St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, April 9, 2010
Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Jeff Kellogg, 1B -
Larry Vanover, 2B -
Mark Carlson, 3B -
Jeff Nelson
Attendance:
34018
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Nick Stavinoha’s pinch-hit, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Trevor Hoffman carried the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.
With two outs and down to his final strike, Stavinoha belted Hoffman’s changeup deep into the left field seats.
Hoffman (0-1) had walked Colby Rasmus to start the frame and recorded a pair of fly outs before blowing his first save of the season.
Stavinoha, who had no prior at-bats on the campaign, now owns two career homers against the all-time saves leader.
Dennys Reyes (1-0) was credited with the win after working one inning of relief. Ryan Franklin picked up his second save of the year.
Brewers shortstop Alcides Escobar had a pair of hits, including a two-run double in the fourth that put the Brewers ahead, 3-1. Prince Fielder added a run an inning later with a sacrifice fly.
Matt Holiday, who recorded three hits, got the Cardinals within 4-3 on a two-run homer in the sixth. The score would stand until Stavinoha won it.
Milwaukee starter Dave Bush took a no-decision in his first start back with the club, allowing three runs on four hits, along with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| St. Louis |
|
Milwaukee |
|
Kyle Lohse
|
Player |
David Bush
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
5.2 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
6 |
Hits |
4 |
|
6.00 |
ERA |
4.76 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
7 |
2 |
16 |
.219 |
15 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Milwaukee
|
7 |
0 |
9 |
.226 |
14 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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