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DET  7
@BOS  2

CLE 15
MIN  7

OAK  5
KCR  4

(11)
SEA 11
LAA  3

TBD  4
TEX  3

(10)
TOR  2
BAL  1

ARI  3
@COL  0

HOU  6
SFG  5

(10)
LAD  9
STL  7

CHC 10
@NYM  1

PHI  4
MIL  3

FLA  9
@PIT  3

CIN  2
@SDP  1

(12)
ATL  6
@WSN  2

Standings at end of play this day

Dodger Stadium, Attendance: 38,954

Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 7:10PM
Time of Game: 3:09
Cardinals
7
16-21
Lost 1
5th, 8 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  0  4   0  0  0   3  0  0    7 12  0
Dodgers         3  0  6   0  0  0   0  0  X    9 11  1
W: D Lowe (4-4), L: A Wainwright (3-3), S: T Saito (12)
Dodgers
9
24-16
Won 1
1st

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Kennedy 2B                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .236  .591   17    2   4   2B
C Duncan LF                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .294  .865   15    6   0   
A Pujols 1B                   5   2   2   2    0   0  .245  .755   15    4   1   2B
J Edmonds CF                  2   1   0   0    1   0  .214  .559   14    0   0   
  S Taguchi PH-CF             1   0   0   0    1   0  .260  .699    7    1   0   
S Rolen 3B                    5   2   1   1    0   1  .216  .615   19    0   0   2B
R Ludwick RF                  5   0   2   3    0   1  .259  .582   17    2   0   
Y Molina C                    3   0   2   1    1   0  .277  .668   17    3   0   
D Eckstein SS                 3   0   2   0    0   0  .237  .576   12    3   2   
  B Falkenborg P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Spiezio PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .242  .670    4    0   0   
  R Springer P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Johnson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Franklin P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
A Wainwright P                1   0   0   0    0   0  .308  .742    4    0   0   
  K Jimenez P                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    1   0   
  A Miles PH-SS               2   0   0   0    0   1  .238  .565    8    2   1   
Totals                       39   7  12   7    3   6              153   24   8
BATTING
2B: A Pujols (6, off H Kuo); S Rolen (5, off D Lowe); A Kennedy (6, off D Lowe).
TB: A Pujols 3; Y Molina 2; C Duncan 2; A Kennedy 2; R Ludwick 2; D Eckstein 2; S Rolen 2.
RBI: R Ludwick 3 (6); A Pujols 2 (21); S Rolen (15); Y Molina (8).
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 5 for 14.
FIELDING
DP: 1. A Kennedy-D Eckstein-A Pujols.
Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Furcal SS                   5   2   4   3    0   0  .297  .729   18    1   2   3B
J Pierre CF                   5   1   1   1    0   0  .281  .623    9    3   0   2B
N Garciaparra 1B              4   0   1   1    1   0  .291  .710   19   12   1   GDP
J Kent 2B                     4   2   1   0    1   0  .300  .856   13    2   4   2B
L Gonzalez LF                 3   2   1   0    1   0  .271  .784   13    1   0   
  H Kuo P                     0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Broxton P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  O Saenz PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .276 1.003    1    0   0   
  T Saito P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
R Martin C                    3   1   2   2    0   0  .321  .860   23    6   1   2B,HBP
A Ethier RF                   4   0   1   2    0   0  .282  .750   15    1   1   
A LaRoche 3B                  1   1   0   0    3   1  .300  .895   19    1   3   
D Lowe P                      3   0   0   0    0   1  .118  .356   12    0   0   
  J Beimel P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Clark LF                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .250  .683    6    0   0   
Totals                       34   9  11   9    6   3              148   27  12
BATTING
2B: J Kent (10, off A Wainwright); R Martin (11, off K Jimenez); J Pierre (4, off K Jimenez).
3B: R Furcal (1, off A Wainwright).
HBP: R Martin (2, by A Wainwright).
TB: R Furcal 6; R Martin 3; J Kent 2; J Pierre 2; N Garciaparra; L Gonzalez; A Ethier.
GIDP: N Garciaparra (3).
RBI: R Furcal 3 (13); R Martin 2 (25); A Ethier 2 (21); N Garciaparra (25); J Pierre (9).
2-out RBI: R Furcal 3; A Ethier 2; N Garciaparra; R Martin; J Pierre.
Team LOB: 8.
With RISP: 6 for 12.
FIELDING
E: A LaRoche (1).

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, L (3-3)          2.2   7   8   8    4   0   0   6.34   19   72-36   20· 4·12    5· 6· 3· 0      8    -     1.54  -0.58
K Jimenez                      2.1   3   1   1    0   2   0   2.70   10   29-19   11· 4· 4    2· 5· 1· 0          1-1    0.27  -0.07
B Falkenborg                   1     0   0   0    1   0   0  10.80    4   16-9     6· 0· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.13   0.01
R Springer                     0.2   1   0   0    1   1   0   2.19    4   19-8     6· 1· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.46   0.00
T Johnson                      0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   0.66    1    2-2     1· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.85   0.02
R Franklin                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   1.06    3   10-8     8· 0· 0    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.21   0.02
Totals                         8    11   9   9    6   3   0          41  148-82   52· 9·21   10·15· 6· 0          3-1 
Los Angeles Dodgers           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Lowe, W (4-4)                5.1   8   4   4    2   2   0   3.90   26  100-61   33· 7·21   15· 3· 4· 0     36    -     0.79  -0.22
J Beimel                       0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   3.79    2    8-6     4· 1· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          2-0    0.92   0.05
H Kuo                          0.1   4   3   3    1   0   0  81.00    6   19-10    7· 3· 0    2· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.32  -0.25
J Broxton, H (10)              1.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   1.23    5   15-11    6· 4· 1    2· 1· 0· 0          2-0    1.71   0.25
T Saito, S (12)                1     0   0   0    0   2   0   1.50    3   11-9     5· 3· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.04   0.08
Totals                         9    12   7   7    3   6   0          42  153-97   55·18·24   19· 7· 7· 0          4-0 
Balks: None.
WP: None.
IBB: None.
HBP: A Wainwright (4; R Martin).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Mike Winters, 2B - Bill Miller, 3B - Marvin Hudson.
Time of Game: 3:09.
Attendance: 38,954.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Weather: 61° F, Wind 10mph out to Centerfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Los Angeles Dodgers                  
1. A Kennedy            2B    1. R Furcal             SS 
2. C Duncan             LF    2. J Pierre             CF 
3. A Pujols             1B    3. N Garciaparra        1B 
4. J Edmonds            CF    4. J Kent               2B 
5. S Rolen              3B    5. L Gonzalez           LF 
6. R Ludwick            RF    6. R Martin             C  
7. Y Molina             C     7. A Ethier             RF 
8. D Eckstein           SS    8. A LaRoche            3B 
9. A Wainwright         P     9. D Lowe               P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 3   2  4-4  123  5   25%  83% R Furcal        A Wainwright    Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Gonzalez Scores; Martin Scores; LaRoche Scores
   t 3   1  3-1  12-  2  -15%  51% S Rolen         D Lowe          Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Pujols Scores; Edmonds to 3B
   b 1   2  0-1  123  5   14%  80% A Ethier        A Wainwright    Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Kent Scores; Gonzalez Scores; Martin to 3B; Ethier to 2B/Adv on throw
   t 7   1  9-6  12-  2  -13%  71% Y Molina        H Kuo           Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Rolen Scores; Ludwick to 3B
   t 7   1  9-7  1-3  4   10%  81% S Spiezio       J Broxton       Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Derek Lowe facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  A Kennedy       Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
          ---  3   50%  C Duncan        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   53%  A Pujols        Lineout: RF
   O      1--  4   55%  J Edmonds       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Adam Wainwright facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   58%  R Furcal        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   55%  J Pierre        Flyball: LF (LF Line)
   O      1--  1   52%  N Garciaparra   Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          1--  5   54%  J Kent          Walk; Furcal to 2B
          12-  5   57%  L Gonzalez      Walk; Furcal to 3B; Kent to 2B
   R      123  7   66%  R Martin        Hit By Pitch; Furcal Scores; Kent to 3B; Gonzalez to 2B
   RR     123  5   80%  A Ethier        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Kent Scores; Gonzalez Scores; Martin to 3B; Ethier to 2B/Adv on throw
          -23  5   81%  A LaRoche       Walk
   O      123  3   77%  D Lowe          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 3.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Derek Lowe facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   79%  S Rolen         Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   81%  R Ludwick       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  7   79%  Y Molina        Walk
          1--  2   78%  D Eckstein      Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Molina to 2B
   O      12-  4   81%  A Wainwright    Groundout: C-1B (Front of Home)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 3-0, Adam Wainwright facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   83%  R Furcal        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  2   82%  J Pierre        Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   OO     1--  1   79%  N Garciaparra   Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 3.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Derek Lowe facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   73%  A Kennedy       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  4   75%  C Duncan        Groundout: 2B-1B; Kennedy to 3B
   R      --3  2   70%  A Pujols        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Kennedy Scores
          1--  5   66%  J Edmonds       Walk; Pujols to 2B
   R      12-  2   51%  S Rolen         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Pujols Scores; Edmonds to 3B
   RRO    -23  2   43%  R Ludwick       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Edmonds Scores; Rolen Scores; Ludwick out at 2B
   O      ---  4   44%  Y Molina        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Dodgers 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Behind 3-4, Adam Wainwright facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   51%  J Kent          Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
          -2-  2   59%  L Gonzalez      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Kent to 3B
   R      1-3  5   65%  R Martin        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Kent Scores; Gonzalez to 2B
   O      12-  2   60%  A Ethier        Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
          12-  5   66%  A LaRoche       Walk; Gonzalez to 3B; Martin to 2B
   O      123  6   58%  D Lowe          Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
   RRR    123  5   83%  R Furcal        Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Gonzalez Scores; Martin Scores; LaRoche Scores
                  Kelvin Jimenez replaces Adam Wainwright pitching and batting 9th
   R      --3  1   88%  J Pierre        Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Furcal Scores
   R      -2-  4   92%  N Garciaparra   Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Pierre Scores
   O      1--  1   91%  J Kent          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Dodgers 9.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-9, Derek Lowe facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   93%  D Eckstein      Lineout: 3B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  4   94%  K Jimenez       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   94%  A Kennedy       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Dodgers 9.

Bottom of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 9-4, Kelvin Jimenez facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   94%  L Gonzalez      Popfly: SS (Weak SS)
          ---  5   95%  R Martin        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      -2-  2   94%  A Ethier        Flyball: LF
   O      -2-  5   93%  A LaRoche       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Dodgers 9.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-9, Derek Lowe facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   94%  C Duncan        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   92%  A Pujols        Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Pujols to 2B
   O      -2-  5   94%  J Edmonds       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B); Pujols to 3B
   O      --3  6   96%  S Rolen         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Dodgers 9.

Bottom of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 9-4, Kelvin Jimenez facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   95%  D Lowe          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   95%  R Furcal        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   95%  J Pierre        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Dodgers 9.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-9, Derek Lowe facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   96%  R Ludwick       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   95%  Y Molina        Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
          1--  8   93%  D Eckstein      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Weak 3B); Molina to 2B
                  Joe Beimel replaces Derek Lowe pitching and batting 9th; Aaron Miles pinch hits for Kelvin Jimenez batting 9th
   O      12-  4   95%  A Miles         Lineout: 2B
   O      12-  4   97%  A Kennedy       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Dodgers 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 9-4, Brian Falkenborg facing 3-4-5
                  Brian Falkenborg replaces David Eckstein pitching and batting 8th; Aaron Miles moves to SS
          ---  6   98%  N Garciaparra   Walk
   O      1--  1   97%  J Kent          Flyball: RF
   O      1--  3   97%  L Gonzalez      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  6   96%  R Martin        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Dodgers 9.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-9, Hong-Chih Kuo facing 2-3-4
                  Hong-Chih Kuo replaces Luis Gonzalez pitching and batting 5th; Brady Clark replaces Joe Beimel playing LF batting 9th
          ---  2   95%  C Duncan        Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   R      1--  3   90%  A Pujols        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Duncan Scores
                  So Taguchi pinch hits for Jim Edmonds batting 4th
          -2-  5   86%  S Taguchi       Walk
   O      12-  2   89%  S Rolen         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B); Pujols to 3B
   R      1-3  5   84%  R Ludwick       Single to 1B (Pop Fly); Pujols Scores; Rolen to 2B
   R      12-  2   71%  Y Molina        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Rolen Scores; Ludwick to 3B
                  Jonathan Broxton replaces Hong-Chih Kuo pitching and batting 5th; Scott Spiezio pinch hits for Brian Falkenborg batting 8th
   O      1-3  4   81%  S Spiezio       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  4   88%  A Miles         Strikeout Swinging
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 9-7, Russ Springer facing 7-8-9
                  Russ Springer replaces Scott Spiezio pitching and batting 8th; So Taguchi moves to CF
   O      ---  6   87%  A Ethier        Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  4   88%  A LaRoche       Walk
   O      1--  6   87%  B Clark         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   88%  R Furcal        Single to CF (Line Drive); LaRoche to 2B
                  Tyler Johnson replaces Russ Springer pitching and batting 8th
   O      12-  2   86%  J Pierre        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 9.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 7-9, Jonathan Broxton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   89%  A Kennedy       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   92%  C Duncan        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   94%  A Pujols        Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 9-7, Ryan Franklin facing 3-4-5
                  Ryan Franklin replaces Tyler Johnson pitching and batting 8th
   O      ---  7   93%  N Garciaparra   Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   92%  J Kent          Lineout: SS (Weak 3B)
                  Olmedo Saenz pinch hits for Jonathan Broxton batting 5th
   O      ---  1   92%  O Saenz         Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 9.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 7-9, Takashi Saito facing 4-5-6
                  Takashi Saito replaces Olmedo Saenz pitching and batting 5th
   O      ---  2   96%  S Taguchi       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   99%  S Rolen         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  R Ludwick       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Dodgers 9.

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