St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 0
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 8:15 PM
Location -
Busch Stadium
Temperature -
68°
Umpires -
Home Plate -
Alfonso Marquez,
First Base -
Tom Hallion,
Second Base -
Brian O'Nora,
Third Base -
Chad Fairchild,
Attendance -
42509
Final Scoring Summary
|
Final
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
X |
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
Cincinnati
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0
|
3 |
0 |
|
St. Louis
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
1
|
9 |
1 |
Team Records
Recap
Cardinals 1, Reds 0: Matt Carpenter’s eighth-inning single drove in the lone run as host St. Louis edged Cincinnati in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Carpenter’s hard-hit single got past Reds second baseman Henry Rodriguez to score Shane Robinson from second for the Cardinals, who visit the Atlanta Braves in Friday’s National League wild-card contest. Cincinnati will visit the San Francisco Giants to open the NL Division Series on Saturday.
Victor Marte (3-2) pitched a scoreless eighth for St. Louis and Jason Motte recorded the final two outs in the ninth for his 42th save, tying Atlanta’s Craig Kimbrel for the NL lead. Jonathan Broxton (3-3) was charged with the loss.
St. Louis rookie Shelby Miller yielded one hit over six scoreless innings in his first career start. Miller, who struck out seven and walked two, allowed the lone hit by Wilson Valdez with two outs in the sixth.
Cincinnati’s Homer Bailey struck out six in four innings before exiting. Bailey, who threw a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates in his last outing, gave up four hits without a walk.
GAME NOTEBOOK: St. Louis OFs Carlos Beltran and Matt Holliday and C Yadier Molina were among the players given the finale off due to a playoff spot being clinched the previous night. … Reds OF Jay Bruce went 1-for-3 with a walk and grounded out to end the game, falling one RBI shy of reaching 100. … Miller also went 2-for-2 at the plate.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cincinnati |
|
St. Louis |
|
Homer Bailey
|
Player |
Shelby Miller
|
|
No Decision
|
W/L |
No Decision
|
|
4.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
4 |
Hits |
1 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cincinnati
|
3 |
0 |
3 |
.103 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
9 |
0 |
10 |
.273 |
16 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Upcoming Games
-
St. Louis will play their next game on the road against
Atlanta.
The
Cardinals
have a W/L % of
.540
after a win and
.547
after a loss.
-
Cincinnati will play their next game on the road against San Francisco.
The
Reds
have a W/L % of
.561
after a win and
.656
after a loss.