (5TH), KEVIN CORREIA (7TH), STEVE
KLINE (8TH) AND GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ

STL - TODD WELLEMEYER, TROY CATE (6TH), TROY PERCIVAL
(6TH), RYAN FRANKLIN (7TH), JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (9TH) AND GARY
BENNETT


WP - TODD WELLEMEYER (3-1)
LP - BARRY ZITO (6-9)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: SFO - NONE

STL - NONE


TIME: 2:33 ATT: 44,613

PROBABLES: STL - UNDECIDED
PHI - UNDECIDED

PROBABLES: LAD - UNDECIDED
SFO - MATT CAIN (3-9, 3.53)</div>

 

NL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SAN FRANCISCO (0) AT ST LOUIS (7) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

San Francisco Starting Lineups -- D Roberts CF, O Vizquel SS, R Durham 2B,
B Bonds LF, R Klesko 1B, F Lewis RF, P Feliz 3B, G Rodriguez C, B Zito LHP.

St Louis Starting Lineups -- B Ryan SS, R Ludwick CF, A Pujols 1B,
J Encarnacion RF, S Rolen 3B, C Duncan LF, G Bennett C, A Miles 2B, T Wellemeyer RHP.

Umpires -- Mike Reilly (HP), Jeff Kellogg (1B), Eric Cooper (2B), Andy Fletcher (3B).

Gametime Weather: 90 degrees, Sunny, wind out to right at 7 mph.


SAN FRANCISCO 1ST: D Roberts singled to center. O Vizquel flied out to
center. R Durham grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Roberts out at
second. B Bonds flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0,
ST LOUIS 0.

ST LOUIS 1ST: B Ryan singled to right. R Ludwick doubled to deep left,
B Ryan to third. A Pujols singled to right, B Ryan scored, R Ludwick to third.
J Encarnacion flied out to center. S Rolen hit sacrifice fly to right,
R Ludwick scored, A Pujols to second. C Duncan walked. G Bennett flied out to
center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 2.

SAN FRANCISCO 2ND: R Klesko grounded out to shortstop. F Lewis walked.
P Feliz flied out to center. G Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 2.

ST LOUIS 2ND: A Miles walked. T Wellemeyer sacrificed to catcher, A Miles
to second. B Ryan singled to center, A Miles scored, B Ryan to third on error
by center fielder D Roberts. R Ludwick doubled to left, B Ryan scored.
A Pujols struck out swinging. J Encarnacion struck out swinging. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 1 Error) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 4.

SAN FRANCISCO 3RD: B Zito walked. D Roberts grounded into fielder's choice
to shortstop, B Zito out at second. O Vizquel flied out to center. R Durham
singled to left center, D Roberts to third. B Bonds struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 4.

ST LOUIS 3RD: S Rolen lined out to third. C Duncan lined out to center.
G Bennett struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0,
ST LOUIS 4.

SAN FRANCISCO 4TH: R Klesko struck out looking. F Lewis walked. P Feliz
flied out to left. G Rodriguez popped out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 4.

ST LOUIS 4TH: A Miles singled to center. T Wellemeyer sacrificed to third,
A Miles to second. B Ryan flied out to left. R Ludwick flied out to center.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 4.

SAN FRANCISCO 5TH: B Zito grounded out to first. D Roberts walked.
O Vizquel popped out to shortstop. D Roberts stole second. R Durham fouled out
to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 4.

ST LOUIS 5TH: A Pujols walked. J Encarnacion singled to center, A Pujols
to second. S Rolen walked, A Pujols to third, J Encarnacion to second.
C Duncan doubled to deep right, A Pujols and J Encarnacion scored, S Rolen to
third. S Atchison relieved B Zito. G Bennett grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, C Duncan tagged out at third. A Miles lined into double play, to first,
G Bennett doubled off first.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 6.

SAN FRANCISCO 6TH: T Cate relieved T Wellemeyer. B Bonds flied out to left.
R Klesko singled to center. F Lewis singled to right, R Klesko to second.
T Percival relieved T Cate. P Feliz grounded into double play, third to first,
R Klesko out at third.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 6.

ST LOUIS 6TH: S Schumaker hit for T Percival. S Schumaker grounded out to
first. B Ryan grounded out to first. R Ludwick singled to left. A Pujols
grounded into fielder's choice to third, R Ludwick out at second. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 6.

SAN FRANCISCO 7TH: R Franklin relieved T Percival. S Schumaker in center
field. G Rodriguez flied out to center. M Sweeney hit for S Atchison.
M Sweeney flied out to right. D Roberts flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 6.

ST LOUIS 7TH: K Correia relieved S Atchison. J Encarnacion doubled to
center. S Rolen singled to center, J Encarnacion to third. C Duncan singled
to right, J Encarnacion scored, S Rolen to second. G Bennett grounded into
double play, second to shortstop to first, C Duncan out at second, S Rolen to
third. A Miles flied out to right. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0,
ST LOUIS 7.

SAN FRANCISCO 8TH: O Vizquel grounded out to shortstop. R Durham grounded
out to shortstop. K Frandsen hit for B Bonds. K Frandsen walked. R Klesko
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 7.

ST LOUIS 8TH: K Frandsen in left field. S Kline relieved K Correia.
S Taguchi hit for S Schumaker. S Taguchi grounded out to shortstop. B Ryan
grounded out to shortstop. S Spiezio hit for R Franklin. S Spiezio struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 7.

SAN FRANCISCO 9TH: J Isringhausen relieved R Franklin. S Taguchi in center
field. F Lewis flied out to center. P Feliz singled to right. G Rodriguez
flied out to center. R Winn hit for S Kline. R Winn grounded out to pitcher.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN FRANCISCO 0, ST LOUIS 7.</div>

 

Wellemeyer, Cardinals blank Bonds, Giants

<h3>ST. LOUIS 7, SAN FRANCISCO 0</h3>ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- St. Louis Cardinals starterTodd Wellemeyer and four relievers kept Barry Bonds off base andthe San Francisco Giants off the board in a 7-0 victory onSunday.


Ryan Ludwick had three hits to help the Cardinals avoid beingswept in the three-game series.


Wellemeyer (2-3), who allowed two hits and four walks in fiveinnings, recovered nicely after being unimpressive in his laststart when he gave up six runs and three homers in three inningsof a 7-1 loss to Arizona on Tuesday.


"(Wellemeyer) threw strikes," Giants center fielder Dave Robertssaid. "He threw a lot of fastballs, we got pitches to hit. Ithought he threw the ball well, but for us not to score any runsor put any hits together is upsetting."


Troy Cate, Troy Percival, Ryan Franklin and Jason Isringhausencombined to pitch four innings after Wellemeyer departed.San Francisco starter Barry Zito (6-9) had another poor startand is now winless in his last six outings. The lefthander, whosigned a seven-year, $126 million free-agent contract in theoffseason, was charged with five runs, eight hits, andfour walks in four innings.


"He's battling himself, no question about it," Giants managerBruce Bochy said. "Starting the game I noticed his (velocity)was down, it's tough to pitch when you don't have your usualstuff."


The trouble began early for Zito as the first three Cardinalshad base hits. An RBI single by Albert Pujols and a sacrificefly by Scott Rolen gave the Cardinals a 2-0 advantage after oneinning.


St. Louis increased its lead to 4-0 in the second. Aaron Milesscored when Roberts allowed Brendan Ryan's single to get pasthim and roll to the wall. Ludwick followed with his seconddouble in as many innings to push Ryan across.


"It didn't feel too fluid the first couple (of innings)," Zitosaid. "I think the break will be good for me to access what'sgoing on, become objective, and move forward."


Chris Duncan's two-run double with no one out in the fifth madeit 6-0 and put an end to Zito's day.


With the win the Cardinals avoided being swept at home by theGiants for the first time since 1998 and improved to 4-3 ontheir final homestand before the All-Star break.


"I thought this was an important game," St. Louis manager TonyLa Russa said. "You keep hearing all the time, if you're onlygoing to win one of three, win the last one. We won the lastand ended up having a solid homestand."


Bonds, who remains four home runs behind Hank Aaron's all-timemark of 755, was held hitless in three at-bats. Riding a10-game hitting streak coming into the weekend, the All-Star waslifted for a pinch hitter in the eighth and was 0-for-6 withfive walks for the series.


Wellemeyer retired Bonds on a flyball with a runner on in thefirst and struck out the slugger with runners at the corners inthe third.


"(Bonds') hands are the fastest hands I've ever seen,"Wellemeyer said. "To be able to get him out, I feel very goodabout that."