GAME THREAD: NL: ST LOUIS (40-47) at PHILADELPHIA (46-44)

NL: ST LOUIS at PHILADELPHIA

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ST LOUIS (10) AT PHILADELPHIA (2) - EVENT LOG
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St Louis Starting Lineups -- D Eckstein SS, S Schumaker CF, A Pujols 1B,
C Duncan LF, S Rolen 3B, J Encarnacion RF, A Kennedy 2B, Y Molina C, A Wainwright RHP.

Philadelphia Starting Lineups -- J Rollins SS, S Victorino RF, C Utley 2B,
R Howard 1B, A Rowand CF, P Burrell LF, G Dobbs 3B, R Barajas C, A Eaton RHP.

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


Gametime Weather: 92 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind left to right at 16 mph.


ST LOUIS 1ST: D Eckstein grounded out to shortstop. S Schumaker flied out
to center. A Pujols singled to left. C Duncan flied out to center. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 1ST: J Rollins flied out to center. S Victorino singled to
center. C Utley grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first,
S Victorino out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 2ND: S Rolen doubled to deep left center. J Encarnacion
sacrificed to pitcher, S Rolen to third. A Kennedy doubled to deep left
center, S Rolen scored. Y Molina grounded out to third, A Kennedy to third.
A Wainwright singled to center, A Kennedy scored. D Eckstein grounded out to
pitcher. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 2ND: R Howard struck out looking. A Rowand grounded out to
shortstop. P Burrell grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 2, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 3RD: S Schumaker doubled to deep right center. A Pujols grounded
out to second, S Schumaker to third. C Duncan walked. C Duncan to second on
wild pitch by A Eaton. S Rolen grounded out to first, S Schumaker scored,
C Duncan to third. J Encarnacion grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 3RD: G Dobbs grounded out to first. R Barajas singled to
left. A Eaton walked, R Barajas to second. J Rollins struck out swinging.
S Victorino safe at first on error by second baseman A Kennedy, R Barajas to
third, A Eaton to second. C Utley grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
1 Error) ST LOUIS 3, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 4TH: A Kennedy grounded out to second. Y Molina singled to right.
A Wainwright struck out swinging. D Eckstein grounded out to shortstop.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 4TH: R Howard grounded out to second. A Rowand singled to
center. P Burrell singled to left, A Rowand to second. G Dobbs popped out to
third. R Barajas struck out looking. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 5TH: S Schumaker doubled to shallow left. A Pujols homered to
center, S Schumaker scored. C Duncan homered to center. S Rolen singled to
left. C Condrey relieved A Eaton. C Coste catching. J Encarnacion struck out
swinging. A Kennedy flied out to left. Y Molina grounded into fielder's
choice to shortstop, S Rolen out at second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 6, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 5TH: C Coste flied out to center. J Rollins flied out to
center. S Victorino lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 6, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 6TH: J Mesa relieved C Condrey. A Wainwright grounded out to
pitcher. D Eckstein grounded out to third. S Schumaker flied out to left.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 6, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 6TH: C Utley singled to center. R Howard popped out to
shortstop. A Rowand hit by pitch, C Utley to second. P Burrell walked,
C Utley to third, A Rowand to second. G Dobbs popped out to shortstop. W Helms
hit for J Mesa. W Helms grounded into fielder's choice to third, P Burrell out
at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 6, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 7TH: B Sanches relieved J Mesa. A Pujols homered to left.
C Duncan grounded out to shortstop. S Rolen struck out swinging. J Encarnacion
homered to left. A Kennedy homered to right. Y Molina flied out to center.
(3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 9, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 7TH: S Taguchi in left field. C Coste singled to center.
J Rollins struck out swinging. S Victorino grounded out to first, C Coste to
second. C Utley struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 9,
PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 8TH: R Ludwick hit for A Wainwright. R Ludwick homered to center.
D Eckstein struck out swinging. S Schumaker flied out to left. A Pujols flied
out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 8TH: T Percival relieved A Wainwright. R Howard doubled to
deep right. A Rowand struck out swinging. P Burrell struck out looking.
G Dobbs flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 0.

ST LOUIS 9TH: A Nunez at shortstop. M Zagurski relieved B Sanches. M Bourn
in left field. S Taguchi singled to left. B Ryan hit for S Rolen. B Ryan
walked, S Taguchi to second. J Encarnacion struck out swinging. A Kennedy
struck out swinging. Y Molina flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 0.

PHILADELPHIA 9TH: B Ryan at third base. A Cavazos relieved T Percival.
M Bourn homered to right. C Coste safe at first on error by second baseman
A Kennedy. A Nunez grounded out to first, C Coste to second. S Victorino
grounded out to third. C Utley doubled to deep center, C Coste scored.
R Howard struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ST LOUIS 10,
PHILADELPHIA 2.</div>

 

Wainwright, Pujols' blasts help send Phillies to 10,000th loss

<h3>ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 2</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Adam Wainwright did what none of theother St. Louis Cardinals pitchers could do so far this series -shut down the hot Philadelphia Phillies offense. In theprocess he helped the Philadelphia reach a dubious milestone.

Wainwright threw seven scoreless innings Sunday as the Cardinalsavoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Phillies, whobecame the first professional sports franchise to reach the10,000-loss plateau at a sold-out Citizens Bank Park.

Philadelphia posted a combined 23 runs and 37 hits in taking thefirst two games of the series but could not solve Wainwright(8-7) in front of a national TV audience.


Wainwright's outing provided some rest for an overworkedbullpen, which totaled 12 innings of action over the past twodays. Kip Wells and Mike Maroth, who started on Friday andSaturday respectively for St. Louis, combined to allow 10 earnedruns in six innings.


A converted closer, Wainwright held the Phillies - who havescored the most runs in the National League - to just six hits,recording five strikeouts and two walks.


It wasn't the first time that Wainwright had success against thePhillies. He improved to 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA against the teamin three appearances - two starts.


As impressive as Wainwright was on the hill, the St. Louisoffense was just as good. St. Louis exploded for 10 runs, 14hits and six home runs off the NL's worst pitching staff by ERA(4.88). David Eckstein was the only starter not to record abase hit.


Pujols had three hits, including a pair of home runs, andknocked in three runs.


The 2005 NL MVP, Pujols now has four homers in his last 12at-bats and has homered in three consecutive games after cominginto the series with a career-worst streak of 72 at-bats withouta home run.


With St. Louis leading, 3-0, in the fifth, Pujols and ChrisDuncan hit back-to-back home runs off starter Adam Eaton (8-6)to highlight a three-run frame that made it 6-0.


Juan Encarnacion and Adam Kennedy went back-to-back in theseventh off reliever Brian Sanches, just minutes after Pujolssent his second homer of the game to left field.


Skip Schumaker had two doubles and Adam Kennedy had a pair ofhits and knocked in two runs. Ryan Ludwick added a pinch-hithome run in the eighth.


The Phillies had chances to score, but were 1-for-10 withrunners in scoring position. Wainwright fought out of abases-loaded, two-out jam in the third and a bases-loadedone-out jam in the sixth.


Eaton allowed 10 hits and six earned runs in four innings topick up the loss. It was his second defeat to the Cardinals inthe past month after surrendering six earned runs in 5 1/3innings on June 23 in an 8-3 loss in St. Louis.

 

Wainwright, Pujols' blasts help send Phillies to 10,000th loss

<h3>ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 2</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Adam Wainwright did what none of theother St. Louis Cardinals pitchers could do so far this series -shut down the hot Philadelphia Phillies, who reached a dubiousmilestone.


Wainwright threw seven scoreless innings Sunday as the Cardinalsavoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Phillies, whobecame the first professional sports franchise to reach the10,000-loss plateau at a sold-out Citizens Bank Park.

Philadelphia posted a combined 23 runs and 37 hits in taking thefirst two games of the series but could not solve Wainwright(8-7) in front of a national TV audience.


"I just tried to keep everything down," Wainwright said. "Myfocus tonight was really good and I was able to stay locked in."

Wainwright's outing provided some rest for an overworkedbullpen, which totaled 12 innings of action over the past twodays. Kip Wells and Mike Maroth, who started on Friday andSaturday respectively for St. Louis, combined to allow 10 earnedruns in six innings.


"He made so many good pitches tonight," St. Louis manager TonyLa Russa said. "He really was outstanding."


A converted closer, Wainwright held the Phillies - who havescored the most runs in the National League - to just six hits,recording five strikeouts and two walks.


"I'm hard pressed to find a better lineup in the National Leaguethan the Phillies," Wainwright said. "They have some guys thatcan really hurt you if you're up in the zone."


It wasn't the first time that Wainwright had success against thePhillies. He improved to 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA against the teamin three appearances - two starts.


As impressive as Wainwright was on the hill, the St. Louisoffense was just as good. St. Louis exploded for 10 runs, 14hits and six home runs off the NL's worst pitching staff by ERA(4.88). David Eckstein was the only starter not to record abase hit.


Pujols had three hits, including a pair of home runs, andknocked in three runs.


The 2005 NL MVP, Pujols now has four homers in his last 12at-bats and has homered in three consecutive games after cominginto the series with a career-worst streak of 72 at-bats withouta home run.


"We got nice production up and down the lineup, but obviouslyAlbert was a big spark," La Russa said. "When he's locked inlike this and we have some guys on base, we're going to scoresome runs."


With St. Louis leading, 3-0, in the fifth, Pujols and ChrisDuncan hit back-to-back home runs off starter Adam Eaton (8-6)to highlight a three-run frame that made it 6-0.


"I've been seeing the ball well the last two months," Pujolssaid. "As long as I go out there and do my best, I can'tcontrol anything else."


Juan Encarnacion and Adam Kennedy went back-to-back in theseventh off reliever Brian Sanches, just minutes after Pujolssent his second homer of the game to left field.


Skip Schumaker had two doubles and Adam Kennedy had a pair ofhits and knocked in two runs. Ryan Ludwick added a pinch-hithome run in the eighth.


Rookie Michael Bourn broke up the shutout with his first careerhome run off rookie Andy Cavazos in the ninth and Chase Utleyadded an RBI double before Cavazos ended it by striking outreigning NL MVP Ryan Howard to end it.


The Phillies had several chances to score early but were0-for-10 with runners in scoring position before Utley's double.

Wainwright fought out of a bases-loaded, two-out jam in thethird and a bases-loaded one-out jam in the sixth.

Eaton allowed 10 hits and six earned runs in four innings topick up the loss. It was his second defeat to the Cardinals inthe past month after surrendering six earned runs in 5 1/3innings on June 23 in an 8-3 loss in St. Louis.

 

Wainwright, Pujols' blasts help send Phillies to 10,000th loss

<h3>ST LOUIS 10, PHILADELPHIA 2</h3>PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Adam Wainwright did what none of theother St. Louis Cardinals pitchers could do so far this series -shut down the hot Philadelphia Phillies, who reached a dubiousmilestone.


Wainwright threw seven scoreless innings Sunday as the Cardinalsavoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Phillies, whobecame the first professional sports franchise to reach the10,000-loss plateau at a sold-out Citizens Bank Park.

Philadelphia posted a combined 23 runs and 37 hits in taking thefirst two games of the series but could not solve Wainwright(8-7) in front of a national TV audience.


"I just tried to keep everything down," Wainwright said. "Myfocus tonight was really good and I was able to stay locked in."

Wainwright's outing provided some rest for an overworkedbullpen, which totaled 12 innings of action over the past twodays. Kip Wells and Mike Maroth, who started on Friday andSaturday respectively for St. Louis, combined to allow 10 earnedruns in six innings.


"He made so many good pitches tonight," St. Louis manager TonyLa Russa said. "He really was outstanding."


A converted closer, Wainwright held the Phillies - who havescored the most runs in the National League - to just six hits,recording five strikeouts and two walks.


"I'm hard pressed to find a better lineup in the National Leaguethan the Phillies," Wainwright said. "They have some guys thatcan really hurt you if you're up in the zone."


It wasn't the first time that Wainwright had success against thePhillies. He improved to 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA against the teamin three appearances - two starts.


As impressive as Wainwright was on the hill, the St. Louisoffense was just as good. St. Louis exploded for 10 runs, 14hits and six home runs off the NL's worst pitching staff by ERA(4.88). David Eckstein was the only starter not to record abase hit.


Pujols had three hits, including a pair of home runs, andknocked in three runs.


The 2005 NL MVP, Pujols now has four homers in his last 12at-bats and has homered in three consecutive games after cominginto the series with a career-worst streak of 72 at-bats withouta home run.


"We got nice production up and down the lineup, but obviouslyAlbert was a big spark," La Russa said. "When he's locked inlike this and we have some guys on base, we're going to scoresome runs."


With St. Louis leading, 3-0, in the fifth, Pujols and ChrisDuncan hit back-to-back home runs off starter Adam Eaton (8-6)to highlight a three-run frame that made it 6-0.


"I've been seeing the ball well the last two months," Pujolssaid. "As long as I go out there and do my best, I can'tcontrol anything else."


Juan Encarnacion and Adam Kennedy went back-to-back in theseventh off reliever Brian Sanches, just minutes after Pujolssent his second homer of the game to left field.


Skip Schumaker had two doubles and Adam Kennedy had a pair ofhits and knocked in two runs. Ryan Ludwick added a pinch-hithome run in the eighth.


Rookie Michael Bourn broke up the shutout with his first careerhome run off rookie Andy Cavazos in the ninth and Chase Utleyadded an RBI double before Cavazos ended it by striking outreigning NL MVP Ryan Howard.


The Phillies had several chances to score early but were0-for-10 with runners in scoring position before Utley's double.

Wainwright fought out of a bases-loaded, two-out jam in thethird and a bases-loaded one-out jam in the sixth.

Eaton allowed 10 hits and six earned runs in four innings topick up the loss. It was his second defeat to the Cardinals inthe past month after surrendering six earned runs in 5 1/3innings on June 23 in an 8-3 loss in St. Louis.