Game 15: Cardinals @ Pirates, 4-17-06, 7:05 EST

[Witlon]

Top 7- Cardinals batting facing Paul Maholm
Solomon Torres relieved Paul Maholm
S. Taguchi reached on error by shortstop J. Wilson.
A. Pujols flied to left. (J. Bay)
S. Rolen singled to left, Taguchi out at 3rd. (J. Bay - J. Randa)
J. Encarnacion flied to center. (C. Duffy)

[Witlon]

Bottom 7- Pirates batting facing Jason Marquis
J. Bay grounded to short. (D. Eckstein - A. Pujols)
J. Burnitz grounded to second. (H. Luna - A. Pujols)
C. Wilson struck out looking. (2nd strikeout by Jason Marquis)

[Witlon]

Top 8- Cardinals batting facing Solomon Torres
Y. Molina struck out swinging. (1st strikeout by Solomon Torres)
H. Luna flied to right. (J. Burnitz)
S. Shumaker flied to left. (J. Bay)

[Witlon]

Nate McLouth pinch hit RBI single. 2-1 Cards.

[Witlon]

Bottom 8- Pirates batting facing Jason Marquis
J. Randa grounded to second. (H. Luna - A. Pujols)
J. Castillo hit a ground rule double to right.
R. Paulino grounded to third. (S. Rolen - A. Pujols)
Nate McLouth hit for Solomon Torres
N. McLouth singled to center, Castillo scored. Cardinals 2, Pirates 1
C. Duffy flied to center. (S. Taguchi)

Final Line
Solomon Torres 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR (17 pitches)

[Witlon]

Top 9- Cardinals batting facing Solomon Torres
Mike Gonzalez relieved Solomon Torres
Scott Spiezio hit for Jason Marquis
S. Spiezio struck out swinging. (1st strikeout by Mike Gonzalez)
D. Eckstein grounded to short. (J. Wilson - C. Wilson)
S. Taguchi flied to right. (J. Burnitz)

Final Line
J. Marquis 8 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0 HR(94 pitches)

[Witlon]

LEADOFF DOUBLE FOR JACK!

Here comes Jason Bay!

[Witlon]

Ugh, **** Jason Bay. Unclutch bastard.

Here comes Burnitz.

[Witlon]

Burnitz strikes out just as ugly as Bay did.

Craig up, last chance.

[Witlon]

Bottom 9- Pirates batting facing Jason Marquis
Jason Isringhausen relieved Jason Marquis
J. Wilson doubled to left.
J. Bay struck out swinging. (1st strikeout by Jason Isringhausen)
J. Burnitz struck out swinging. (2nd strikeout by Jason Isringhausen)
C. Wilson grounded to second. (H. Luna - A. Pujols)

Final Line
Mike Gonzalez 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K(13 pitches)
Jason Isringhausen 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Team R-H-E
Cardinals 2-8-0
Pirates 1-4-1

WP- J. Marquis(3-0)
LP- P. Maholm(0-2)
S- J. Isringhausen(5)

****ing shit.

[redsrbetter]

Freaking Cards went crazy again. Nice PBP Witlon, wish I could'v been here with you.

[Witlon]

You know, no matter how pissed I am that the O didn't come through tonight, I'm so much more impressed with how Maholm settled down after the HR in the first.

118 pitches was a tad much, but he certainly proved he could get it done.

Another gameday on Wednesday afternoon.

[redsrbetter]

Maholm did have a nice game and that is huge for a team looking for their young rotation to come up big. Good point man.