June 14, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Play by Play and Box Score

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KCR 4
@LAA 3 TBD 5
@DET 1
(12) MIN 8
BOS 1 NYY 6
CLE 1 OAK 7
SEA 2 TEX 8
CHW 0 TOR 6
BAL 3 SFG 11
@ARI 4 HOU 5
@CHC 4 CIN 3
MIL 0
(11) FLA 6
ATL 5
(10) NYM 9
@PHI 3 PIT 9
STL 7 SDP 5
LAD 3 COL 14
@WSN 8

Standings at end of play this day

PNC Park, Attendance: 20,289

Wednesday, June 14, 2006, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 2:50

Cardinals

38-26

Lost 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       1  0  4   0  0  0   0  0  2    7 13  0
Pirates         0  3  0   3  3  0   0  0  X    9 14  0

W: Z Duke (5-6), L: S Ponson (4-2), S: M Gonzalez (12)

Pirates

26-40

Won 1

6th, 13 GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Eckstein SS                 5   1   1   0    0   0  .322  .763   27    0   4   
S Taguchi LF                  3   2   1   0    2   1  .277  .700   17    3   0   
S Rolen 3B                    5   3   3   3    0   0  .358 1.026   22    2   1   HR,2B
J Encarnacion RF              5   1   3   2    0   1  .269  .746   24    1   0   2B,CS
J Edmonds CF                  3   0   0   1    1   1  .247  .742   12    3   0   
H Luna 1B                     4   0   3   1    0   1  .314  .805   11    9   0   2B,SB
Y Molina C                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .216  .579   10    4   0   2B,SH
A Miles 2B                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .274  .684   10    2   4   
S Ponson P                    0   0   0   0    1   0  .273  .702   10    0   0   CS,SH
  B Thompson P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000         0   0   
  T Perez PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .111  .384    7    0   0   
  J Hancock P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333         0   0   
  T Johnson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Rodriguez PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .311  .759    6    0   0   
Totals                       34   7  13   7    4   5              156   24   9

BATTING

2B: J Encarnacion (11, off Z Duke); Y Molina (10, off S Torres); H Luna (8, off Z Duke); S Rolen (22, off Z Duke).

HR: S Rolen (8, off M Capps; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF-CF).

SH: S Ponson (5, off Z Duke); Y Molina (4, off Z Duke).

TB: S Rolen 7; J Encarnacion 4; H Luna 4; Y Molina 2; A Miles; D Eckstein; S Taguchi.

RBI: S Rolen 3 (43); J Encarnacion 2 (33); J Edmonds (36); H Luna (11).

2-out RBI: S Rolen 2; J Encarnacion; H Luna.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 4 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Eckstein-A Miles-H Luna.

BASERUNNING

SB: H Luna (3, 2nd base off Z Duke/R Paulino).

CS: J Encarnacion (3, 3rd base by Z Duke/R Paulino); S Ponson (1, 2nd base by Z Duke/R Paulino).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
N McLouth CF-RF               5   0   1   0    0   1  .225  .625   15    1   0   
J Wilson SS                   5   0   1   1    0   0  .281  .721   13    1   2   
S Casey 1B                    5   0   1   0    0   2  .337  .929   21   12   1   
J Bay LF                      4   1   1   0    0   0  .307 1.038   15    2   0   GDP
C Wilson RF                   3   3   2   0    0   1  .277  .860   13    0   0   2B,HBP
  D Marte P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Hernandez P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Capps P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Gonzalez P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
F Sanchez 3B                  3   3   2   1    1   0  .346  .875   14    2   3   
J Castillo 2B                 4   2   2   4    0   0  .297  .833    6    2   4   HR,2B
R Paulino C                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .310  .742   19    6   3   
Z Duke P                      3   0   2   3    0   0  .241  .543   11    0   0   
  S Torres P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Bautista CF               1   0   1   0    0   0  .236  .875    2    1   0   
Totals                       37   9  14   9    1   4              129   27  14

BATTING

2B: J Castillo (11, off S Ponson); C Wilson (10, off B Thompson).

HR: J Castillo (10, off B Thompson; 5th inn, 2 on, 1 out to LF).

HBP: C Wilson (5, by S Ponson).

TB: J Castillo 6; C Wilson 3; F Sanchez 2; Z Duke 2; N McLouth; J Bautista; J Bay; J Wilson; R Paulino; S Casey.

GIDP: J Bay (6).

RBI: J Castillo 4 (38); Z Duke 3 (5); F Sanchez (34); J Wilson (20).

2-out RBI: Z Duke 2; J Wilson.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 6 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 3. J Castillo-S Casey; R Paulino-F Sanchez; S Casey-F Sanchez.

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
S Ponson, L (4-2)              3.1   7   6   6    0   1   0   4.35   18   68-44   28· 5·11    8· 5· 3· 0     23    -     1.35  -0.48
B Thompson                     1.2   5   3   3    1   1   1   3.45   11   28-18   11· 1· 6    4· 3· 2· 0          2-1    1.05  -0.20
J Hancock                      2     1   0   0    0   1   0   2.92    6   19-13    5· 3· 5    1· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.15   0.02
T Johnson                      1     1   0   0    0   1   0   4.09    4   14-10    5· 1· 4    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.07   0.00
Totals                         8    14   9   9    1   4   1          39  129-85   49·10·26   15·12· 6· 0          2-1

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
Z Duke, W (5-6)                5    10   5   5    2   2   0   4.52   24   85-56   34· 4·18   11· 7· 2· 0     27    -     1.17  -0.27
S Torres                       1.2   1   0   0    1   2   0   4.19    7   31-20   15· 3· 2    3· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.87   0.05
D Marte                        0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   3.22    1    4-3     1· 2· 0    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    0.56   0.02
R Hernandez                    1     1   0   0    0   0   0   2.20    3    8-7     4· 1· 2    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.58   0.03
M Capps                        0.2   1   2   2    1   0   1   4.83    4   21-9     6· 0· 3    0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.19   0.00
M Gonzalez, S (12)             0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.45    1    3-3     2· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.48   0.01
Totals                         9    13   7   7    4   5   1          40  152-98   62·10·26   17·11· 3· 0          1-0

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: S Ponson (1; C Wilson).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Brian Runge, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Mike Winters.

Time of Game: 2:50.

Attendance: 20,289.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 71° F, Wind 10mph out to Rightfield.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. D Eckstein           SS    1. N McLouth            CF 
2. S Taguchi            LF    2. J Wilson             SS 
3. S Rolen              3B    3. S Casey              1B 
4. J Encarnacion        RF    4. J Bay                LF 
5. J Edmonds            CF    5. C Wilson             RF 
6. H Luna               1B    6. F Sanchez            3B 
7. Y Molina             C     7. J Castillo           2B 
8. A Miles              2B    8. R Paulino            C  
9. S Ponson             P     9. Z Duke               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 5   1  5-6  12-  1   18%  92% J Castillo      B Thompson      Home Run (Fly Ball); Wilson Scores; Sanchez Scores
   b 4   0  5-3  12-  2   18%  61% J Castillo      S Ponson        Double to LF (Ground Ball thru LF Line); Wilson Scores; Sanchez to 3B
   b 2   2  1-1  -23  3   16%  73% Z Duke          S Ponson        Single to RF (Line Drive); Wilson Scores; Sanchez Scores
   t 3   1  3-2  12-  4  -16%  41% J Encarnacion   Z Duke          Double to LF (Ground Ball); Taguchi Scores; Rolen to 3B
   t 5   1  6-5  12-  4   12%  71% H Luna          Z Duke          Double Play: Strikeout Looking, Encarnacion Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Zach Duke facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  D Eckstein      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3   54%  S Taguchi       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   52%  S Rolen         Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball)
   R      -2-  5   43%  J Encarnacion   Single to CF (Fly Ball); Rolen Scores
   O      1--  1   45%  J Edmonds       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-1, Sidney Ponson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   43%  N McLouth       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      ---  2   41%  J Wilson        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   40%  S Casey         Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Zach Duke facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   34%  H Luna          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  3   36%  Y Molina        Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; Luna to 3B
   OO     --3  3   45%  A Miles         Double Play: Bunt Popfly: 1B; Luna out at 3B/1B-3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-1, Sidney Ponson facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   49%  J Bay           Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   55%  C Wilson        Hit By Pitch; Bay to 2B
   R      12-  3   64%  F Sanchez       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Bay Scores; Wilson to 2B
   O      12-  1   59%  J Castillo      Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
   O      12-  7   56%  R Paulino       Groundout: SS-1B; Wilson to 3B; Sanchez to 2B
   RR     -23  3   73%  Z Duke          Single to RF (Line Drive); Wilson Scores; Sanchez Scores
   O      1--  3   71%  N McLouth       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-3, Zach Duke facing 9-1-2
          ---  5   67%  S Ponson        Walk
   O      1--      73%  D Eckstein      Ponson Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
          ---  4   71%  " "             Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
          1--  1   64%  S Taguchi       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Eckstein to 3B
   R      1-3  4   57%  S Rolen         Single to LF (Fly Ball); Eckstein Scores; Taguchi to 2B
   R      12-  4   41%  J Encarnacion   Double to LF (Ground Ball); Taguchi Scores; Rolen to 3B
   RO     -23  2   40%  J Edmonds       Groundout: 2B-1B; Rolen Scores; Encarnacion to 3B
   R      --3  1   31%  H Luna          Single to CF (Line Drive); Encarnacion Scores
          1--      30%  Y Molina        Luna Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   33%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-5, Sidney Ponson facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   30%  J Wilson        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   29%  S Casey         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   27%  J Bay           Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 3.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-3, Zach Duke facing 8-9-1
          ---  1   25%  A Miles         Single to C/Bunt (Bunt to Front of Home)
   O      1--  5   26%  S Ponson        Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Miles to 2B
   O      -2-  6   29%  D Eckstein      Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      -2-  1   32%  S Taguchi       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 3-5, Sidney Ponson facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   36%  C Wilson        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   44%  F Sanchez       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Wilson to 2B
   R      12-  2   61%  J Castillo      Double to LF (Ground Ball thru LF Line); Wilson Scores; Sanchez to 3B
   O      -23  8   55%  R Paulino       Popfly: 1B
   R      -23  5   64%  Z Duke          Single to CF (Fly Ball); Sanchez Scores; Castillo to 3B
                  Brad Thompson replaces Sidney Ponson pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3  3   56%  N McLouth       Strikeout Swinging
   R      1-3  2   68%  J Wilson        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Castillo Scores; Duke to 2B
   O      12-  3   64%  S Casey         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 6.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-6, Zach Duke facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   67%  S Rolen         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   63%  J Encarnacion   Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   58%  J Edmonds       Walk; Encarnacion to 2B
   OO     12-  4   71%  H Luna          Double Play: Strikeout Looking, Encarnacion Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 6-5, Brad Thompson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   68%  J Bay           Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   72%  C Wilson        Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball)
          -2-  6   74%  F Sanchez       Walk
   RRR    12-  1   92%  J Castillo      Home Run (Fly Ball); Wilson Scores; Sanchez Scores
          ---  1   93%  R Paulino       Single to P (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   92%  Z Duke          Flyball: LF
          1--  1   93%  N McLouth       Single to LF (Line Drive); Paulino to 2B
   O      12-  2   92%  J Wilson        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 9.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-9, Salomon Torres facing 7-8-9
                  Salomon Torres replaces Zach Duke pitching and batting 9th
          ---  1   87%  Y Molina        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   O      -2-  4   90%  A Miles         Groundout: 2B-1B; Molina to 3B
                  Timo Perez pinch hits for Brad Thompson batting 9th
   O      --3  7   93%  T Perez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      --3  4   95%  D Eckstein      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 9.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 9-5, Josh Hancock facing 3-4-5
                  Josh Hancock replaces Timo Perez pitching and batting 9th
          ---  2   96%  S Casey         Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   OO     1--  4   94%  J Bay           Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
   O      ---  6   94%  C Wilson        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 9.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-9, Salomon Torres facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   91%  S Taguchi       Walk
   O      1--  2   93%  S Rolen         Groundout: SS-1B; Taguchi to 2B
   O      -2-  7   95%  J Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
                  Damaso Marte replaces Craig Wilson pitching and batting 5th; Jose Bautista replaces Salomon Torres playing CF batting 9th; Nate McLouth moves to RF
   O      -2-  4   97%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 9-5, Josh Hancock facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   97%  F Sanchez       Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   96%  J Castillo      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  3   96%  R Paulino       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 9.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-9, Roberto Hernandez facing 6-7-8
                  Roberto Hernandez replaces Damaso Marte pitching and batting 5th
          ---  3   94%  H Luna          Single to P (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  3   98%  Y Molina        Double Play: Popfly: 2B (Short RF); Luna out at 1B/2B-1B
   O      ---  2   99%  A Miles         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 9.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 9-5, Tyler Johnson facing 9-1-2
                  Tyler Johnson replaces Josh Hancock pitching and batting 9th
          ---  2   99%  J Bautista      Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   99%  N McLouth       Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  3   99%  J Wilson        Flyball: CF
   O      1--  6   98%  S Casey         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Pirates 9.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-9, Matt Capps facing 9-1-2
                  Matt Capps replaces Roberto Hernandez pitching and batting 5th; John Rodriguez pinch hits for Tyler Johnson batting 9th
   O      ---  6   99%  J Rodriguez     Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  4  100%  D Eckstein      Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
          ---  6  100%  S Taguchi       Walk
   RR     1--  5   99%  S Rolen         Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Taguchi Scores
                  Mike Gonzalez replaces Matt Capps pitching and batting 5th
   O      ---  3  100%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: P-1B
        2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 9.

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OTHER

LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation