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MIN 13
@CHW  1

DET 10
BOS  9

KCR  9
LAA  4

CLE  3
@NYY  0

OAK  6
BAL  5

(10)
TEX  2
@SEA  0

TOR  6
TBR  2

PHI  5
@ARI  4

ATL  5
SDP  2

CIN  9
CHC  0

COL  4
STL  3

FLA  6
MIL  2

HOU  4
WSN  3

NYM 12
@LAD  1

PIT  3
SFG  1

Standings at end of play this day

Coors Field, Attendance: 25,432

Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 8:35pm
Time of Game: 2:59
Cardinals
3
22-13
Lost 1
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       2  0  0   0  1  0   0  0  0    3  9  1
Rockies         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  4  X    4  8  0
W: R Speier (1-1), L: J Isringhausen (1-3), S: B Fuentes (3)
Rockies
4
13-21
Won 1
4th, 9 GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Barton RF                   2   1   1   0    2   0  .313  .849   21    1   0   
  S Schumaker RF              1   0   1   0    0   0  .303  .818    2    0   0   
A Miles 2B                    4   1   2   0    1   0  .319  .721   18    1   3   
A Pujols 1B                   5   0   1   0    0   0  .342 1.069   17   12   1   
R Ludwick LF                  4   1   2   2    0   1  .356 1.125   21    4   0   HR,SF
T Glaus 3B                    2   0   0   0    2   1  .225  .681   19    1   3   IW
R Ankiel CF                   3   0   1   1    1   1  .279  .863   19    0   0   GDP
J LaRue C                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .067  .310    9    4   0   
A Wainwright P                3   0   0   0    0   1  .261  .685    6    0   1   
  C Duncan PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .253  .753    5    0   0   
  K McClellan P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  R Flores P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Isringhausen P            0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
C Izturis SS                  4   0   1   0    0   2  .244  .641   16    1   4   
Totals                       33   3   9   3    6   6              153   24  12
BATTING
HR: R Ludwick (5, off J Francis; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).
SF: R Ludwick (1, off J Francis).
IBB: T Glaus (1, by J Francis).
TB: R Ludwick 5; A Miles 2; B Barton; S Schumaker; C Izturis; R Ankiel; A Pujols.
GIDP: R Ankiel (4).
RBI: R Ludwick 2 (19); R Ankiel (19).
2-out RBI: R Ankiel.
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 2 for 7.
FIELDING
DP: 1. A Pujols-C Izturis-A Pujols.
E: T Glaus (3).
Colorado Rockies             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Taveras CF                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .243  .624   12    3   1   
O Quintanilla 2B              4   1   2   0    0   0  .350  .900   12    0   1   2B
M Holliday LF                 3   1   1   1    1   0  .305  .928   21    3   0   3B
T Helton 1B                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .269  .787   17   10   1   GDP
G Atkins 3B                   3   1   1   0    1   0  .319  .858   19    0   1   
B Hawpe RF                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .261  .811   15    1   0   2B
  R Spilborghs PH-RF          1   1   1   1    0   0  .333  .892    6    1   0   
C Iannetta C                  4   0   1   2    0   2  .353 1.100   15    5   1   3B
C Barmes SS                   2   0   1   0    2   0  .309  .868   20    3   6   
J Francis P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .182    1    0   1   SH
  S Podsednik PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .854    3    0   0   
  A Arias P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
  J Baker PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .179  .476    5    0   0   
  R Speier P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Herrera PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .273  .606    3    0   0   
  B Fuentes P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       31   4   8   4    4   4              149   27  12
BATTING
2B: O Quintanilla (4, off A Wainwright); B Hawpe (7, off A Wainwright).
3B: M Holliday (2, off K McClellan); C Iannetta (1, off J Isringhausen).
SH: J Francis (4, off A Wainwright).
TB: O Quintanilla 3; C Iannetta 3; M Holliday 3; B Hawpe 2; C Barmes; R Spilborghs; G Atkins.
GIDP: T Helton (3).
RBI: C Iannetta 2 (12); M Holliday (20); R Spilborghs (12).
2-out RBI: C Iannetta 2; R Spilborghs.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 2 for 10.
FIELDING
DP: 2. W Taveras-O Quintanilla-C Barmes-T Helton; T Helton-C Barmes-A Arias.

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
A Wainwright                   7     4   0   0    2   3   0   2.25   27  106-62   37·10·15   13· 5· 4· 0     70    -     1.06   0.41
K McClellan, H (10)            0.1   2   2   2    0   1   0   3.06    3    9-6     4· 1· 1    1· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.12  -0.14
R Flores, H (6)                0.1   0   1   1    1   0   0   2.08    2   14-8     6· 0· 2    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    2.27   0.05
J Isringhausen, BS (4), L (1-3)
                            0.1   2   1   1    1   0   0   6.60    4   20-13   11· 2· 0    2· 0· 1· 0          2-2    2.59  -0.65
Totals                         8     8   4   4    4   4   0          36  149-89   58·13·18   16· 6· 6· 0          3-2 
Colorado Rockies              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Francis                      5     6   3   3    5   4   1   5.27   25   98-56   34· 8·14    5· 5· 6· 0     42    -     0.91  -0.07
A Arias                        2     2   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    8   25-13   11· 1· 1    6· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.52   0.05
R Speier, W (1-1)              1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.07    3   16-10    6· 0· 4    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.23   0.02
B Fuentes, S (3)               1     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.25    4   14-9     4· 2· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    3.58   0.17
Totals                         9     9   3   3    6   6   1          40  153-88   55·11·22   12· 8· 8· 0           -  
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: J Francis (2; T Glaus).
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bob Davidson, 3B - Alfonso Marquez.
Time of Game: 2:59.
Attendance: 25,432.
Weather: 64° F, Wind 3mph from Right to Left, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Colorado Rockies                     
1. B Barton             RF    1. W Taveras            CF 
2. A Miles              2B    2. O Quintanilla        2B 
3. A Pujols             1B    3. M Holliday           LF 
4. R Ludwick            LF    4. T Helton             1B 
5. T Glaus              3B    5. G Atkins             3B 
6. R Ankiel             CF    6. B Hawpe              RF 
7. J LaRue              C     7. C Iannetta           C  
8. A Wainwright         P     8. C Barmes             SS 
9. C Izturis            SS    9. J Francis            P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   2  3-2  12-  1   56%  86% C Iannetta      J Isringhausen  Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Atkins Scores; Spilborghs Scores
   b 8   1  3-0  1--  1   13%  23% M Holliday      K McClellan     Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Quintanilla Scores
   b 8   2  3-1  1-3  6   12%  30% R Spilborghs    J Isringhausen  Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Holliday Scores; Atkins to 2B
   t 9   0  4-3  ---  2  -12%  71% S Schumaker     B Fuentes       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   t 9   0  4-3  1--  4   11%  82% A Miles         B Fuentes       Flyball: RF

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Jeff Francis facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   47%  B Barton        Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
          1--  7   41%  A Miles         Walk; Barton to 2B
   O      12-  2   42%  A Pujols        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Barton to 3B; Miles to 2B
   RO     -23  4   42%  R Ludwick       Lineout: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Barton Scores
          -2-  4   41%  T Glaus         Intentional Walk
   R      12-  5   32%  R Ankiel        Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Miles Scores; Glaus to 3B
   O      1-3  2   36%  J LaRue         Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-2, Adam Wainwright facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   34%  W Taveras       Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  3   38%  O Quintanilla   Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      -2-  6   34%  M Holliday      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      -2-  5   31%  T Helton        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Rockies 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeff Francis facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   33%  A Wainwright    Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  5   34%  C Izturis       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   33%  B Barton        Walk
          1--  2   32%  A Miles         Single to RF (Line Drive); Barton to 2B
   O      12-  7   35%  A Pujols        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-2, Adam Wainwright facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   32%  G Atkins        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   31%  B Hawpe         Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   29%  C Iannetta      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Rockies 0.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeff Francis facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   31%  R Ludwick       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  4   33%  T Glaus         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  4   34%  R Ankiel        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-2, Adam Wainwright facing 8-9-1
          ---  6   38%  C Barmes        Walk
   O      1--  1   36%  J Francis       Bunt Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home); Barmes to 2B
   O      -2-  2   32%  W Taveras       Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B); Barmes to 3B
   O      --3  2   28%  O Quintanilla   Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Rockies 0.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeff Francis facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   30%  J LaRue         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   31%  A Wainwright    Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   30%  C Izturis       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          1--  9   28%  B Barton        Walk; Izturis to 2B
          12-  1   26%  A Miles         Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Izturis to 3B; Barton to 2B
   O      123  1   32%  A Pujols        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-2, Adam Wainwright facing 3-4-5
          ---  7   37%  M Holliday      Walk
   OO     1--  2   27%  T Helton        Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-1B (Weak 2B)
          ---  4   29%  G Atkins        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B)
          1--  7   33%  B Hawpe         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Atkins to 3B
   O      -23  6   26%  C Iannetta      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Rockies 0.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jeff Francis facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  7   17%  R Ludwick       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      ---  5   18%  T Glaus         Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   17%  R Ankiel        Walk
   OO     1--  2   20%  J LaRue         Fly Ball Double Play: CF (Deep CF); Ankiel out at 1B/CF-2B-SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-3, Adam Wainwright facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   17%  C Barmes        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  Scott Podsednik pinch hits for Jeff Francis batting 9th
   O      ---  3   16%  S Podsednik     Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  4   14%  W Taveras       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 0.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Alberto Arias facing 8-9-1
                  Alberto Arias replaces Scott Podsednik pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1   16%  A Wainwright    Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   17%  C Izturis       Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   17%  B Barton        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-3, Adam Wainwright facing 2-3-4
                  Skip Schumaker replaces Brian Barton playing RF batting 1st
   O      ---  3   14%  O Quintanilla   Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  7   18%  M Holliday      Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Holliday to 1B
   O      1--  4   15%  T Helton        Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B); Holliday to 2B
   O      -2-  3   11%  G Atkins        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 0.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Alberto Arias facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   12%  A Miles         Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
          ---  3   11%  A Pujols        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  1   10%  R Ludwick       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Pujols to 2B
          12-  6    8%  T Glaus         Walk; Pujols to 3B; Ludwick to 2B
   OO     123  4   14%  R Ankiel        Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-SS-P
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-3, Adam Wainwright facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   11%  B Hawpe         Foul Flyball: LF (LF Foul)
   O      ---  5    9%  C Iannetta      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   10%  C Barmes        Single to LF (Line Drive)
                  Jeff Baker pinch hits for Alberto Arias batting 9th
   O      1--  5    8%  J Baker         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 0.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-0, Ryan Speier facing 7-8-9
                  Ryan Speier replaces Jeff Baker pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4    8%  J LaRue         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  Chris Duncan pinch hits for Adam Wainwright batting 8th
   O      ---  5    9%  C Duncan        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  7    9%  C Izturis       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-3, Kyle McClellan facing 1-2-3
                  Kyle McClellan replaces Chris Duncan pitching and batting 8th
   O      ---  4    6%  W Taveras       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   10%  O Quintanilla   Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   R      1--  1   23%  M Holliday      Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Quintanilla Scores
                  Randy Flores replaces Kyle McClellan pitching and batting 8th
   O      --3  6   14%  T Helton        Popfly: 3B (Weak 3B)
          --3  8   18%  G Atkins        Walk
                  Jason Isringhausen replaces Randy Flores pitching and batting 8th; Ryan Spilborghs pinch hits for Brad Hawpe batting 6th
   R      1-3  6   30%  R Spilborghs    Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Holliday Scores; Atkins to 2B
   RR     12-  1   86%  C Iannetta      Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Atkins Scores; Spilborghs Scores
          --3 10   86%  C Barmes        Walk
                  Jonathan Herrera pinch hits for Ryan Speier batting 9th
   O      1-3  3   83%  J Herrera       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 4.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-4, Brian Fuentes facing 1-2-3
                  Brian Fuentes replaces Jonathan Herrera pitching and batting 9th; Ryan Spilborghs moves to RF
          ---  2   71%  S Schumaker     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   82%  A Miles         Flyball: RF
   O      1--  4   92%  A Pujols        Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
   O      1--  4  100%  R Ludwick       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Rockies 4.

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