New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals - Box Score - September 03, 2012

Scores for Sep 3, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

St. Louis leads 1-0 (as of 9/3)

(64-71, 34-36 away)

(73-62, 41-26 home)

Coverage: FOX MIDW

2:15 PM ET, September 3, 2012

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

W: J. Kelly (5-6)

New York Mets
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Tejada SS	4	1	1	0	1	1	25	.295	.340	.366
D Murphy 2B	4	1	2	2	1	0	19	.286	.328	.400
D Wright 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	13	.311	.402	.501
I Davis 1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	21	.224	.296	.446
L Duda LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	7	.237	.327	.384
c-J Bay PH-LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.166	.246	.307
M Baxter RF	2	1	1	0	1	0	15	.281	.388	.446
d-S Hairston PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.268	.311	.510
K Shoppach C	4	1	1	2	0	1	17	.303	.395	.606
A Torres CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	17	.227	.329	.326
C McHugh P	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
a-Z Lutz PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100
M Acosta P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-J Turner PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.279	.331	.374
R Carson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
B Parnell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Edgin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
e-R Cedeno PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.284	.357	.440
Totals	34	4	8	4	4	6	154
a-grounded to shortstop for C Mchugh in the 5th b-grounded to shortstop for M Acosta in the 7th c-singled to left for L Duda in the 8th d-lined out to shortstop for M Baxter in the 8th e-struck out swinging for J Edgin in the 9th
BATTING 2B: I Davis (22, J Kelly) 3B: A Torres (6, J Kelly) HR: K Shoppach (3, 7th inning off J Kelly 1 on, 2 Out); D Murphy (5, 8th inning off M Boggs 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: K Shoppach 2 (9), D Murphy 2 (55) 2-out RBI: K Shoppach 2 Mets RISP: 0-6 (A Torres 0-1, S Hairston 0-1, K Shoppach 0-1, M Baxter 0-1, J Turner 0-1, L Duda 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: M Baxter (5, 2nd base off J Kelly/Y Molina) Picked Off: D Murphy (1st base by J Kelly)
FIELDING E: I Davis (8, ground ball); D Murphy (14, throw) DP: 1 (D Murphy-R Tejada-I Davis).

New York Mets
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C McHugh (L, 0-1)	4.0	6	4	4	0	2	1	68-49	3.27
M Acosta	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20-15	7.58
R Carson	0.1	0	1	1	0	1	0	15-11	4.91
B Parnell	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	13-8	2.93
J Edgin	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	3.80
Totals	8.0	9	5	5	1	4	1	128-91
PITCHING B Parnell pitched to 1 batter in the 8th HBP: J Jay (By R Carson) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C McHugh 14/19; M Acosta 7/8; R Carson 2/2; B Parnell 3/4; J Edgin 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C McHugh 11-6-16-16; M Acosta 5-0-3-7; R Carson 2-1-8-0; B Parnell 2-3-0-3; J Edgin 1-1-4-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C McHugh 6-4; M Acosta 2-4; R Carson 0-0; B Parnell 2-0; J Edgin 1-1 Game Scores: C McHugh 36

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Jay CF	2	2	1	0	0	0	19	.313	.393	.417
M Carpenter 1B	3	0	0	2	0	1	12	.304	.367	.487
M Holliday LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	16	.307	.380	.525
A Craig RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	12	.311	.367	.556
J Motte P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Y Molina C	4	0	1	1	0	0	12	.322	.372	.504
D Freese 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	18	.298	.369	.477
S Schumaker 2B	3	1	2	1	0	0	10	.301	.361	.407
D Descalso SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	20	.217	.290	.317
J Kelly P	3	1	1	0	0	0	6	.138	.138	.172
E Mujica P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
M Boggs P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
S Freeman P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
S Robinson RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.264	.317	.358
Totals	31	5	9	5	1	4	128
BATTING 2B: J Kelly (1, C McHugh) 3B: J Jay (4, C McHugh) HR: S Schumaker (1, 4th inning off C McHugh 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Carpenter 2 (38), Y Molina (63), S Schumaker (23), A Craig (73) S: J Jay, S Schumaker SF: M Carpenter 2-out RBI: Y Molina GIDP: Y Molina Cardinals RISP: 2-8 (J Kelly 0-1, Y Molina 1-2, D Descalso 0-1, A Craig 1-1, M Carpenter 0-1, D Freese 0-1, S Robinson 0-1) Team LOB: 7

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Kelly (W, 5-6)	6.2	5	2	2	2	4	1	94-60	3.54
E Mujica (H, 22)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	3.15
M Boggs (H, 27)	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	1	22-12	2.18
S Freeman	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	5.54
J Motte (S, 33)	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	31-21	2.75
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	4	6	2	154-97
PITCHING S Freeman pitched to 1 batter in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Kelly 16/26; E Mujica 1/1; M Boggs 1/4; S Freeman 0/1; J Motte 4/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Kelly 16-6-18-20; E Mujica 1-0-0-1; M Boggs 3-2-4-3; S Freeman 1-0-0-1; J Motte 2-6-10-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Kelly 10-5; E Mujica 1-0; M Boggs 0-1; S Freeman 0-0; J Motte 1-2 Game Scores: J Kelly 58

			NYM	STL
	1st	M Carpenter grounded out to second, J Jay scored.	0	1
	3rd	M Carpenter hit sacrifice fly to center, J Kelly scored.	0	2
	3rd	Y Molina singled to left, M Holliday scored, A Craig to third.	0	3
	4th	S Schumaker homered to right (373 feet).	0	4
	7th	K Shoppach homered to left (398 feet), M Baxter scored.	2	4
	7th	A Craig singled to right center, J Jay scored, M Holliday to third.	2	5
	8th	D Murphy homered to right (381 feet), R Tejada scored.	4	5
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Stadium	Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO
Attendance	40,952 (93.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:09
Weather	79 degrees, cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Toby Basner, First Base - David Rackley, Second Base - Dan Iassogna, Third Base - Dale Scott

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