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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 9, San Francisco 0
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, August 22, 2010
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Mike Everitt, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 42638
Jaime Garcia tossed a three-hit shutout for his first career complete game, and fellow rookie Allen Craig homered and drove in three runs as the St. Louis Cardinals rolled to a 9-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.

Every regular starter except newcomer Pedro Feliz drove in a run for the Cardinals, who recorded 15 hits. St. Louis has rediscovered its offense, scoring 14 runs over the past two games after averaging 3.2 runs during a season-high five-game skid.

Garcia (11-6) didn’t need much run support. The left-hander surrendered just three singles and didn't allow a runner past first base. He struck out five and did not walk a batter while throwing 65 of 89 pitches for strikes.

Garcia's teammates chased Barry Zito (8-8) after just 3 2/3 innings. Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday and Jose Lopez all had RBIs in a three-run third. Craig’s two-run shot an inning later made it 5-0.

Zito allowed five runs and seven hits. He struck out three and walked two.

The Cardinals tacked on three more runs against Guillermo Mota in the fifth. Yadier Molina had an RBI double and Brendan Ryan and Jon Jay each added run-scoring singles.

Pat Burrell had two hits for the Giants, who have lost five of seven.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Francisco   St. Louis
Barry Zito Player Jaime Garcia
Loss W/L Win
3.2 IP 9.0
3 Strikeouts 6
7 Hits 3
12.27 ERA 0.00
Hitting
San Francisco   St. Louis
Pat Burrell Player Jon Jay
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Francisco 3 0 3 .107 3 6 0 0 0 0
St. Louis 15 1 20 .405 17 5 9 7 2 0