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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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
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
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   St. Louis
Jered Weaver Player Chris Carpenter
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 6.0
8 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 8
3.00 ERA 6.00
Hitting
LA Angels   St. Louis
Mike Napoli Player David Freese
3 Hits 3
3 RBI 2
1 HR 0
6 TB 3
.750 Avg .750
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