Game 16: Cardinals @ Pirates. Suppan v. Perez

[Witlon]

Bottom 4- Pirates batting facing Josh Hancock
C. Duffy flied to right. (J. Encarnacion)
J. Wilson homered to left. Pirates 9, Cardinals 2
J. Bay walked.
J. Burnitz fouls out to the catcher. (Y. Molina)
J. Bay stole second.
C. Wilson walked.
J. Randa flied to center. (S. Taguchi)

[Witlon]

Top 5- Cardinals batting facing Oliver Perez
H. Luna struck out swinging. (1st strikeout by Oliver Perez)
A. Miles doubled to right.
J. Hancock walked.
D. Eckstein walked, Miles to third, Hancock to second.
S. Taguchi singled to third, Hancock to third, Eckstein to second, Miles third. Pirates 9, Cardinals 3
A. Pujols popped out to shallow right. (J. Burnitz)
S. Rolen flied to center. (C. Duffy)

WHOOO, that was damn close.

[Witlon]

Bottom 5- Pirates batting facing Josh Hancock
J. Hernandez grounded to second. (A. Miles - A. Pujols)
H. Cota grounded to the pitcher. (J. Hancock - A. Pujols)
O. Perez flied to left. (H. Luna)

[Witlon]

Top 6- Cardinals batting facing Oliver Perez
J. Encarnacion grounded to short. (J. Wilson - C. Wilson)
Y. Molina grounded to short. (J. Wilson - C. Wilson)
H. Luna flied to right. (J. Burnitz)

[Witlon]

Jeremy Burnitz 2 run HR, 11-3 Pirates

[Witlon]

Joe Randa RBI single, 12-3 Pirates.

[Witlon]

Bottom 6- Pirates batting facing Josh Hancock
C. Duffy grounded to first. (A. Pujols)
J. Wilson struck out swinging. (1st strikeout by Josh Hancock)
J. Bay walked.
Ricky Rincon relieved Josh Hancock
Gary Bennett in at catcher
J. Burnitz homered to right, Bay scored. Pirates 11, Cardinals 3
C. Wilson doubled to left.
J. Randa singled to right, Wilson scored.
J. Hernandez singled to left, Randa to second.
H. Cota walked, Randa to second, Hernandez to third.
O. Perez struck out swinging. (1st strikeout by Ricky Rincon)

Final Line
Josh Hancock 3.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

[Witlon]

Top 7- Cardinals batting facing Oliver Perez
Nate McLouth in right field
Freddy Sanchez in at third
A. Miles fouled out to first. (C. Wilson)
G. Bennett struck out swinging. (2nd strikeout by Oliver Perez)
D. Eckstein walked.
Matt Capps relieved Oliver Perez
S. Taguchi lined to shallow right. (J. Hernandez)

Final Line
Oliver Perez 6.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

[Witlon]

Bottom 7- Pirates batting facing Ricky Rincon
Scott Speizio in at third.
Hector Luna moves to first base
John Rodriguez in left field
Skip Shumaker in right field
C. Duffy grounded to second. (A. Miles - H. Luna)
J. Wilson grounded to short. (D. Eckstein - H. Luna)
J. Bay singled to left.
N. McLouth grounded to second. (A. Miles - H. Luna)

Bay on base 5 times today. (2 for 2, HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB)

[Witlon]

Top 8- Cardinals batting facing Matt Capps
Jose Hernandez moves to left
Freddy Sanchez moves to second
Mike Edwards in at third.
J. Rodriguez singled to left.
J. Rodriguez to second on fielder's indifference.
S. Spiezo ground rule doubled to left, Rodriguez scored Pirates 12, Cardinals 4
S. Schumaker grounded to short. (J. Wilson - C. Wilson)
Jim Edmonds hit for Ricky Rincon
J. Edmonds struck out swinging. (1st strikeout by Matt Capps)
H. Luna grounded to short. (J. Wilson - C. Wilson)

Final Line
Ricky Rincon 1.1, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

[Witlon]

Bottom 8- Pirates batting facing Ricky Rincon
Brad Thompson relieved Ricky Rincon
C. Wilson doubled to left.
F. Sanchez struck out swinging. (1st strikeout by Brad Thompson)
J. Hernandez grounded to short. (D. Eckstein - H. Luna)
H. Cota grounded to short. (D. Eckstein - H. Luna)

[Witlon]

Top 9- Cardinals batting facing Matt Capps
John Grabow relieved Matt Capps
A. Miles singled to center.
G. Bennett grounded into a doubled play to short. (J. Wilson - F. Sanchez - C. Wilson)
D. Eckstein grounded to short. (J. Wilson - C. Wilson)

Final Line
Brad Thompson 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR
Matt Capps 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR
John Grabow I IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR

WP- Oliver Perez
LP- Jeff Suppan

FINAL SCORE
Pittsburgh 12
St. Louis 4