St. Louis 9, Seattle 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, June 14, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
87°
Umpires:
Home -
Fieldin Culbreth, 1B -
Marty Foster, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Ed Hickox
Attendance:
36113
By SportsDirect Inc.
Ryan Ludwick homered and drove in four runs and Colby Rasmus added a two-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals secured a 9-3 win over the Seattle Mariners in the first game of an interleague series on Monday.
Albert Pujols finished with three hits and an RBI and Matt Holliday had a pair of hits and scored twice for St. Louis, which entered having dropped six of seven.
Adam Wainwright (9-4) pitched seven strong innings, allowing three runs on six hits to get the win.
One of the hits came from Ichiro Suzuki, who opened the game with a leadoff home run, his second of the season.
Trailing 2-0, the Cardinals took the lead in the bottom of the first on Ludwick’s three-run blast and didn’t look back, scoring four in the fifth inning for an 8-2 advantage.
Seattle starter Luke French (0-1) was tagged with the loss, giving up four runs on six hits over four innings.
Chone Figgins and Jose Lopez each drove in runs for the Mariners, who dropped to 9-23 on the road.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Seattle
|
6 |
1 |
11 |
.182 |
11 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| St. Louis
|
12 |
2 |
20 |
.343 |
16 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
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