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Cardinals looking to stay in NL Central race

Sep 13, 2007 - 1:04 PM St Louis (69-74) at Cincinnati (66-79) 12:35 pm EDT

CINCINNATI (Ticker) - The St. Louis Cardinals will hope to avoid the sweep when they square off against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday in the finale of a three-game series.

For the Cardinals to pick up the much-needed win, starter Adam Wainwright (13-10, 3.75) will need to contain Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips.

The 26-year-old Phillips went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a stolen base in Wednesday's 5-1 triumph over the Cardinals. Phillips is one home run shy of becoming the fourth middle infielder in major league history to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in a season. He would join Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano and Barry Larkin.

Wainwright, who has won four of his previous five decisions, has relinquished just one hit in 10 at-bats to Phillips in his career. The 26-year-old righthander gave up three runs - two earned - and six hits in a 4-2 loss to the Diamondbacks on Friday.

St. Louis sits in third place of the National League Central, three games behind the Milwaukee Brewers (74-71) and the Chicago Cubs (74-71).

Cincinnati will send righthander Aaron Harang (14-4, 3.64) to the mound. Harang, who has won four of his last five decisions, is second in the NL with 187 strikeouts.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 6 1
    CINCINNATI 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 x 5 11 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: STL - KIP WELLS, ANDY CAVAZOS (5TH), BRAD THOMPSON (6TH), RUSS
    SPRINGER (8TH) AND KELLY STINNETT, YADIER MOLINA (7TH)
    CIN - AARON HARANG, JARED BURTON (8TH), DAVID

    Sep 13 3:17 PM


  • NL
    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JIM EDMONDS SCORED ALBERT PUJOLS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J EDMONDS ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 4
    CINCINNATI 5 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.253, 0-FOR-3)

    Cardinals vs. RedsSep 13 3:11 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Cardinals vs. RedsSep 13 3:11 PM


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    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ALBERT PUJOLS SCORED BRENDAN RYAN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M CAIRO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3
    CINCINNATI 5 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J EDMONDS (.248, 0-FOR-2)

    Cardinals vs. RedsSep 13 2:27 PM


  • NL
    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY DAVID ECKSTEIN SCORED RUSSELL BRANYAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B RYAN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 2
    CINCINNATI 5 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: M CAIRO (.158, 0-FOR-1, SAC)

    Cardinals vs. RedsSep 13 2:24 PM


  • NL
    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DAVID ROSS (16) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF KIP WELLS SCORED JOEY VOTTO.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1, CINCINNATI 5
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: A HARANG (.106, 0-FOR-2)

    Cardinals vs. RedsSep 13 2:09 PM


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    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOEY VOTTO SCORED BRANDON PHILLIPS AND EDWIN
    ENCARNACION.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J VOTTO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1
    CINCINNATI 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: D ROSS (.200, 0-FOR-0, 2 BB)

    Cardinals vs. RedsSep 13 2:08 PM


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    AT CINCINNATI - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JEFF KEPPINGER SCORED DAVID ROSS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N HOPPER ON FIRST, A HARANG ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 1
    CINCINNATI 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: K GRIFFEY JR (.284, 1-FOR-2)

    Cardinals vs. RedsSep 13 1:49 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 1 1 1 0
    CINCINNATI 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: STL - KIP WELLS
    CIN - AARON HARANG

    DUE UP FOR CINCINNATI: N HOPPER (.324, 0 HR, 9 RBI)
    J KEPPINGER (.341, 4 HR, 25 RBI)
    K GRIFFEY JR (.283, 30 HR, 9

    Cardinals vs. RedsSep 13 12:41 PM

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