Oct 3, 2009 - 12:39 AM
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ST. LOUIS(AP) -- Adam Wainwright could taste his 20th victory. The Milwaukee Brewers' biggest rally of the year made it all go sour.
Ryan Braun doubled twice to leave him one hit short of 200 and drove in the tying run before scoring the go-ahead one in Milwaukee's six-run seventh inning of a 12-6 victory on Friday night.
"It was just a crazy game," Braun said. "That's why you continue to play hard, you continue to grind out at-bats, and it's true that you really never know what's going to happen.
"We're obviously not playing for anything so it's pretty cool that everybody continued to play hard."
Wainwright retired 15 in a row before consecutive one-out doubles by Craig Counsell and Braun cut the deficit to 6-1 in the sixth, and was pulled after allowing two singles to start the seventh.
"Yeah, I could taste it," Wainwright said. "That may be why the first two guys got on, I got a little ahead of myself there. We win that game 99 times out of 100."
Kyle McClellan (4-4) gave up Braun's tying, two-run double in the seventh before Jason Motte's wild pitch put Milwaukee ahead 7-6. Felipe Lopez and Craig Counsell also had two-run singles in the big inning.
"As hard as he's worked and fought and everything he's done, it's just a shame it came down to my lack of execution," McClellan said. "Just poor all around on my part. Then you watch the other innings and I feel responsible for that."
Wainwright tried his best to reassure the 24-year-old McClellan, a key member of the St. Louis bullpen.
"It's one of those things where it's cool to have the notch on the belt," Wainwright said. "What's more important is he realizes it was just one outing and he's going to have to be good for us in the playoffs if we want to do well."
Braden Looper (14-7) allowed six runs on 10 hits in six innings for Milwaukee, which ended a four-game losing streak.
"Obviously I'm not completely happy with the way I threw," Looper said. "But you'll take a win anytime you can get it."
The Brewers scored five more runs in an eighth inning that featured three hits, two errors, a hit batter, two walks and two wild pitches.
Wainwright struck out eight in six-plus innings for a three-game total of 29 in 21 innings, but appeared to tire six days after throwing 130 pitches in the clincher at Colorado last Saturday.
Wainwright led off the fourth with his first career triple and was driven in by Colby Rasmus for a 6-0 lead. The Cardinals also got RBI singles by Matt Holliday and Ryan Ludwick in the first inning and RBI doubles from Albert Pujols and Ludwick along with a run-scoring single by Yadier Molina in a three-run third.
Wainwright contributed his third two-hit game of the season and eighth of his career. Looper, who gave up his triple, was the last Cardinals pitcher to triple on Sept. 26, 2008 at home against the Reds.
NOTES: A sellout crowd of 44,331 showed up for an Ozzie Smith bobblehead giveaway, also the Cardinals' first home game since clinching the NL Central last Saturday. ... Chris Carpenter, whose 2.24 ERA is the NL's best, will start Game 1 of St. Louis' division series with Wainwright working Game 2. ... The Brewers haven't announced a starter for Sunday's finale. Jeff Suppan threw in the bullpen Friday and could make his 30th start, giving the right-hander 11 straight years of 30-plus. ... Despite faltering, Wainwright was 3-1 with a 1.24 ERA against the Brewers this year. ... Looper is 3-0 against the Cardinals. ... Wainwright leads the NL with 233 innings. ... The Cardinals were the fourth team to throw five wild pitches in a game.
From the Bleachers
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MILWAUKEE: 12
ST. LOUIS: 6
Final
Oct 2 11:41 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
WILD PITCH BY MITCHELL BOGGS ALLOWED CRAIG COUNSELL TO
SCORE.
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, M CAMERON ON SECOND, P FIELDER ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 12
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J GERUT (.231, 2-FOR-4)
Oct 2 11:12 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
WILD PITCH BY MITCHELL BOGGS ALLOWED FELIPE LOPEZ TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, C COUNSELL ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 11
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R BRAUN (.319, 2-FOR-4, 3 RBI)
Oct 2 11:05 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CRAIG COUNSELL SCORED JASON KENDALL
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, C COUNSELL ON FIRST, F LOPEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 10
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R BRAUN (.319, 2-FOR-4, 3 RBI)
Oct 2 11:01 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY ALBERT PUJOLS ALLOWED ALCIDES ESCOBAR TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F LOPEZ ON FIRST, J KENDALL ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 9
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C COUNSELL (.281, 2-FOR-4, RBI)
Oct 2 11:01 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY TROY GLAUS ALLOWED JODY GERUT TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KENDALL ON FIRST, A ESCOBAR ON SECOND, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 8
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: T COFFEY (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Oct 2 10:53 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
WILD PITCH BY JASON MOTTE ALLOWED RYAN BRAUN TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 6 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 7
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,7TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: M CAMERON (.249, 0-FOR-3)
Oct 2 10:28 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY RYAN BRAUN SCORED CRAIG COUNSELL AND FELIPE LOPEZ
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, R BRAUN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 6
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,7TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: P FIELDER (.297, 0-FOR-1, 2 BB)
Oct 2 10:21 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CRAIG COUNSELL SCORED JASON KENDALL
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, C COUNSELL ON FIRST, F LOPEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 4
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,7TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R BRAUN (.318, 1-FOR-3, RBI)
Oct 2 10:20 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED ALCIDES ESCOBAR
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F LOPEZ ON FIRST, J KENDALL ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,7TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: C COUNSELL (.280, 1-FOR-3)
Oct 2 10:15 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
WILD PITCH BY KYLE MCCLELLAN ALLOWED JODY GERUT TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KENDALL ON SECOND, A ESCOBAR ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 2
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,7TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: F LOPEZ (.307, 1-FOR-3)
Oct 2 10:14 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY RYAN BRAUN SCORED CRAIG COUNSELL
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R BRAUN ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 1
ST LOUIS 6 TOP,6TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: P FIELDER (.297, 0-FOR-1, BB)
Oct 2 9:45 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY COLBY RASMUS SCORED ADAM WAINWRIGHT
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C RASMUS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
ST LOUIS 6 BOTTOM,4TH
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A PUJOLS (.330, 2-FOR-2, RBI)
Oct 2 9:25 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY YADIER MOLINA SCORED RYAN LUDWICK
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, Y MOLINA ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
ST LOUIS 5 BOTTOM,3RD
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B RYAN (.292, 1-FOR-1)
Oct 2 9:12 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY RYAN LUDWICK SCORED ALBERT PUJOLS
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R LUDWICK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
ST LOUIS 4 BOTTOM,3RD
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: T GLAUS (.200, 0-FOR-1)
Oct 2 9:07 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY ALBERT PUJOLS SCORED COLBY RASMUS
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A PUJOLS ON SECOND, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM,3RD
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: M HOLLIDAY (.352, 1-FOR-1, RBI)
Oct 2 9:02 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY RYAN LUDWICK SCORED MATT HOLLIDAY
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R LUDWICK ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
ST LOUIS 2 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: T GLAUS (.208, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
Oct 2 8:37 PM -
NL
AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MATT HOLLIDAY SCORED ALBERT PUJOLS
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M HOLLIDAY ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 0
ST LOUIS 1 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.266, 22 HR, 92 RBI)
Oct 2 8:35 PM
