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DET 12
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NYY 11
@KCR  5

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Standings at end of play this day

Chase Field, Attendance: 45,931

Saturday, September 8, 2007, 6:40PM
Time of Game: 3:35
Cardinals
8
69-70
Lost 2
3rd, 2 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  0  7   0  1  0   0  0  0    8  9  2
Diamondbacks    3  0  1   5  0  0   0  0  X    9 10  1
W: D Eveland (1-0), L: T Wellemeyer (3-3), S: J Valverde (44)
Diamondbacks
9
80-63
Won 4
1st

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Eckstein SS                 3   0   0   0    0   0  .295  .698   16    3   1   2·HBP
R Ankiel RF                   5   1   0   0    0   1  .333 1.082   13    2   0   
A Pujols 1B                   4   1   3   2    1   0  .321  .987   17    5   0   3B,2B
J Edmonds CF                  4   1   0   0    1   1  .243  .702   26    2   1   
C Duncan LF                   2   1   0   0    1   0  .260  .839   17    1   0   
  M Maroth PR                 0   1   0   0    0   0  .214  .500         0   0   
  T Percival P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  M Cairo PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .237  .592    5    0   0   
  R Flores P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  R Springer P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  S Schumaker PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .315  .800    8    0   0   
A Miles 2B                    4   1   2   3    0   0  .308  .721   17    0   1   HR
K Stinnett C                  4   1   1   0    0   1  .180  .480   20    7   0   2B
B Looper P                    1   1   1   1    1   0  .191  .503    9    0   1   
  T Wellemeyer P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .182         0   0   
  R Ludwick PH-LF             2   0   1   1    0   1  .252  .781    8    1   0   CS
B Ryan 3B                     4   0   1   0    0   2  .338  .871   18    3   3   
Totals                       35   8   9   7    4   6              174   24   7
BATTING
2B: A Pujols (29, off M Owings); K Stinnett (3, off M Owings).
3B: A Pujols (1, off M Owings).
HR: A Miles (2, off M Owings; 3rd inn, 2 on, 2 outs to RF).
HBP: D Eckstein 2 (11, by J Peguero, by M Owings).
TB: A Pujols 6; A Miles 5; K Stinnett 2; B Ryan; B Looper; R Ludwick.
RBI: A Miles 3 (29); A Pujols 2 (88); R Ludwick (40); B Looper (6).
2-out RBI: A Miles 3; A Pujols 2; B Looper.
Team LOB: 6.
With RISP: 4 for 10.
FIELDING
DP: 1. J Edmonds-A Miles-A Pujols.
E: K Stinnett (3); A Miles (13).
BASERUNNING
CS: R Ludwick (2, Pickoff (CS) 2nd base by M Montero).
Arizona Diamondbacks         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Drew SS                     5   1   1   3    0   1  .230  .670   27    3   1   HR
C Young CF                    4   2   1   0    1   2  .238  .762   22    2   1   
E Byrnes LF                   3   3   2   0    1   0  .297  .856   13    2   0   2B,SB
C Jackson 1B                  3   1   1   3    1   0  .279  .818   13    5   2   HR
  J Valverde P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
M Montero C                   3   0   0   1    0   2  .223  .688   22    5   2   SF
  B Lyon P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Clark 1B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .243  .792         2   0   
M Reynolds 3B                 2   0   1   0    0   1  .270  .800   10    0   1   
  D Eveland P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  C Quentin PH                1   0   1   1    0   0  .216  .656    1    0   0   
  B Medders P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Slaten P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Nippert P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  R Hammock PH-C              1   0   0   0    0   1  .231  .558    5    1   0   
J Salazar RF                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .274  .663    8    2   0   
A Ojeda 2B                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .236  .614   10    3   3   
M Owings P                    1   0   0   0    0   0  .288  .924    4    2   1   
  J Peguero P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Cirillo 3B                2   1   1   0    1   0  .256  .705   11    0   2   2B
Totals                       33   9  10   8    4   7              146   27  13
BATTING
2B: E Byrnes (28, off B Looper); J Cirillo (12, off B Looper).
HR: S Drew (11, off B Looper; 4th inn, 2 on, 1 out to CF-RF); C Jackson (13, off B Looper; 1st inn, 2 on, 1 out to LF).
SF: M Montero (6, off T Wellemeyer).
TB: C Jackson 4; S Drew 4; E Byrnes 3; J Cirillo 2; C Quentin; A Ojeda; C Young; J Salazar; M Reynolds.
RBI: S Drew 3 (50); C Jackson 3 (51); C Quentin (30); M Montero (36).
2-out RBI: C Quentin.
Team LOB: 5.
With RISP: 3 for 5.
FIELDING
E: M Owings (2).
BASERUNNING
SB: E Byrnes (43, 3rd base off B Looper/K Stinnett).

PITCHING

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Looper                       3.1   8   7   6    1   2   2   4.70   19   71-44   30· 3·11    3· 7· 6· 0     19    -     0.84  -0.51
T Wellemeyer, L (3-3)          0.2   1   2   0    2   0   0   5.32    6   24-13    9· 3· 1    2· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.68  -0.21
T Percival                     2     0   0   0    0   2   0   2.32    6   22-15    7· 2· 6    1· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.66   0.10
R Flores                       0.2   1   0   0    0   2   0   4.41    3   12-8     4· 1· 3    0· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.62   0.03
R Springer                     1.1   0   0   0    1   1   0   2.37    4   17-9     8· 1· 0    1· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.63   0.06
Totals                         8    10   9   6    4   7   2          38  146-89   58·10·21    7·13· 7· 0          1-0 
Arizona Diamondbacks          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Owings                       2.2   4   7   2    2   1   1   4.78   16   65-39   24· 2·13    6· 5· 1· 0     31    -     1.08  -0.46
J Peguero                      1     2   0   0    0   0   0   7.15    5   13-10    6· 1· 3    0· 2· 2· 0          1-1    0.59  -0.05
D Eveland, W (1-0)             0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0  16.62    1    2-2     1· 0· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    1.02   0.03
B Medders, H (2)               1.1   2   1   1    1   1   0   4.91    6   32-18   10· 1· 7    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    1.93   0.00
D Slaten, H (6)                0.2   0   0   0    1   2   0   2.41    3   15-8     3· 3· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.02   0.05
D Nippert, H (2)               1     0   0   0    0   1   0   5.77    3   12-9     6· 2· 1    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.27   0.10
B Lyon, H (30)                 1     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.82    4   14-9     5· 2· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.18   0.13
J Valverde, S (44)             1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.73    3   19-14    8· 0· 6    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    2.22   0.17
Totals                         9     9   8   3    4   6   1          41  172-109  63·11·35   12·11· 6· 0          3-1 
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: None.
HBP: J Peguero (1; D Eckstein); M Owings (14; D Eckstein).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Wolf, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Larry Poncino.
Time of Game: 3:35.
Attendance: 45,931.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 99° F, Wind 5mph in from Centerfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Arizona Diamondbacks                 
1. D Eckstein           SS    1. S Drew               SS 
2. R Ankiel             RF    2. C Young              CF 
3. A Pujols             1B    3. E Byrnes             LF 
4. J Edmonds            CF    4. C Jackson            1B 
5. C Duncan             LF    5. M Montero            C  
6. A Miles              2B    6. M Reynolds           3B 
7. K Stinnett           C     7. J Salazar            RF 
8. B Looper             P     8. A Ojeda              2B 
9. B Ryan               3B    9. M Owings             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   2  3-3  12-  1  -27%  24% A Miles         M Owings        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Edmonds Scores/unER; Duncan Scores/unER; Miles Scores/unER
   b 4   1  7-4  -23  3   21%  53% S Drew          B Looper        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Ojeda Scores; Cirillo Scores
   b 1   1  0-0  12-  4   20%  78% C Jackson       B Looper        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Young Scores; Byrnes Scores
   t 3   2  3-0  1-3  3  -16%  62% A Pujols        M Owings        Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Looper Scores; Ankiel Scores
   t 5   0  9-7  1--  8  -11%  58% A Miles         B Medders       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Duncan to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Micah Owings facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  D Eckstein      Lineout: P (Front of Home)
   O      ---  2   54%  R Ankiel        Popfly: 2B
          ---  1   52%  A Pujols        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  5   55%  J Edmonds       Groundout: P-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Diamondbacks 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Diamondbacks Batting, Tied 0-0, Braden Looper facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   53%  S Drew          Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
          ---  2   55%  C Young         Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B)
          1--  4   58%  E Byrnes        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Young to 2B
   RRR    12-  4   78%  C Jackson       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Young Scores; Byrnes Scores
   O      ---  5   77%  M Montero       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   78%  M Reynolds      Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  2   77%  J Salazar       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Diamondbacks 3.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Micah Owings facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   79%  C Duncan        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   80%  A Miles         Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  6   81%  K Stinnett      Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Diamondbacks 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Diamondbacks Batting, Ahead 3-0, Braden Looper facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   80%  A Ojeda         Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      ---  4   79%  M Owings        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      --- 10   78%  S Drew          Lineout: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Diamondbacks 3.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Micah Owings facing 8-9-1
          ---  7   75%  B Looper        Walk
   O      1--  5   78%  B Ryan          Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   75%  D Eckstein      Hit By Pitch; Looper to 2B
   O      12-  3   79%  R Ankiel        Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Looper to 3B
   RR     1-3  3   62%  A Pujols        Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Looper Scores; Ankiel Scores
          --3  6   61%  J Edmonds       Walk
   R      1-3  7   51%  C Duncan        Reached on E1 (Ground Ball to P's Left); Pujols Scores/unER; Edmonds to 2B; Duncan to 1B
   RRR    12-  1   24%  A Miles         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Edmonds Scores/unER; Duncan Scores/unER; Miles Scores/unER
          ---  4   23%  K Stinnett      Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
                  Jailen Peguero replaces Micah Owings pitching and batting 9th
   RO     -2-  2   18%  B Looper        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Stinnett Scores/unER; Looper out at 2B
                  7 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Diamondbacks Batting, Behind 3-7, Braden Looper facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   16%  C Young         Bunt Groundout: P-1B (Weak 1B)
          ---  1   19%  E Byrnes        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   R      -2-  4   25%  C Jackson       Walk, Byrnes Steals 3B; Byrnes Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)/unER
   O      1--  3   22%  M Montero       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      1--  6   20%  M Reynolds      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 4.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 7-4, Jailen Peguero facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   21%  B Ryan          Flyball: CF (Short CF)
          ---  2   20%  D Eckstein      Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  2   21%  R Ankiel        Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
          1--  3   20%  A Pujols        Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Eckstein to 2B
                  Dana Eveland replaces Mark Reynolds pitching and batting 6th; Jeff Cirillo replaces Jailen Peguero playing 3B batting 9th
   O      12-  2   23%  J Edmonds       Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Diamondbacks Batting, Behind 4-7, Braden Looper facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   20%  J Salazar       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  3   23%  A Ojeda         Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   32%  J Cirillo       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Ojeda to 3B
   RRR    -23  3   53%  S Drew          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Ojeda Scores; Cirillo Scores
                  Todd Wellemeyer replaces Braden Looper pitching and batting 8th
          ---  5   56%  C Young         Walk
          1--  5   61%  E Byrnes        Walk; Young to 2B
          12-  1   67%  C Jackson       Fielder's Choice 3B; Byrnes to 2B/Safe on E4 (catch); Young to 3B; Jackson to 1B
   RO     123  8   67%  M Montero       Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Young Scores/unER
                  Carlos Quentin pinch hits for Dana Eveland batting 6th
   R      12-  1   78%  C Quentin       Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Byrnes Scores/unER; Jackson to 3B
   O      1-3  4   74%  J Salazar       Popfly: SS (Short LF-CF)
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 9.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 7-9, Brandon Medders facing 5-6-7
                  Brandon Medders replaces Carlos Quentin pitching and batting 6th
          ---  7   69%  C Duncan        Walk
          1--  8   58%  A Miles         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Duncan to 3B
                  Mike Maroth pinch runs for Chris Duncan batting 5th
   O      1-3  5   66%  K Stinnett      Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
                  Ryan Ludwick pinch hits for Todd Wellemeyer batting 8th
   R      1-3  2   58%  R Ludwick       Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Maroth Scores; Miles to 2B
   O      12-      65%  B Ryan          Ludwick Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (C-1B-2B); Miles to 3B
   O      --3  4   70%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

Bottom of the 5th, Diamondbacks Batting, Ahead 9-8, Troy Percival facing 8-9-1
                  Troy Percival replaces Mike Maroth pitching and batting 5th; Ryan Ludwick moves to LF
   O      ---  2   68%  A Ojeda         Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   66%  J Cirillo       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   65%  S Drew          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 8-9, Brandon Medders facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   69%  D Eckstein      Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
                  Doug Slaten replaces Brandon Medders pitching and batting 6th
   O      ---  3   72%  R Ankiel        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   70%  A Pujols        Walk
   O      1--  6   73%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Diamondbacks Batting, Ahead 9-8, Troy Percival facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   71%  C Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   69%  E Byrnes        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   68%  C Jackson       Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 8-9, Dustin Nippert facing 5-6-7
                  Dustin Nippert replaces Doug Slaten pitching and batting 6th; Miguel Cairo pinch hits for Troy Percival batting 5th
   O      ---  5   73%  M Cairo         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   76%  A Miles         Lineout: RF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   78%  K Stinnett      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Diamondbacks Batting, Ahead 9-8, Randy Flores facing 5-6-7
                  Randy Flores replaces Miguel Cairo pitching and batting 5th
   O      ---  6   76%  M Montero       Strikeout Looking
                  Robby Hammock pinch hits for Dustin Nippert batting 6th
   O      ---  5   75%  R Hammock       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   76%  J Salazar       Single to CF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
                  Russ Springer replaces Randy Flores pitching and batting 5th
   O      1--  2   73%  A Ojeda         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 8-9, Brandon Lyon facing 8-9-1
                  Brandon Lyon replaces Miguel Montero pitching and batting 5th; Robby Hammock moves to C
   O      ---  6   79%  R Ludwick       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   73%  B Ryan          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  2   80%  D Eckstein      Popfly: 2B
   O      1--  3   86%  R Ankiel        Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Diamondbacks Batting, Ahead 9-8, Russ Springer facing 9-1-2
          ---  5   88%  J Cirillo       Walk
   OO     1--  4   83%  S Drew          Fly Ball Double Play: CF (Deep LF-CF); Cirillo out at 1B/CF-2B-1B
   O      ---  6   83%  C Young         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 8-9, Jose Valverde facing 3-4-5
                  Jose Valverde replaces Conor Jackson pitching and batting 4th; Tony Clark replaces Brandon Lyon playing 1B batting 5th
   O      ---  4   90%  A Pujols        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  7   96%  J Edmonds       Flyball: CF
                  Skip Schumaker pinch hits for Russ Springer batting 5th
   O      ---  8  100%  S Schumaker     Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 9.

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