12:35 PM ET, August 2, 2007
PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
W: S. Torres (1-3)
L: B. Thompson (6-5)
Game Notes
| SCOTT SPIEZIO WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE BOB DAVIDSON IN THE TENTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES. |
Final in 11
Pittsburgh won 2-1
| Game 1: Tuesday, July 31 | ||
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| St. Louis | 6 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 4 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, August 1 | ||
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| St. Louis | 1 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 15 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, August 2 | ||
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| St. Louis | 4 | Final in 11 |
| Pittsburgh | 5 | |
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12:35 PM ET, August 2, 2007
PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
W: S. Torres (1-3)
L: B. Thompson (6-5)
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| D Eckstein SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .294 | ||
| S Taguchi CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .295 | ||
| R Springer P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| R Franklin P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| R Flores P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| c-G Bennett PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 | ||
| T Percival P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| A Kennedy RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .220 | ||
| A Pujols 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .318 | ||
| J Encarnacion RF-CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .297 | ||
| S Rolen 3B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .272 | ||
| R Ludwick LF-CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .241 | ||
| d-C Duncan PH-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .287 | ||
| Y Molina C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .259 | ||
| A Miles 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .284 | ||
| An Reyes P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .053 | ||
| a-J Edmonds PH-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .223 | ||
| b-S Spiezio PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .275 | ||
| J Isringhausen P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| B Thompson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| a-intentionally walked for A Reyes in the 6th b-struck out looking for J Edmonds in the 8th c-struck out looking for R Flores in the 9th d-walked for R Ludwick in the 10th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: A Miles (11, S Youman); Y Molina 2 (9, S Chacon, M Kuwata) HR: A Pujols (24, 7th inning off S Chacon 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: S Rolen (47), A Miles 2 (19), A Pujols (72) S: An Reyes, A Miles 2-out RBI: A Miles 2 GIDP: S Rolen Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: S Rolen 1, An Reyes 2, D Eckstein 2, S Taguchi 2, S Spiezio 1 Team LOB: 11 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: D Eckstein 2 (14, ground ball 2) DP: 2 (D Eckstein-A Miles-A Pujols, A Pujols-S Rolen-A Miles). | ||||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| An Reyes | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 104-59 | 6.07 | |
| R Springer | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21-13 | 3.12 | |
| R Franklin | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14-9 | 1.29 | |
| R Flores | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-5 | 4.30 | |
| T Percival | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20-14 | 2.81 | |
| J Isringhausen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19-9 | 1.39 | |
| B Thompson (L, 8-6) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12-9 | 5.10 | |
| Totals | 10.2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 198-118 | ||
| PITCHING Balk: An Reyes Batters faced: An Reyes 22; R Springer 4; R Franklin 4; R Flores 2; T Percival 4; J Isringhausen 4; B Thompson 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: An Reyes 3-8; R Springer 1-1; R Franklin 4-0; R Flores 2-0; T Percival 1-1; J Isringhausen 0-1; B Thompson 2-0 Game Scores: A Reyes 48 | ||||||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| N McLouth CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 | ||
| J Bautista 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | ||
| F Sanchez 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .295 | ||
| A LaRoche 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .245 | ||
| J Bay LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 | ||
| R Doumit RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 | ||
| R Paulino C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .242 | ||
| J Wilson SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | ||
| S Chacon P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | ||
| D Marte P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| M Capps P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| b-X Nady PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .288 | ||
| S Torres P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| c-J Castillo PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| S Youman P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | ||
| a-J Phelps PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .304 | ||
| M Kuwata P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| C Izturis SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| a-walked for S Youman in the 5th b-struck out swinging for M Capps in the 9th c-singled to right for S Torres in the 11th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: R Paulino (17, An Reyes); J Wilson (16, An Reyes); N McLouth (11, An Reyes) HR: R Paulino (7, 6th inning off R Springer 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Wilson (31), N McLouth (13), J Bautista (36), R Paulino (31), J Castillo (12) SF: J Bautista 2-out RBI: R Paulino, J Castillo GIDP: J Bay, R Paulino Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A LaRoche 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (C Izturis-F Sanchez-A LaRoche). PB: R Paulino. | ||||||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| S Youman | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 88-56 | 4.76 | |
| M Kuwata | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32-17 | 7.20 | |
| S Chacon (B, 7) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19-11 | 3.84 | |
| D Marte | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17-9 | 1.30 | |
| M Capps | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-10 | 2.13 | |
| S Torres (W, 2-4) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26-16 | 4.74 | |
| Totals | 11.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 192-119 | ||
| PITCHING WP: S Youman IBB: J Edmonds (By M Kuwata) Batters faced: S Youman 23; M Kuwata 6; S Chacon 6; D Marte 3; M Capps 2; S Torres 8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Youman 5-7; M Kuwata 1-1; S Chacon 3-0; D Marte 0-0; M Capps 0-1; S Torres 0-4 Game Scores: S Youman 45 | ||||||||||
| STL | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | S Rolen grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, A Pujols scored, J Encarnacion out at second. | 1 | 0 | |
| 4th | A Miles doubled to left center, S Rolen and R Ludwick scored, Y Molina to third. | 3 | 0 | |
| 5th | J Wilson doubled to deep left, R Paulino scored. | 3 | 1 | |
| 5th | N McLouth doubled to right, J Wilson scored, J Phelps to third. | 3 | 2 | |
| 5th | J Bautista hit sacrifice fly to center, J Phelps scored, N McLouth to third. | 3 | 3 | |
| 6th | R Paulino homered to left. | 3 | 4 | |
| 7th | A Pujols homered to center. | 4 | 4 | |
| 11th | J Castillo singled to right, R Doumit scored. | 4 | 5 | |
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| SCOTT SPIEZIO WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE BOB DAVIDSON IN THE TENTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES. |
| Stadium | PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Attendance | 19,132 (49.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:39 |
| Weather | 86 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 2 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bob Davidson, First Base - Brian Knight, Second Base - Hunter Wendelstedt, Third Base - Randy Marsh |