Monday, July 21, 2008
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Three-run 10th gives Milwaukee 6-3 win over Cards
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Game played July 21, 2008ST. LOUIS – The Milwaukee Brewers moved into a tie for the NL wild-card lead with a 6-3 win over the Cardinals in the opener of a four-game series. After St. Louis tied the game at three with a run in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Brewers came back with three runs in the top of the 10th for the win.
In the 10th, Bill Hall led off the inning with a home run to left-center against Cardinals reliever Ryan Franklin to take the lead. After Jason Kendall doubled to the gap, Rickie Weeks singled, with St. Louis second baseman Aaron Miles making a great diving stop but then throwing wide of first base, allowing Kendall to score. J.J. Hardy then singled to left, scoring Weeks for the 6-3 lead.
The Cardinals went relatively quietly in the 10th, with Milwaukee closer Salomon Torres, who blew the save in the ninth, pitching around a Troy Glaus double for the win.
St. Louis drew first blood in the bottom of the first. Albert Pujols reached on a fielder’s choice and Rick Ankiel singled to center before Glaus hit a two-run, two-out double off the center-field wall against Brewers starter Seth McClung.
Milwaukee took the lead in the fifth. With one out, Kendall hit a ground-rule double to right field and McClung singled to center ahead of Weeks, who hit an upper-deck shot to left to take a 3-2 advantage.
The Cardinals sent the game to the 10th with a run in the bottom of the ninth frame. Yadier Molina led off with a ground-rule double to the right-center gap and scored on Skip Schumaker’s sacrifice fly to left, with the Brewers’ Ryan Braun throwing the ball well high and off-line to the plate.
Hardy led the Brewers’ 16-hit attack with a 4-for-6 night. Hall and Kendall each went 3-for-5, while Weeks also recorded two hits. On the hill, McClung allowed five runs and two hits over five innings, with two walks and five strikeouts. Guillermo Mota, Eric Gagne and David Riske each pitched a hitless, scoreless inning before Torres (5-2) came on for two innings of four-hit, one-run baseball.
Schumaker and Glaus each had two hits in the game. Joel Pineiro worked six innings, with Russ Springer, Kelvin Jimenez and Ron Villone pitching before Franklin (3-3) came on. Franklin lasted 1 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits.
The conditions were hot and humid, with the game-time temperature at 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ray Durham, making his first appearance for the Brewers after a trade Sunday from San Francisco, got a pinch-hit at-bat in the eighth inning, reaching on a fielder’s choice.
The Brewers (56-43) and Cardinals (57-44) are in a virtual tie atop the NL wild-card standings and are 2.5 games behind Chicago in the NL Central, with the Cubs’ game at Arizona ending too late for this edition.
Tuesday night’s contest will match Jeff Suppan for Milwaukee and Kyle Lohse for the Cardinals.
Video credit – ESPN
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