Sunday, June 9, 2013 - At Great American Ballpark: In a nationally televised game on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, the Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds were dead-even after nine innings - all tied at four runs apiece. By the time the Cardinals completed their half of the tenth-inning, the Reds were simply dead.
Not many extra-inning games are decided by as many as seven runs (11-4 final score) - and not many pitchers making their major league debut enter a game with the bases loaded, only to have the first pitch they throw in that situation travel about 450 feet in the other direction. That was all part of the fun for the Redbirds, as they tore into Reds pitching like Louie Anderson at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Simply put, the Cardinals had quite a feast tonight - and the main course was Cincinnati pitching.
Lance Lynn started this game for St Louis (6 IP - 5 H - 4 R - 3 BB - 6 SO) - then four Cardinal relievers held the Reds scoreless over the final four innings - with Trevor Rosenthal's well-timed two perfect innings of work earning the rookie his first major league win.
For the Reds, starter Bronson Arroyo allowed just two runs in six innings of work, but the bullpen failed to preserve a 4-2 sixth-inning Cincinnati lead, which ultimately sent the game into one-inning's worth of ERA-inflating overtime - for the home team, that is.
Offensively, the big blow came off the bat of Matt Holliday - a tenth-inning grand slam - on the first pitch ever thrown in a big league game by some kid named Curtis Partch. But that was just the icing on the Cardinals' cake. St Louis had already sent eight men to the plate - scoring three runs - before Holliday's parting shot.
Allan Craig's lead-off walk started the festivities off Reds reliever, J.J. Hoover. One out later, David Freese grounded a single to right - then Daniel Descalso began the run-scoring barrage with a double to plate Craig. An intentional walk to Jon Jay loaded the bases for pinch hitter Pete Kozma - who struck out.
With two out, Matt Carpenter's two-run double (1 RBI previously) essentially put the game out of reach. A walk to Carlos Beltran (HR, 2 RBI previously) ended Hoover's night - although he was still responsible for the three runners on base - who later scored on Holliday's ESPN-broadcast grand salami.
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Friday, June 6, 2014
This Day in St Louis Cardinals History - June 6, 2013 - A 5-Home Run Winner
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - At Busch Stadium III: The Cardinals were hoping Shelby Miller could restore order against an Arizona Diamondbacks lineup that had mauled St Louis pitching for 17 runs in the first two games of the series - both Cardinal losses.
Mission accomplished. Miller even hit his first career home run - one of five the Cardinals would blast in the first five innings - scoring a dozen runs. Good enough for a not-so-comfortable 12-8 win over those pesky D-Backs.
This game began inauspiciously for Miller and the Cards when Arizona used three first-inning hits to score two runs - but that lead was short-lived.
Matt Holiday's two-run first-inning home run (9) tied the score, as Miller recovered from his shaky start to slam the door on Arizona over the next five innings - recording nine strikeouts along the way.
In the meantime, the Cardinals clobbered D-Backs starter Ian Kennedy (3-4) for eight runs in the fourth-inning - featuring a three-run Matt Adams home run (4) and a two-run shot by Daniel Descalso (3) - to build a 10-2 lead.
The fun continued in the fifth-inning with a new pitcher on the hill for Arizona - Matt Reynolds - who had the distinction of serving up Shelby Miller's first career home run - which also happened to be the only home run a St Louis pitcher would hit all season. The team ranked 13th in the NL with 125.
Matt Carpenter followed Miller's act with a home run of his own (5), to give the Redbirds an insurmountable 12-2 lead - and put the crowd of 43,798 in a state of delirium. After a jovial Shelby (7-3) retired the side in the sixth-inning with that ten-run lead intact, he was given the rest of the night off.
Arizona, however, was still working - no doubt happy to see someone other than Miller on the mound. In the seventh-inning, Seth Maness managed to retire just one D-Back hitter in a three-run uprising - forcing manager Mike Matheny to bring in Kevin Siegrist to get the final two outs.
After working a scoreless eighth-inning, Siegrist - who struck out four batters in his 1.2 innings pitched - was also given the rest of the night off, with the Cardinals comfortably ahead, 12-5.
Keith Butler started the ninth-inning for St Louis, but - like Maness - only recorded one out in another three-run Arizona uprising. Edward Mujica got the final two outs for a relatively easy save (18) - but it was a save, nonetheless, as St Louis (39-21) maintained its spot on the top of the NL Central.
The two teams combined for twenty runs on thirty hits - 17 from the Cardinals - who also had the only home runs hit in this game.
The five home runs were the most St Louis would hit in a single game all season. They did it twice in 2012 - on May 7 at Arizona (Furcal, Beltran, Holliday, Craig, Freese) - and again on July 27 at Wrigley Field (Holliday, Craig, Berkman, Molina, Carpenter).
Finally, Ian Kennedy was used to the abuse St Louis dished out on him in tonight's game. In an April 13, 2011 game against the Redbirds, he gave up nine runs in a three inning disaster. But at least he kept it under ten runs.
Mission accomplished. Miller even hit his first career home run - one of five the Cardinals would blast in the first five innings - scoring a dozen runs. Good enough for a not-so-comfortable 12-8 win over those pesky D-Backs.
This game began inauspiciously for Miller and the Cards when Arizona used three first-inning hits to score two runs - but that lead was short-lived.
Matt Holiday's two-run first-inning home run (9) tied the score, as Miller recovered from his shaky start to slam the door on Arizona over the next five innings - recording nine strikeouts along the way.
In the meantime, the Cardinals clobbered D-Backs starter Ian Kennedy (3-4) for eight runs in the fourth-inning - featuring a three-run Matt Adams home run (4) and a two-run shot by Daniel Descalso (3) - to build a 10-2 lead.
The fun continued in the fifth-inning with a new pitcher on the hill for Arizona - Matt Reynolds - who had the distinction of serving up Shelby Miller's first career home run - which also happened to be the only home run a St Louis pitcher would hit all season. The team ranked 13th in the NL with 125.
Matt Carpenter followed Miller's act with a home run of his own (5), to give the Redbirds an insurmountable 12-2 lead - and put the crowd of 43,798 in a state of delirium. After a jovial Shelby (7-3) retired the side in the sixth-inning with that ten-run lead intact, he was given the rest of the night off.
Arizona, however, was still working - no doubt happy to see someone other than Miller on the mound. In the seventh-inning, Seth Maness managed to retire just one D-Back hitter in a three-run uprising - forcing manager Mike Matheny to bring in Kevin Siegrist to get the final two outs.
After working a scoreless eighth-inning, Siegrist - who struck out four batters in his 1.2 innings pitched - was also given the rest of the night off, with the Cardinals comfortably ahead, 12-5.
Keith Butler started the ninth-inning for St Louis, but - like Maness - only recorded one out in another three-run Arizona uprising. Edward Mujica got the final two outs for a relatively easy save (18) - but it was a save, nonetheless, as St Louis (39-21) maintained its spot on the top of the NL Central.
The two teams combined for twenty runs on thirty hits - 17 from the Cardinals - who also had the only home runs hit in this game.
The five home runs were the most St Louis would hit in a single game all season. They did it twice in 2012 - on May 7 at Arizona (Furcal, Beltran, Holliday, Craig, Freese) - and again on July 27 at Wrigley Field (Holliday, Craig, Berkman, Molina, Carpenter).
Finally, Ian Kennedy was used to the abuse St Louis dished out on him in tonight's game. In an April 13, 2011 game against the Redbirds, he gave up nine runs in a three inning disaster. But at least he kept it under ten runs.
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