Atlanta 7, St. Louis 2
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, May 12, 2012
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
78°
Umpires:
Home -
Wally Bell, 1B -
Brian Knight, 2B -
Mike Winters, 3B -
Mike Muchlinski
Attendance:
44157
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Braves 7, Cardinals 2: Brandon Beachy pitched six strong innings and drove in a run as visiting Atlanta won for the sixth time in the past eight games.
Brian McCann added two hits and two RBIs and light-hitting outfielder Michael Bourn slugged a solo homer for the Braves.
Beachy (4-1) surrendered one run on two hits while striking out six and walking four.
The 25-year old right-hander ran into some trouble in the sixth when he loaded the bases with none out on a single and a pair of walks. Beachy limited the damage to Allen Craig’s sacrifice fly and got out of the jam with a double play.
Atlanta did not let opposing starter Adam Wainwright (2-4) off the hook quite so easily. The Braves loaded the bases on two singles and a walk in the first inning and pushed two runs across as Dan Uggla and McCann each drew bases-loaded walks.
McCann singled in another run in the third and Atlanta chased Wainwright in the fifth, when Tyler Pastornicky and Beachy delivered back-to-back RBI singles.
Bourn, who has homered twice in each of the past two seasons and topped out at five blasts in 2008, took the first pitch from left-hander J.C. Romero out to right in the eighth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Rafael Furcal recorded a pair of hits, drove in a run and scored a run for the Cardinals. … Wainwright, who was charged with five runs on nine hits and five walks, had a two-start winning streak snapped. … The Braves conclude their current nine-game road trip Sunday.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Atlanta
|
13 |
1 |
17 |
.325 |
29 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
| St. Louis
|
5 |
0 |
7 |
.172 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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