Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals - Box Score - April 08, 2009

Scores for Apr 8, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Pittsburgh leads 2-1 (as of 4/8)

(2-1, 2-1 away)

(1-2, 1-2 home)

8:15 PM ET, April 8, 2009

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

W: Z. Duke (1-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
N Morgan LF	6	1	2	1	0	1	21	.400	.400	.400
F Sanchez 2B	5	1	4	1	0	0	16	.571	.571	.929
N McLouth CF	4	1	1	2	1	0	16	.100	.357	.400
R Doumit C	5	0	2	1	0	1	17	.154	.143	.231
Ad LaRoche 1B	5	0	0	0	0	2	21	.143	.143	.143
B Moss RF	4	2	3	0	0	0	9	.375	.500	.500
a-C Monroe PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
R Vazquez 3B	4	1	0	0	1	1	20	.167	.286	.167
J Wilson SS	5	1	4	2	0	0	14	.462	.462	.538
Z Duke P	2	0	1	0	0	1	13	.500	.500	1.000
J Grabow P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-An LaRoche PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000
c-E Hinske PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.333	.333	.667
T Yates P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
M Capps P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	42	7	17	7	2	7	156
a-flied out to center for B Moss in the 8th b-hit for Z Duke in the 9th c-struck out swinging for A Laroche in the 9th
BATTING 2B: R Doumit (1, T Wellemeyer); B Moss (1, T Wellemeyer); F Sanchez (2, B Thompson); Z Duke (1, B Thompson) HR: N Mclouth (1, 6th inning off B Thompson 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Wilson 2 (5), N Morgan (3), F Sanchez (3), R Doumit (2), N McLouth 2 (2) S: Z Duke 2 Pirates RISP: 7-16 (Ad LaRoche 0-3, J Wilson 2-2, R Vazquez 0-1, R Doumit 1-2, Z Duke 0-1, F Sanchez 1-2, N McLouth 1-1, N Morgan 2-4) Team LOB: 12
FIELDING E: R Doumit (1, catchers interference) DP: 2 (R Vazquez-F Sanchez-Ad LaRoche, J Wilson-F Sanchez-Ad LaRoche). PB: R Doumit. Outfield Assist: N Morgan (J Thurston at 3rd base).

Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Z Duke (W, 6-4)	6.1	5	3	1	2	4	0	92-59	1.42
J Grabow	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	30-17	0.00
T Yates	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	10-5	27.00
M Capps (S, 12)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-8	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	4	2	5	5	0	140-89
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: Z Duke 17/26; J Grabow 4/7; T Yates 2/3; M Capps 2/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: Z Duke 19-4-16-20; J Grabow 4-2-7-4; T Yates 0-0-3-2; M Capps 0-1-5-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Z Duke 8-8; J Grabow 0-4; T Yates 0-0; M Capps 0-2 Game Scores: Z Duke 57

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Rasmus LF	3	0	0	0	2	0	21	.286	.500	.286
K Greene SS	4	1	0	0	1	0	21	.214	.267	.286
A Pujols 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	17	.600	.714	1.000
R Ludwick RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	13	.375	.375	.750
Y Molina C	3	0	0	1	0	0	14	.182	.231	.636
R Ankiel CF	4	1	1	1	0	2	14	.154	.214	.154
D Freese 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	11	.400	.429	.600
T Wellemeyer P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
a-J Thurston PH-2B	3	0	2	1	0	1	11	.500	.500	.875
B Ryan 2B	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	.167	.143	.167
B Thompson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-B Barden PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
T Miller P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
R Franklin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-C Duncan PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.333	.600	1.000
Totals	30	4	7	4	5	5	140
a-doubled to deep right for T Wellemeyer in the 5th b-flied out to right for B Thompson in the 7th c-walked for R Franklin in the 9th
BATTING 2B: J Thurston 2 (3, T Yates, Z Duke); D Freese (1, T Yates) RBI: R Ankiel (1), B Ryan (1), Y Molina (2), J Thurston (3) SF: Y Molina, B Ryan GIDP: K Greene, Y Molina Cardinals RISP: 2-7 (K Greene 0-1, R Ludwick 0-1, R Ankiel 1-2, Y Molina 0-1, C Rasmus 0-1, J Thurston 1-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: R Ludwick (1, 2nd base off Z Duke/R Doumit)
FIELDING Outfield Assist: R Ludwick (R Doumit at 2nd base).

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
T Wellemeyer (L, 5-5)	5.0	12	5	5	2	3	0	93-63	9.00
B Thompson	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	34-24	6.00
T Miller	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-13	0.00
R Franklin	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	0.00
Totals	9.0	17	7	7	2	7	1	156-107
PITCHING WP: T Miller First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: T Wellemeyer 18/28; B Thompson 6/10; T Miller 3/6; R Franklin 0/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: T Wellemeyer 15-2-23-23; B Thompson 8-1-6-9; T Miller 5-1-3-4; R Franklin 2-1-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: T Wellemeyer 8-3; B Thompson 3-2; T Miller 2-1; R Franklin 1-0 Game Scores: T Wellemeyer 24

			PIT	STL
	2nd	J Wilson singled to center, B Moss scored, R Vazquez to second.	1	0
	2nd	N Morgan singled to center, R Vazquez scored, J Wilson to second.	2	0
	2nd	F Sanchez singled to left, J Wilson scored, N Morgan to second.	3	0
	2nd	R Doumit singled to right, N Morgan scored, F Sanchez to third, N McLouth to second, R Doumit out stretching at second.	4	0
	2nd	R Ankiel singled to center, R Ludwick scored.	4	1
	3rd	J Wilson singled to left, B Moss scored.	5	1
	5th	B Ryan hit sacrifice fly to right, R Ankiel scored, J Thurston to third.	5	2
	6th	N McLouth homered to right, F Sanchez scored.	7	2
	6th	Y Molina hit sacrifice fly to center, K Greene scored.	7	3
	9th	J Thurston doubled to left, D Freese scored, J Thurston out stretching at third.	7	4
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Stadium	Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO
Attendance	35,535 (80.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:57
Weather	56 degrees, clear
Wind	16 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Schrieber, First Base - Marvin Hudson, Second Base - Joe West, Third Base - Ed Rapuano

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