St. Louis 6, LA Angels 5
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, May 23, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
87°
Umpires:
Home -
Paul Emmel, 1B -
Bill Hohn, 2B -
Gary Darling, 3B -
Bruce Dreckman
Attendance:
42417
By SportsDirect Inc.
Felipe Lopez’s walk-off single to center field capped a St. Louis comeback and earned the series win as the Cardinals edged the Angels in 6-5 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Angels reliever Scott Shields (0-2) walked Matt Holliday, hit David Freese and walked Yadier Molina before being lifted for Trevor Bell, who was brought in to face the pinch-hitter Lopez. Lopez looped Bell’s 1-1 fastball over the shallow-playing Torii Hunter in center field to win the rubber match of the interleague series for the Cardinals (26-19).
Ryan Franklin (3-0) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the win.
There would not have been extra innings if not for Freese’s eighth-inning heroics. After a double steal by Albert Pujols and Colby Rasmus, Freese hit a two-out, two-run single off Fernando Rodney to tie the game at 5-5.
The comeback spoiled a strong start by Angels starter Jered Weaver, who went six innings allowing three runs (two earned) while striking out eight.
Los Angeles (21-25) opened the scoring when Kendry Morales led off the second inning with his 10th home run of the season. The Angels extended the lead to 4-0 in the fourth when Mike Napoli hit a three-run shot, his third straight game with a homer. St. Louis countered with three of their own in the bottom half of the frame, courtesy of a two-run single by Molina and another run on an Erick Aybar error.
Anaheim extended the lead to 5-3 in the fifth on an RBI single by Bobby Abreu, the fifth run allowed by St. Louis starter Chris Carpenter.
Carpenter had his third straight sub-par outing, allowing eight hits and two home runs in six innings.
Albert Pujols went 0-for-3 Sunday, finishing the series hitless in 10 at-bats.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
9 |
2 |
15 |
.225 |
21 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| St. Louis
|
7 |
0 |
8 |
.200 |
12 |
13 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
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