St. Louis Cardinals vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - June 21, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 21, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

St. Louis won 3-0

Game 1: Friday, June 19
St. Louis	10	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, June 20
St. Louis	7	Final
Kansas City	1	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, June 21
St. Louis	12	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Cardinals 12

(39-31, 18-15 away)

Royals 5

(29-39, 19-20 home)

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2:10 PM ET, June 21, 2009

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
STL	2	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	12	13	0
KC	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	9	0

W: A. Wainwright (8-4)

L: G. Meche (4-6)

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
S Schumaker 2B	4	2	2	1	1	0	24	.295	.346	.397
C Rasmus CF	4	1	0	0	0	1	17	.274	.321	.462
A Pujols DH	5	2	4	6	0	0	20	.329	.448	.722
R Ludwick RF	4	1	1	0	1	1	25	.240	.315	.434
C Duncan 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	18	.255	.341	.412
J LaRue C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.302	.390
Y Molina C-1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	14	.284	.354	.394
R Ankiel LF	5	2	2	1	0	1	16	.248	.306	.424
K Greene 3B	1	1	1	1	0	0	5	.221	.311	.398
J Thurston PR-3B	2	1	0	0	1	0	10	.226	.326	.363
T Greene SS	4	1	1	1	1	0	17	.256	.299	.390
Totals	38	12	13	11	4	5	166
BATTING 2B: S Schumaker (13, G Meche); C Duncan (15, G Meche); A Pujols (15, J Cruz) HR: K Greene (5, 2nd inning off G Meche 0 on, 1 Out); A Pujols 2 (26, 4th inning off G Meche 3 on, 1 Out; 5th inning off J Wright 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Pujols 6 (68), C Duncan (31), K Greene (19), S Schumaker (20), R Ankiel (19), T Greene (6) S: C Rasmus SF: C Duncan 2-out RBI: R Ankiel, T Greene GIDP: Y Molina Cardinals RISP: 6-14 (R Ludwick 1-2, T Greene 1-1, R Ankiel 1-1, Y Molina 0-4, C Rasmus 0-1, S Schumaker 1-2, A Pujols 2-2, C Duncan 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 1 (S Schumaker-T Greene-Y Molina).

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Wainwright (W, 8-4)	6.0	8	5	5	0	8	2	90-62	3.58
D Reyes	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-3	4.66
J Motte	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	5.00
K McClellan	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	3.34
B Hawksworth	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	7.71
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	0	8	2	123-84
PITCHING WP: D Reyes HBP: M Maier (By D Reyes) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Wainwright 17/26; D Reyes 0/2; J Motte 2/2; K McClellan 1/3; B Hawksworth 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Wainwright 14-13-17-18; D Reyes 2-0-0-1; J Motte 1-0-1-2; K McClellan 0-1-2-3; B Hawksworth 1-0-6-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Wainwright 2-8; D Reyes 0-1; J Motte 0-2; K McClellan 2-1; B Hawksworth 0-3 Game Scores: A Wainwright 44

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	2	2	1	0	0	16	.245	.295	.408
W Bloomquist SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	.286	.341	.377
T Pena SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.152	.129
B Butler 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	12	.286	.338	.437
M Jacobs DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.229	.313	.430
J Guillen RF	3	2	2	3	0	0	13	.266	.353	.422
L Hernandez 2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.222	.263	.222
M Teahen 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	10	.279	.342	.438
M Olivo C	3	0	1	0	0	2	12	.253	.280	.494
a-B Pena PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.280	.296	.400
T Hulett 2B-RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	19	.000	.000	.000
M Maier CF	3	0	0	0	0	2	13	.242	.324	.341
Totals	35	5	9	5	0	8	123
a-fouled out to third for M Olivo in the 9th
BATTING 2B: B Butler (19, A Wainwright) HR: D Dejesus (5, 2nd inning off A Wainwright 0 on, 2 Out); J Guillen (8, 6th inning off A Wainwright 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Guillen 3 (33), M Teahen (24), D DeJesus (31) 2-out RBI: J Guillen 2, M Teahen, D DeJesus GIDP: M Teahen Royals RISP: 2-8 (M Maier 0-1, W Bloomquist 0-1, M Jacobs 0-1, D DeJesus 0-2, J Guillen 1-1, M Teahen 1-1, B Butler 0-1) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING DP: 1 (W Bloomquist-T Hulett-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche (L, 4-6)	3.1	9	9	9	2	1	2	75-47	4.11
R Tejeda	0.1	2	2	2	1	1	0	18-9	3.63
J Wright	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	1	25-13	4.55
R Mahay	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	23-15	4.56
J Cruz	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-12	5.46
J Soria	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-6	1.84
Totals	9.0	13	12	12	4	5	3	166-102
PITCHING WP: J Wright HBP: K Greene (By G Meche) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: G Meche 16/22; R Tejeda 2/4; J Wright 3/6; R Mahay 2/6; J Cruz 2/4; J Soria 3/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: G Meche 11-4-14-18; R Tejeda 2-4-1-2; J Wright 5-1-2-5; R Mahay 2-5-3-5; J Cruz 2-3-4-3; J Soria 3-1-0-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 5-5; R Tejeda 0-0; J Wright 3-1; R Mahay 2-3; J Cruz 0-2; J Soria 1-1 Game Scores: G Meche 5

Scoring Summary

			STL	KC
	1st	A Pujols reached on infield single to shortstop, S Schumaker scored, C Rasmus to second.	1	0
	1st	C Duncan hit sacrifice fly to center, C Rasmus scored, A Pujols to third.	2	0
	1st	J Guillen singled to right, D DeJesus and B Butler scored, J Guillen to second advancing on throw.	2	2
	1st	M Teahen singled to right, J Guillen scored.	2	3
	2nd	K Greene homered to left.	3	3
	2nd	D DeJesus homered to center.	3	4
	4th	S Schumaker singled to left, R Ankiel scored, J Thurston to third, T Greene to second.	4	4
	4th	A Pujols homered to left, J Thurston, T Greene and S Schumaker scored.	8	4
	4th	R Ankiel singled to right, R Ludwick scored, C Duncan to third.	9	4
	4th	T Greene walked, C Duncan scored, R Ankiel to third, J Thurston to second.	10	4
	4th	R Ankiel scored, J Thurston to third, T Greene to second on wild pitch by J Wright.	11	4
	5th	A Pujols homered to center.	12	4
	6th	J Guillen homered to left.	12	5
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Game Notes

CARDINALS MANAGER TONY LARUSSA RECORDED HIS 2,500TH CAREER WIN.
CARDINALS THIRD BASEMAN KHALIL GREENE LEFT THE GAME IN THE 4TH INNING AFTER BEING HIT BY A PITCH.

Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	33,805 (89.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:54
Weather	91 degrees, sunny
Wind	14 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Nauert, First Base - Joe West, Second Base - Ed Rapuano, Third Base - Paul Schrieber