Final/16
Diamondbacks top Cards in 16 innings
Apr 4, 2013 - 7:30 AMVideo
Jason Kubel worked a leadoff walk off Fernando Salas (0-1) and scampered to second on a sacrifice bunt by pinch-hitter and Opening Day starter Ian Kennedy. Pennington came up next and rolled a base hit back up the middle to bring home Kubel.
Josh Collmenter (1-0) surrendered a run on four hits and two walks to pick up the win.
Paul Goldschmidt, Martin Prado and Gerardo Parra all had three hits with a home run for Arizona, with the latter falling just a double shy of the cycle.
Yadier Molina homered and drove in three runs, while Daniel Descalso went 4- for-7 with two runs scored and two RBI for the Cardinals.
St. Louis' Lance Lynn lasted just four-plus innings after yielding four runs on six hits and three walks.
Brandon McCarthy made his first meaningful appearance since taking a line drive to the face last September. The scary incident caused an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and a skull fracture, but McCarthy made a full recovery and signed with Arizona as a free agent in December. His debut in the desert was forgettable, however, as he surrendered six runs on nine hits over five-plus innings.
Molina broke a 7-7 tie with a leadoff homer off Brad Ziegler in the seventh, but the Diamondbacks kept the seesaw battle going by tying it in the eighth.
Parra was the catalyst, as he reached on a one-out single, moved to second on Prado's base hit and raced around on Aaron Hill's single to left. Trevor Rosenthal gave up the tying run, but retired Miguel Montero and Goldschmidt to keep things even.
Collmenter, Arizona's sixth arm out of the bullpen, walked Molina with one way in the 12th, then gave up consecutive singles, with Kozma's frozen- rope liner to left field scoring Molina without a play at the plate.
Mitchell Boggs couldn't close out the win, as he gave up a leadoff single to Pennington before plunking Eric Chavez on the elbow. Parra sacrificed both runners up a base, and Pennington scored on Prado's sac fly to right.
Each team stranded a runner on second in the 14th.
Earlier, the Cardinals batted around in the third and got a little help when Pennington fielded Jon Jay's chopper up the middle and threw the ball away, allowing Descalso to score.
McCarthy hit Holliday with two away to put runners on first and second, and Allen Craig doubled past a diving Prado down the third-base line to bring in another run. Molina followed with a two-run base hit up the middle for a 4-1 lead.
Arizona countered with a four-spot in the fifth. Parra, who recorded his first career leadoff homer with an opposite-field shot four innings prior, legged out a triple off the center-field wall, then scored on a wild pitch to start things off.
A single by Prado and double by Hill chased Lynn in favor of Randy Choate, and Prado scored on Montero's sacrifice fly before Choate was quickly pulled. Joe Kelly entered from the bullpen, and his first pitch was redirected into the left-field seats by Goldschmidt.
Arizona's 5-4 lead didn't last long, and neither did McCarthy, who was yanked with two on and no outs in the sixth. Descalso greeted Tony Sipp with a two- run double and later scored on Holliday's single off Ziegler.
Kelly stayed in the game for St. Louis and served up another two-run shot, this time to Prado after Chavez led off the sixth with a single.
Game Notes
Arizona had not won a series against the Cardinals since taking two of three from them on June 11-13, 2010 ... Lynn is coming off a team-high 18-win campaign ... McCarthy was making his 100th career start and first as a National Leaguer after stints with the White Sox, Rangers and Athletics ... The Diamondbacks play their next three games in Milwaukee, while St. Louis heads to San Francisco for a three-game set against the Giants.
- ST. LOUIS: 9
ARIZONA: 10
Final/16
Apr 4 3:16 AM - 302
roots - 278
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roots - Martin Prado sacrifice fly out to right scored Cliff Pennington with two outs. Runner on second and Aaron Hill due up.
Cardinals 9, Diamondbacks 9 Bot 12, 2 OutsApr 4 1:57 AM - 215
roots - Pete Kozma singled to left scored Yadier Molina with one out. On the play, Matt Adams advances to second. Runners on first and second and Daniel Descalso due up.
Cardinals 9, Diamondbacks 8 Top 12, 1 OutApr 4 1:47 AM - 196
roots - 191
roots - Aaron Hill singled to left scored Gerardo Parra. On the play, Martin Prado advances to second. Runners on first and second with one out and Miguel Montero due up.
Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 8 Bot 8, 1 OutApr 4 12:40 AM - Yadier Molina lead-off Home Run (1) to left. Matt Adams due up.
Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 7 Top 7, 0 OutsApr 4 12:08 AM - Martin Prado one-out, two-run Home Run (1) to left scored Eric Chavez. Aaron Hill due up.
Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 7 Bot 6, 1 OutApr 4 12:02 AM - Matt Holliday singled to center scored Daniel Descalso. On the play, Matt Carpenter advances to second. Runners on first and second with two outs and Allen Craig due up.
Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 5 Top 6, 2 OutsApr 3 11:55 PM - Daniel Descalso doubled to right scored Matt Adams and Pete Kozma. Runner on second with none out and Joe Kelly due up.
Cardinals 6, Diamondbacks 5 Top 6, 0 OutsApr 3 11:43 PM - Paul Goldschmidt one-out, two-run Home Run (1) to left scored Aaron Hill. Jason Kubel due up.
Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 5 Bot 5, 1 OutApr 3 11:28 PM - Miguel Montero sacrifice fly out to center scored Martin Prado. On the play, Aaron Hill advances to third. Runner on third with one out and Paul Goldschmidt due up.
Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 3 Bot 5, 1 OutApr 3 11:25 PM - Lance Lynn's wild pitch scored Gerardo Parra with none out. None on and Martin Prado at the plate.
Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 2 Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 3 11:19 PM - Yadier Molina singled to center scored Matt Holliday and Allen Craig. Runner on first with two outs and Matt Adams due up.
Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 1 Top 3, 2 OutsApr 3 10:31 PM - Allen Craig doubled to left scored Jon Jay. On the play, Matt Holliday advances to third. Runners on second and third with two outs and Yadier Molina due up.
Cardinals 2, Diamondbacks 1 Top 3, 2 OutsApr 3 10:30 PM - Jon Jay singled to short off a deflection by the pitcher scored Daniel Descalso, advances to second on Cliff Pennington's throwing error. Runner on second with one out and Matt Carpenter due up.
Cardinals 1, Diamondbacks 1 Top 3, 1 OutApr 3 10:28 PM - Gerardo Parra lead-off Home Run (1) to left. Martin Prado due up.
Cardinals 0, Diamondbacks 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 3 9:50 PM - ST. LOUIS: 0
ARIZONA: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 3 9:41 PM
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