Cardinals 11, 
Reds 4
| W: | B. Thompson (6-3) |
| L: | A. Pettyjohn (0-1) |
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| J Hairston LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .326 |
| D Richar 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .222 |
| J Votto 1B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .297 |
| E Encarnacion 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| J Bruce RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| R Hanigan C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| C Patterson CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .205 |
| P Janish SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| A Pettyjohn P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| G Majewski P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J Roenicke P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-W Castillo PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| J Affeldt P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| M Lincoln P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-A Rosales PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
| B Bray P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J Burton P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| c-J Cabrera PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| d-J Valentin PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
| a-flied out to left for J Roenicke in the 5th b-fouled out to first for M Lincoln in the 7th c-hit for A Pettyjohn in the 9th d-flied out to center for J Cabrera in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Hairston (20, B Thompson) HR: E Encarnacion (26, 4th inning off B Thompson 1 on, 0 Out); J Votto (24, 6th inning off K Jimenez 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: J Votto 2 (84), E Encarnacion 2 (68) S: D Richar SF: J Votto Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: R Hanigan 1 Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Bruce (11, throw) | ||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| A Pettyjohn (L, 0-1) | 2.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52-27 | 20.25 |
| G Majewski | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23-16 | 6.52 |
| J Roenicke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13-10 | 9.00 |
| J Affeldt | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 33-17 | 3.33 |
| M Lincoln | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-3 | 4.48 |
| B Bray | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16-11 | 2.87 |
| J Burton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-5 | 3.22 |
| Totals | 8.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 150-89 | |
| PITCHING WP: B Bray IBB: A Pujols (By A Pettyjohn) Batters faced: A Pettyjohn 16; G Majewski 7; J Roenicke 3; J Affeldt 8; M Lincoln 1; B Bray 4; J Burton 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Pettyjohn 1-5; G Majewski 1-2; J Roenicke 0-0; J Affeldt 1-1; M Lincoln 0-1; B Bray 0-0; J Burton 1-2 Game Scores: A Pettyjohn 8 | |||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| C Izturis SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 |
| F Lopez 2B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 |
| J Motte P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| R Villone P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| R Springer P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| A Pujols 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .357 |
| J Phelps PR-1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| R Ludwick CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .299 |
| S Schumaker CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .302 |
| T Glaus 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .270 |
| B Barden 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| J LaRue C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .213 |
| B Barton LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .268 |
| A Kennedy RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| B Thompson P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| K Jimenez P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Y Molina PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .304 |
| R Franklin P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| A Miles 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .317 |
| B Ryan RF-LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| Totals | 36 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| a-flied out to right for K Jimenez in the 6th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: F Lopez 2 (28, A Pettyjohn, G Majewski); A Pujols (44, G Majewski); R Ludwick (40, G Majewski); J Phelps (1, J Affeldt) HR: R Ludwick (37, 1st inning off A Pettyjohn 1 on, 2 Out); T Glaus (27, 3rd inning off A Pettyjohn 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: R Ludwick 3 (113), C Izturis (24), F Lopez 3 (46), T Glaus (99), B Ryan (10), A Pujols (116) S: B Thompson 2-out RBI: R Ludwick 3, C Izturis, F Lopez 3, A Pujols Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: R Ludwick 1, T Glaus 1, Y Molina 2, J Phelps 1 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| B Thompson (W, 6-3) | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69-49 | 5.15 |
| K Jimenez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23-12 | 5.62 |
| R Franklin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-6 | 3.55 |
| J Motte | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20-9 | 0.82 |
| R Villone | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-5 | 4.68 |
| R Springer | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-3 | 2.32 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 134-84 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: B Thompson 20; K Jimenez 5; R Franklin 3; J Motte 5; R Villone 2; R Springer 1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Thompson 10-4; K Jimenez 3-0; R Franklin 0-3; J Motte 1-1; R Villone 0-1; R Springer 0-1 Game Scores: B Thompson 47 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| CIN | STL | |||
 | 1st | J Votto hit sacrifice fly to left, J Hairston scored. | 1 | 0 |
 | 1st | R Ludwick homered to right, F Lopez scored. | 1 | 2 |
| 2nd | C Izturis singled to right, B Thompson scored, B Ryan to third, B Ryan scored, C Izturis to second on throwing error by right fielder J Bruce. | 1 | 4 |
| 2nd | F Lopez doubled to deep center, C Izturis scored. | 1 | 5 |
| 3rd | T Glaus homered to right. | 1 | 6 |
| 3rd | B Ryan singled to right center, J LaRue scored, B Barton to third. | 1 | 7 |
| 3rd | F Lopez doubled to deep center, B Barton and B Ryan scored. | 1 | 9 |
| 3rd | A Pujols doubled to left, F Lopez scored. | 1 | 10 |
| 3rd | R Ludwick doubled to deep center, J Phelps scored. | 1 | 11 |
| 4th | E Encarnacion homered to left, J Votto scored. | 3 | 11 |
| 6th | J Votto homered to right. | 4 | 11 |
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| Game Notes |
| THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 4 MINUTE DELAY. |
| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO |
| Attendance | 43,300 (98.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:43 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jim Reynolds, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Gary Cederstrom, Third Base - Fieldin Culbreth |
MLB Scores
Sunday, September 28th 2008
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| NY Mets | 2 |
| Toronto | 10 | Final |
| Baltimore | 1 |
| Washington | 3 | Final |
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