St Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates 4/15/2013

vs.

Cardinals 7-5 (3-3 Away)
Pirates 6-6 (4-2 Home)

Lance Lynn a right hander. 1-0. 10 innings pitched, 13 SO, ERA 4.50 vs James McDonald a right hander. 1-1, 12 innings pitched, 9 SO, ERA 3.75.

Expected batting order for St. Louis

1. J. Jay, CF
2. M. Carpenter, 2B
3. M. Holliday, LF
4. A. Craig, 1B
5. C. Beltran, RF
6. Y. Molina, C
7. D. Freese, 3B
8. P. Kozma, SS
9. L. Lynn, P

Expected batting order for Pittsburgh

1. S. Marte, LF
2. T. Snider, RF
3. A. McCutchen, CF
4. G. Jones, 1B
5. N. Walker, 2B
6. P. Alvarez, 3B
7. R. Martin, C
8. C. Barmes, SS
9. J. McDonald, P

 

Injury Report

St. Louis

No significant injuries

Pittsburgh

Brandon Inge 3B - Apr 15: 15-Day DL
Kyle McPherson RP - Apr 15: Day-to-Day
Jose Contreras RP - Apr 13: Day-to-Day
Francisco Liriano SP - Apr 13: 15-Day DL
Wandy Rodriguez SP - Apr 13: Day-To-Day

 

Lance Lynn (1-1, 4.50 ERA) takes the mound for St. Louis, which is beginning a 10-game road trip. Lynn earned his first win of the season by allowing only one run and four hits in six innings of a 5-1 win over Cincinnati on Tuesday.

The Pirates' James McDonald (1-1, 3.75 ERA) opposes Lynn. McDonald has had good success against St. Louis, going 4-1 with a 2.27 ERA in six career starts – 10 games overall.

 

J. Jay ,245 2 HR's 6 RBI's

Singles to right

 

M. Carpenter .319 6 doubles, 1 HR, 6 RBI's

Slow grounder to 3rd, beats the throw! Jay goes to 2nd.

 

M. Holliday .250, 3 doubles, 1 HR, 9 RBI's

singled to deep right, M Holliday out at second, J Jay to third, M Carpenter to second.

 

A. Craig .222, 3 doubles, 6 RBI's,

Grounder to 3rd, Jay out at 3rd with a fielders choice

 

C. Beltran .222, 1 HR, 8 RBI's,

Flies out to left

 

S. Marte .347, 2 doubles, 1 HR, 8 RBI's

Doubles to deep right

 

T. Snider .304, 3 doubles, 3 RBI's

walked

 

A. McCutchen .262, 4 doubles, 2 HR's, 10 RBI's

SO Swinging

 

G. Jones .314, 2 doubles, 1 HR, 4 RBI's.

singled to center, S Marte scored, T Snider to second.

 

N. Walker .214, 5 RBI's

grounded out to first, runners advance.

 

P. Alvarez .079 1 RBI

grounds out to short

End of 1 inning, 1-0 Pirates

 

Y. Molina .271, 3 doubles, 2 HR's, 7 RBI's

grounds out to 3rd

 

D. Freese .286, 1 double, 1 RBI

Walked

 

P. Kozma .268, 3 doubles, 1 HR, 5 RBI's

ground rule double to left, D Freese to third.

 

L. Lynn .000 0-1

 

J. Jay .259

J Jay doubled to right, D Freese and P Kozma scored.

 

M. Carpenter .333

WP, Jay goes to 3rd

Walked