San Diego 8, St. Louis 4
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 18, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
86°
Umpires:
Home -
Ron Kulpa, 1B -
Lance Barksdale, 2B -
Ed Rapuano, 3B -
Tom Hallion
Attendance:
40205
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Ryan Ludwick and Matt Stairs hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the ninth inning, lifting the San Diego Padres to an 8-4 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Will Venable and David Eckstein each collected three hits and an RBI for the Padres, who ended an 11-game losing streak at Busch Stadium.
San Diego, which entered the day one-half game behind first-place San Francisco in the National League West, watched a two-run lead in the seventh slip away before erupting for four in the ninth to claim its first victory at St. Louis since August 7, 2007.
Eckstein led off with a single and moved to second on a groundout before Adrian Gonzalez was walked intentionally. Ludwick then deposited an 0-1 pitch from Kyle McClellan (1-4) over the left field wall for his 16th blast of the season and a 7-4 advantage.
Batting for winning pitcher Mike Adams (4-1), Stairs followed with his fifth homer of the year and record 23rd career as a pinch-hitter.
Adams tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings and Heath Bell worked a perfect ninth to seal the win.
San Diego staged a three-run rally in the seventh to take a 4-2 lead, with Venable, Miguel Tejada and Gonzalez hitting RBI singles. But the Padres were unable to remain in front for long as Colby Rasmus and Pedro Feliz each plated a run with a base hit to knot the contest.
Making his first start since April 6 due to a strained right shoulder, Young allowed one run and three hits in four innings. The 31-year-old walked three and struck out three while throwing 41 of 69 pitches for strikes.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| San Diego |
|
St. Louis |
|
Chris Young |
Player |
Jeff Suppan |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
3 |
Hits |
5 |
|
2.25 |
ERA |
1.80 |
Hitting
| San Diego |
|
St. Louis |
|
David Eckstein | Player |
Skip Schumaker
|
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
3 |
TB |
3 |
|
.750 |
Avg |
.400 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| San Diego
|
15 |
2 |
24 |
.385 |
15 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
7 |
0 |
8 |
.212 |
19 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
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