Pujols hot as Cards rout Reds, tie for 1st
ST. LOUIS - Albert Pujols continued his torrid hitting as the St. Louis Cardinals routed Cincinnati, 12-4, on Monday, to tie the Reds for first place in the NL Central.
ST. LOUIS - Albert Pujols continued his torrid hitting as the St. Louis Cardinals routed Cincinnati, 12-4, on Monday, to tie the Reds for first place in the NL Central.
Pujols extended his streak of reaching base to nine straight plate appearances with two intentional walks and a single his first three times up. He finally made an out in the fifth inning, hitting into a double play. Pujols added an RBI single in a five-run sixth, one day after hitting three homers at Chicago.
The Cards knocked out Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (5-3) in the fifth. He had been 5-0 with a 2.66 ERA in his previous six outings.
Cincinnati 200 100 010 – 4 9 1
St. Louis 010 335 00x – 12 16 1
Cincinnati AB R H BI Avg. St. Louis AB R H BI Avg.
O.Cabrera ss 5 0 1 1 .269 F.Lopez ss 4 1 2 2 .278
Cairo 1b-3b 5 0 1 0 .295 B.Ryan ss 1 0 0 0 .197
B.Phillips 2b 4 1 2 0 .282 Ludwick rf 4 1 2 2 .291
d-L.Nix ph 1 0 0 0 .231 Boggs p 0 0 0 0 .000
Rolen 3b 4 1 2 0 .280 Pujols 1b 3 0 2 1 .316
D.Herrera p 0 0 0 0 --- Craig 1b-rf 1 0 0 0 .053
Gomes lf 3 0 1 2 .304 Holliday lf 4 0 1 2 .306
Bruce rf 4 0 0 0 .267 T.Miller p 0 0 0 0 ---
Stubbs cf 3 2 1 0 .237 LaRue c 0 0 0 0 .167
Hernandz c-1b 3 0 0 1 .298 Freese 3b 5 1 2 0 .318
Arroyo p 2 0 1 0 .167 Rasmus cf 4 3 2 1 .268
Fisher p 1 0 0 0 .000 Y.Molina c-1b 4 1 1 0 .258
Lincoln p 0 0 0 0 .000 Schumaker 2b 2 2 1 2 .243
c-C.Miller ph-c 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Garcia p 2 2 2 0 .200
Totals 36 4 9 4 a-Jay ph 1 1 1 2 .263
Hawksworth p 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Stavinha ph-lf 1 0 0 0 .295
Totals 36 12 16 12
a-doubled for J.Garcia in the 6th. b-grounded into a double play for Hawksworth in the 7th. c-flied out for Lincoln in the 8th. d-flied out for B.Phillips in the 9th. E: Stubbs (2), Freese (7). LOB: Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 12. 2B: F.Lopez (5), Ludwick (14), Holliday (15), Freese (11), Rasmus (11), Jay (3). 3B: Stubbs (4). RBIs: O.Cabrera (24), Gomes 2 (34), R.Hernandez (13), F.Lopez 2 (12), Ludwick 2 (26), Pujols (39), Holliday 2 (22), Rasmus (21), Schumaker 2 (12), Jay 2 (2). SF: Ludwick, Schumaker. RLSP: Cincinnati 1 (Bruce); St. Louis 10 (Freese 3, Rasmus 2, Pujols, Holliday 2, Stavinoha 2). RA: B.Phillips, Rolen, R.Hernandez 2, Freese, Y.Molina 2. GIDP: Cairo, Pujols, Stavinoha. DP: Cincinnati 2 (Rolen, B.Phillips, Cairo), (Rolen, B.Phillips, Cairo); St. Louis 1 (Freese, Pujols).
Cincinnati walks (3): Gomes, Stubbs, R.Hernandez.
St. Louis walks (10): F.Lopez, Ludwick, Pujols 2, Holliday, Rasmus, Y.Molina, Schumaker 2, J.Garcia.
Cincinnati strikeouts (7): O.Cabrera, Rolen, Bruce, Stubbs, R.Hernandez, Arroyo, Fisher.
St. Louis strikeout (1): F.Lopez.
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Arroyo (L 5-3) 41/3 10 7 7 5 1 103 4.92
Fisher 1 2 4 4 3 0 33 9.82
Lincoln 12/3 4 1 1 2 0 35 7.32
D.Herrera 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.07
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
J.Garcia (W 5-2) 6 7 3 2 3 6 97 1.32
Hawksworth 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 5.31
T.Miller 1 1 1 1 0 1 16 3.86
Boggs 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.57
IR-S: Fisher 1-0, Lincoln 3-3. IBB: off Arroyo (Pujols, Pujols), off J.Garcia (Gomes). WP: Fisher. Umpires: Home, Scott Barry; First, Chris Guccione; Second, Jerry Crawford; Third, Brian O'Nora.
T: 3:02 (Rain delay: 1:01). A: 40,782 (43,975).
Marlins 13, Brewers 5
MIAMI - Cody Ross ripped a three-run homer to spark Florida's biggest inning this year, and Cameron Maybin hit an inside-the-park homer in the rout of Milwaukee.
Chris Coghlan singled and had a two-run triple in what became a seven-run sixth for the Marlins. Florida then scored four more in the seventh.
Milwaukee 120 001 001 – 5 9 2
Florida 000 007 42x – 13 14 2
Milwaukee AB R H BI Avg. Florida AB R H BI Avg.
Weeks 2b 5 0 2 2 .255 Coghlan lf 5 2 3 2 .227
Gomez cf 5 1 1 0 .258 G.Sanchez 1b 5 1 1 0 .266
Fielder 1b 5 0 1 0 .267 H.Ramirez ss 5 1 1 0 .295
Braun lf 3 1 1 1 .318 Cantu 3b 5 0 1 3 .279
McGehee 3b 4 0 1 0 .301 Uggla 2b 3 2 1 0 .269
Hart rf 4 1 1 2 .260 C.Ross rf 4 2 2 4 .300
A.Escobar ss 3 1 0 0 .250 R.Paulino c 4 2 3 1 .321
Kottaras c 3 1 1 0 .231 Maybin cf 2 2 1 2 .230
Narveson p 2 0 1 0 .385 N.Robertson p 2 0 0 0 .125
Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 ---
Estrada p 0 0 0 0 .000 a-Lamb ph 1 1 1 1 .227
Suppan p 0 0 0 0 .200 Sanches p 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Stern ph 1 0 0 0 .000 b-B.Carroll ph 1 0 0 0 .188
Totals 35 5 9 5 T.Wood p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 37 13 14 13
a-singled for Sosa in the 6th. b-struck out for Sanches in the 7th. c-grounded into a fielder's choice for Suppan in the 9th. E: Escobar (9), Gomez (3), Cantu (5), Sanchez (4). LOB: Milwaukee 7, Florida 4. 2B: Braun (16), McGehee (14), Ramirez (10), Ross (14), Paulino 2 (7). 3B: Coghlan (1). HR: Hart (13), off Robertson; Ross (5), off Narveson; Maybin (5), off Estrada. RBIs: Weeks 2 (30), Braun (33), Hart 2 (33), Coghlan 2 (14), Cantu 3 (39), Ross 4 (30), Paulino (17), Maybin 2 (18), Lamb (4). CS: Ramirez (4). S: Narveson. RLSP: Milwaukee 4 (McGehee, Narveson 2, Fielder); Florida 2 (Maybin, Sanchez). RA: Hart, Cantu. GIDP: Braun, Uggla. DP: Milwaukee 1 (McGehee, Weeks, Fielder); Florida 2 (Uggla, Ramirez, Sanchez), (Uggla, Sanchez).
Milwaukee walks (3): Braun, Escobar, Kottaras.
Florida walks (4): Uggla 2, Maybin 2.
Milwaukee strikeouts (4): Gomez, Hart, Escobar, Kottaras.
Florida strikeouts (10): Sanchez 2, Cantu 2, Uggla, Ross 2, Paulino, Robertson, Carroll.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Narveson (L 4-3) 52/3 6 5 5 2 8 104 5.81
Villanueva 1/3 2 2 2 1 1 18 3.33
Estrada 1 3 4 4 1 1 33 9.53
Suppan 1 3 2 1 0 0 11 7.28
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
N.Robertson 51/3 8 4 4 3 3 85 4.30
Sosa (W 1-0) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Sanches (H 3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 2.92
T.Wood 2 1 1 0 0 0 27 5.27
IR-S: Villanueva 1-1, Sosa 3-0. Umpires: Home, Bill Miller; First, Chad Fairchild; Second, Mike Reilly; Third, Eric Cooper.
T: 2:42. A: 10,115 (38,560).
Pirates 2, Cubs 1
PITTSBURGH - Pinch-hitter Bobby Crosby singled in the lead run in the eighth, and Garrett Jones homered as Pittsburgh ended a five-game losing streak by beating Chicago for the sixth time in seven meetings.
Evan Meek (3-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for the victory, and Octavio Dotel finished up for his 11th save in 13 opportunities.
Chicago 010 000 000 – 1 4 0
Pittsburgh 000 001 01x – 2 7 1
Chicago AB R H BI Avg. Pittsburgh AB R H BI Avg.
Fukudome rf 3 0 1 0 .294 A.McCutchen cf 3 0 1 0 .313
Byrd cf 2 0 0 0 .299 N.Walker 2b 4 0 2 0 .321
D.Lee 1b 3 0 0 0 .233 An.LaRoche 3b 3 0 0 0 .248
Ar.Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0 .162 G.Jones rf 4 2 2 1 .261
Cashner p 0 0 0 0 --- Church lf 2 0 0 0 .204
Fontenot 2b-3b 4 0 0 0 .324 a-Milledge ph-lf 2 0 0 0 .248
A.Soriano lf 4 1 1 0 .301 Doumit c 2 0 1 0 .281
Soto c 3 0 1 1 .260 Clement 1b 3 0 0 0 .200
e-Colvin ph 1 0 0 0 .306 d-Crosby ph-1b 1 0 1 1 .244
S.Castro ss 4 0 1 0 .310 Cedeno ss 4 0 0 0 .255
R.Wells p 2 0 0 0 .188 Ohlendorf p 2 0 0 0 .000
J.Russell p 0 0 0 0 .000 c-Iwamura ph 1 0 0 0 .172
Stevens p 0 0 0 0 --- Meek p 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Nady ph 1 0 0 0 .222 Dotel p 0 0 0 0 ---
Howry p 0 0 0 0 --- Totals 31 2 7 2
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 ---
Theriot 2b 1 0 0 0 .285
Totals 32 1 4 1
a-flied out for Church in the 6th. b-struck out for Stevens in the 7th. c-grounded out for Ohlendorf in the 7th. d-singled for Clement in the 8th. e-flied out for Soto in the 9th. E: Cedeno (6). LOB: Chicago 8, Pittsburgh 9. 2B: G.Jones (11). 3B: A.Soriano (2). HR: G.Jones (6), off J.Russell. RBIs: Soto (12), G.Jones (32), Crosby (7). SB: Byrd (4). RLSP: Chicago 3 (Ar.Ramirez 2, Fontenot); Pittsburgh 4 (An.LaRoche 2, Cedeno 2). RA: Ar.Ramirez, Soto, Clement.
Chicago walks (3): Fukudome, Byrd, D.Lee.
Pittsburgh walks (4): A.McCutchen, An.LaRoche, Doumit 2.
Chicago strikeouts (9): Fukudome, Byrd, D.Lee 2, Ar.Ramirez 2, A.Soriano, Nady, Theriot.
Pittsburgh strikeouts (4): Church, Cedeno, Ohlendorf 2.
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
R.Wells 5 3 0 0 3 3 90 4.40
J.Russell (BS 1-1) 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 15 2.70
Stevens 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00
Howry 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8.50
Marshall (L 5-2) 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 18 2.13
Cashner 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Ohlendorf 7 3 1 1 2 6 103 4.26
Meek (W 3-1) 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 0.89
Dotel (S 11-13) 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 5.31
IR-S: Stevens 1-0, Cashner 2-0. IBB: off Marshall (Doumit). HBP: by Ohlendorf (Byrd). Umpires: Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Tim McClelland; Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Todd Tichenor.
T: 2:46. A: 20,235 (38,362).
Nationals 14, Astros 4
HOUSTON - Carlos Maldonado and Ryan Zimmerman hit three-run homers as Washington routed Houston.
Houston's Roy Oswalt gave up more than three earned runs for the first time this year and was ejected in the third inning by plate umpire Bill Hohn for arguing - though Oswalt said he was scolding himself loudly.
Washington 103 010 900 – 14 14 1
Houston 101 000 200 – 4 7 1
Washington AB R H BI Avg. Houston AB R H BI Avg.
C.Guzman 2b 6 3 3 0 .327 Bourn cf 3 2 1 1 .272
Morgan cf 4 4 3 0 .253 Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 ---
Zimmerman 3b 2 3 2 4 .308 W.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 ---
T.Walker p 0 0 0 0 .000 c-Blum ph 1 0 0 0 .253
A.Dunn 1b 5 1 2 4 .274 Keppinger 2b 4 0 1 0 .293
A.Kennedy 1b 0 0 0 0 .250 Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0 .227
Willingham lf 3 1 2 1 .282 Ca.Lee lf 4 0 1 1 .206
1-Brnadina pr-lf 0 0 0 0 .241 Pence rf 4 0 0 0 .271
W.Harris rf 4 0 0 0 .179 P.Feliz 3b 4 0 2 0 .213
Desmond ss 5 1 1 2 .261 Manzella ss 3 0 1 0 .206
Maldonado c 5 1 1 3 .143 Quintero c 4 0 0 0 .232
Atilano p 4 0 0 0 .056 Oswalt p 0 0 0 0 .200
Gonzalez 3b 1 0 0 0 .318 G.Chacin p 1 1 1 1 1.00
Totals 39 14 14 14 a-Sullivan ph 1 0 0 0 .178
Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 ---
Sampson p 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Mchels ph-cf 1 1 0 0 .209
Totals 34 4 7 3
a-grounded out for Chacin in the 5th. b-was hit by a pitch for Sampson in the 7th. c-popped out for W.Lopez in the 9th.1-ran for Willingham in the 8th. E: A.Kennedy (5), Pence (3). LOB: Washington 6, Houston 8. 2B: C.Guzman (8), Zimmerman (13), Dunn (15). 3B: Bourn (1). HR: Maldonado (1), off Sampson; Zimmerman (11), off Sampson; Chacin (1), off Atilano. RBIs: Zimmerman 4 (31), Dunn 4 (27), Willingham (35), Desmond 2 (27), Maldonado 3 (3), Bourn (8), Ca.Lee (21), Chacin (1). SB: Morgan 2 (11). CS: Keppinger (1). S: Morgan. SF: Zimmerman. RLSP: Washington 2 (Desmond 2); Houston 4 (Quintero 2, Berkman 2).
Washington walks (6): Morgan, Zimmerman 2, Willingham 2, W.Harris. Houston walks (4): Bourn, Keppinger, Berkman, Manzella. Washington strikeouts (9): C.Guzman, A.Dunn, Willingham, W.Harris, Desmond 2, Maldonado, Atilano, Alb.Gonzalez. Houston strikeouts (2): Berkman 2.
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Atilano (W 5-1) 62/3 6 4 3 2 1 103 4.70
T.Walker 21/3 1 0 0 2 1 39 4.05
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Oswalt (L 3-7) 21/3 4 4 4 3 3 58 2.78
G.Chacin 22/3 2 1 1 1 0 31 1.86
Fulchino 11/3 3 5 5 2 2 36 7.52
Sampson 2/3 4 4 4 0 1 25 6.30
Byrdak 1 1 0 0 0 2 20 6.75
W.Lopez 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 4.00
IR-S: T.Walker 1-0, G.Chacin 2-0, Sampson 2-2. HBP: by Atilano (Michaels). Umpires: Home, Bill Hohn; First, Gary Darling; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Paul Emmel.
T: 3:16. A: 34,704 (40,976).
Rockies 4, Giants 0
SAN FRANCISCO - Ubaldo Jimenez won the heralded duel with Tim Lincecum, firing a four-hitter to become the majors' first 10-game winner this year as Colorado shut out San Francisco.
Clint Barmes had a two-run single in the second that held up, as Jimenez (10-1) struck out nine, lowered his big league-best ERA to 0.78 and extended his career-best scoreless innings streak to 26. He pitched his fourth career complete game and second career shutout.
Lincecum (5-2) walked five for the fourth straight start and the Giants had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Colorado 020 011 000 – 4 6 0
San Francisco 000 000 000 – 0 4 2
Colorado AB R H BI Avg. San Fran. AB R H BI Avg.
C.Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0 .309 Torres rf-cf 4 0 0 0 .298
S.Smith lf 5 1 1 0 .270 F.Sanchez 2b 4 0 1 0 .317
Helton 1b 5 0 1 1 .258 Sandoval 3b 4 0 3 0 .293
Tulowitzki ss 3 1 1 0 .312 A.Huff lf 2 0 0 0 .292
Hawpe rf 2 0 1 0 .300 Uribe ss 4 0 0 0 .281
Olivo c 3 0 0 0 .308 Posey 1b 3 0 0 0 .500
Stewart 3b 2 2 1 0 .280 Bautista p 0 0 0 0 1.00
Barmes 2b 4 0 1 2 .212 B.Molina c 3 0 0 0 .257
Jimenez p 4 0 0 0 .097 Rowand cf 2 0 0 0 .227
Totals 32 4 6 3 Runzler p 0 0 0 0 ---
Ishikawa 1b 1 0 0 0 .261
Lincecum p 1 0 0 0 .136
Bowker rf 2 0 0 0 .210
Totals 30 0 4 0
E: B.Molina (1), Runzler (2). LOB: Colorado 8, San Francisco 5. 2B: Helton (8), Sandoval (14). RBIs: Helton (10), Barmes 2 (24). SB: Stewart 2 (5). CS: Sandoval (2). S: Olivo. RLSP: Colorado 5 (Jimenez 3, Olivo, S.Smith); San Francisco 3 (B.Molina, Uribe 2). RA: Barmes, Jimenez.
Colorado walks (6): C.Gonzalez, Tulowitzki, Hawpe 2, Stewart 2.
San Francisco walks (2): A.Huff 2.
Colorado strikeouts (7): C.Gonzalez, S.Smith, Helton, Olivo 2, Barmes, Jimenez.
San Francisco strikeouts (9): Torres, F.Sanchez 2, Uribe, Posey, Rowand 2, Ishikawa, Lincecum.
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jimenez (W 10-1) 9 4 0 0 2 9 128 0.78
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lincecum (L 5-2) 52/3 6 4 3 5 3 121 3.14
Runzler 11/3 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.43
D.Bautista 2 0 0 0 1 4 28 1.59
IR-S: Runzler 2-1. IBB: off Lincecum (Stewart, Hawpe). WP: Jimenez 2. Umpires: Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Ed Rapuano; Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Ron Kulpa.
T: 2:38. A: 42,465 (41,915).
Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 4
LOS ANGELES - A balk by Arizona's Esmerling Vasquez allowed Casey Blake of Los Angeles to score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.
The inning began with a walk to James Loney and a broken-bat single by Blake. Loney made a break for third base with Augie Ojeda charging in for a possible bunt, but was tagged out in a rundown.
Russell Martin grounded out to second with Blake moving to third.
With Blake DeWitt batting, second base umpire Tim Tschida signaled balk and Blake removed his helmet and jogged home.
Arizona 220 000 000 – 4 7 2
Los Angeles 011 000 021 – 5 7 0
Arizona AB R H BI Avg. Los Angeles AB R H BI Avg.
K.Johnson 2b 4 1 2 0 .275 Furcal ss 4 1 2 0 .308
J.Upton rf 4 1 1 2 .249 Kemp cf 4 1 3 1 .285
S.Drew ss 4 0 0 0 .287 Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 .380
M.Reynolds 3b 4 0 1 0 .225 Man.Ramirez lf 4 1 1 1 .287
1-Ojeda pr-3b 0 0 0 0 .143 Loney 1b 3 0 0 0 .286
Ad.LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 0 .271 Blake 3b 4 1 1 0 .276
C.Young cf 4 1 1 1 .274 R.Martin c 4 0 0 0 .244
G.Parra lf 3 0 0 0 .237 DeWitt 2b 2 1 0 0 .261
Snyder c 3 1 1 1 .226 Billingsley p 2 0 0 0 .105
R.Lopez p 3 0 0 0 .115 a-Belliard ph 1 0 0 0 .270
Vasquez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Broxton p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 33 4 7 4 Totals 32 5 7 2
Two outs when winning run scored.a-flied out for Billingsley in the 8th.1-ran for M.Reynolds in the 9th. E: K.Johnson 2 (4). LOB: Arizona 2, Los Angeles 3. 2B: K.Johnson (16), Furcal (6), Kemp (13). HR: J.Upton (8), off Billingsley; C.Young (8), off Billingsley; Snyder (8), off Billingsley; Man.Ramirez (4), off R.Lopez. RBIs: J.Upton 2 (27), C.Young (39), Snyder (25), Kemp (30), Man.Ramirez (25). SB: Kemp (7). CS: Loney (3). RLSP: Arizona 1 (C.Young); Los Angeles 2 (Ethier, Man.Ramirez). RA: R.Martin, Billingsley. GIDP: G.Parra. DP: Arizona 1 (R.Lopez, Ad.LaRoche); Los Angeles 1 (Furcal, Loney).
Los Angeles walks (2): Loney, DeWitt.
Arizona strikeouts (13): K.Johnson 2, S.Drew, M.Reynolds 2, Ad.LaRoche 3, C.Young, G.Parra, Snyder, R.Lopez 2.
Los Angeles strikeouts (4): Kemp, Man.Ramirez 2, Blake.
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
R.Lopez 8 6 4 2 1 4 115 4.31
Vasquez (L 0-1) 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 18 5.40
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Billingsley 8 6 4 4 0 11 120 3.74
Broxton (W 3-0) 1 1 0 0 0 2 15 1.16
WP: Broxton. Balk: Vasquez. Umpires: Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Tim Timmons; Second, Tim Tschida; Third, Bob Davidson.
T: 2:41. A: 45,325 (56,000).