Extended Box
ST LOUIS (5) VS MONTREAL (2) - FINAL
ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
T Womack 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .284
J Edmonds cf 3 2 2 3 1 0 1 .286
A Pujols 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .276
R Lankford lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .293
E Renteria ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .283
C Porter rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .370
H Luna 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200
J Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C McKay c 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .080
C Carpenter p 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 .167
S Rolen 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Totals 30 5 8 5 4 8 9
BATTING: HR - A Pujols (9, 4th inning off C Vargas 1 on, 1 Out), J Edmonds (7,
6th inning off C Vargas 2 on, 0 Out). RBI - A Pujols 2 (21), J Edmonds 3 (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Lankford 1. GIDP - E Renteria,
C Porter. Team LOB - 2.
BASERUNNING: CS - R Lankford (1, 2nd base by C Vargas/B Schneider), H Luna
(1, 2nd base by C Vargas/B Schneider).
MONTREAL ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Chavez cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .246
J Vidro 2b 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .268
O Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .260
B Wilkerson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .233
T Batista 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .219
T Sledge lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
J Rivera rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
B Schneider c 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .226
C Vargas p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
J Fikac p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-M Cepicky ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
T Tucker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 2 5 2 0 5 6
a-struck out looking for C Cordero in the 8th.
BATTING: HR - B Wilkerson (4, 4th inning off C Carpenter 0 on, 0 Out). S - C Vargas.
RBI - J Vidro (13), B Wilkerson (10). 2-out RBI - J Vidro. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Batista 1. Team LOB - 3.
FIELDING: Outfield assists - J Rivera (J Edmonds at 2nd base). DP: 2
(J Fikac-O Cabrera-B Wilkerson, J Vidro-O Cabrera-B Wilkerson).
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ST LOUIS - 000 203 000 -- 5
MONTREAL - 001 100 000 -- 2
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ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era
C Carpenter (W, 3-1) 8 4 2 2 0 4 1 4.62
J Isringhausen (S, 5) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.94
MONTREAL ip h r er bb so hr era
C Vargas (L, 2-2) 5 5 5 5 3 6 2 5.77
J Fikac 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.86
C Cordero 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.88
T Tucker 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.86
C Vargas pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
Pitches-strikes: C Carpenter 91-58; J Isringhausen 11-8; C Vargas 87-55;
J Fikac 21-16; C Cordero 26-14; T Tucker 9-6. Ground balls-fly balls: C Carpenter 14-6;
J Isringhausen 0-2; C Vargas 2-4; J Fikac 5-0; C Cordero 0-2; T Tucker 3-0.
Batters faced: C Carpenter 28; J Isringhausen 4; C Vargas 20; J Fikac 6; C Cordero 5;
T Tucker 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Dreckman. 1B--Gerry Davis. 2B--Larry Poncino. 3B--Greg Gibson.
T--2:24. Att--12,301.
Weather: INDOORS
How They Scored
MONTREAL 3RD: B Schneider singled to center. C Vargas sacrificed to
catcher, B Schneider to second. E Chavez grounded out to second, B Schneider
to third. J Vidro singled to right, B Schneider scored. O Cabrera grounded
out to third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, MONTREAL 1.
ST LOUIS 4TH: T Womack bunt grounded out to third. J Edmonds walked.
A Pujols homered to left, J Edmonds scored. R Lankford walked. E Renteria lined
out to shortstop. R Lankford caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.(2 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, MONTREAL 1.
MONTREAL 4TH: B Wilkerson homered to right center. T Batista popped out to
third. T Sledge grounded out to first. J Rivera grounded out to shortstop.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, MONTREAL 2.
ST LOUIS 6TH: C Carpenter singled to center. T Womack singled to right,
C Carpenter to second. J Edmonds homered to right, C Carpenter and T Womack
scored. J Fikac relieved C Vargas. A Pujols grounded out to third. R Lankford
singled to right. E Renteria grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop
to first, R Lankford out at second.(3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 5,
MONTREAL 2.
Game Story
MONTREAL (Ticker) -- Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols made sure
the St. Louis Cardinals would not be swept by the lowly Montreal
Expos.
Edmonds smacked a go-ahead three-run homer and Pujols added a
two-run shot as the Cardinals defeated the Expos, 5-2, in the
finale of a three-game series.
Chris Carpenter (3-1) yieled two runs and four hits in eight
innings to pick up the win for the Cardinals, who had lost four
of their previous six contests. Jason Isringhausen worked the
ninth for his fifth save.
"My stuff was good," Carpenter said. "My curveball is the best
it's been all year. I kept the ball down and made quality
pitches."
"He was so strong that he could have pitched in the ninth,"
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said of Carpenter.
The game was tied, 2-2, when Carpenter led off the sixth with a
single against Expos starter Claudio Vargas (2-2). Tony Womack
followed with a single before Edmonds belted his seventh homer
of the season, sending a 1-2 offering over the wall in right
field to chase Vargas.
"I was looking for a ground ball for a double play," Vargas
said. "It was inside and he hit it good."
Montreal, which had won three straight games and five of six,
took a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by Jose Vidro in the third
inning before Pujols gave St. Louis a 2-1 edge with his ninth
homer one frame later.
"That's what you need after tough losses to get things going,"
said Pujols, whose team suffered 4-2 and 2-0 defeats in the
first two games.
"These guys played a good series and we're fortunate to get a
win," Edmonds said of the Expos. "We've played some tough games
and they played better than us for three days. We just got a
lucky break today and got away with a win."
The Cardinals tied it in the bottom of the fourth on a leadoff
homer by Brad Wilkerson.
"Chris threw a great game," Pujols said. "He made a couple of
mistakes but after that he shut it down."
"Two series wins here is pretty good," Wilkerson said. "We'd
like to have gotten the one today but we still won this series
and now we've got to go on the road (at Milwaukee and Arizona)
and take care of business."
Vargas saw hit ERA rise to 5.77 after allowing five runs and
five hits in five-plus innings.
"I'm going through a bad moment right now," Vargas said. "I'm
going to keep working and keep my head up."
"He wasn't as sharp as you would like to see him but he made the
pitches when he had to early in the game," Expos manager Frank
Robinson said. "I just looked at it really as him having one bad
inning and it took us out of the ballgame."
