Diamondbacks 2 - 4 Cardinals
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Diamondbacks continue final push for playoff bid

Sep 24, 2008 - 10:07 AM Arizona (79-78) at St. Louis (81-76), 8:15 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The Arizona Diamondbacks have won seven of their last nine, but are still on the ropes.

Looking to bounce back from a loss, the Diamondbacks continue their desperate run at a National League playoff spot against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.

Ryan Ludwick belted a three-run home run and helped the Cardinals to their third win in 13 games, a 7-4 victory on Tuesday.

Even with the victory, the Cardinals were eliminated from postseason contention after the wild-card leading New York Mets (87-70) defeated the Chicago Cubs.

The Diamondbacks are in the NL West race ... barely. They are three games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers (82-75) with five to play.

Max Scherzer (0-3, 3.00 ERA) takes the mound for Arizona looking to notch his first career victory. The 24-year-old has a 3.38 ERA in six starts this season, while posting a 2.37 mark over nine relief appearances.

In three September starts, he has recorded 28 strikeouts in 17 innings.

The Cardinals counter with Adam Wainwright (10-3, 3.21), who is 4-0 in six starts since coming off the disabled list from a sprained right middle finger.

The righthander is 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA in three starts against the Diamondbacks in his career. He held them to one run and three hits in 5 1/3 frames en route to an 8-3 triumph on September 2 - his lone outing against them this season.








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

    BATTERIES: ARI - MAX SCHERZER, JUAN CRUZ (6TH), BRANDON LYON (8TH) AND CHRIS
    SNYDER
    STL - ADAM WAINWRIGHT, RON VILLONE (7TH), RUSS SPRINGER
    (7TH), JASON MOTTE (8TH), RYAN FRA

    Sep 24 10:59 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM KENNEDY SCORED AARON MILES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KENNEDY ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2
    ST LOUIS 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J PHELPS (.276, 1-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks 2, Cardinals 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsSep 24 9:47 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CESAR IZTURIS SCORED JOSH PHELPS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M JOHNSON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2
    ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S SCHUMAKER (.306, 2-FOR-2)

    Diamondbacks 2, Cardinals 3  Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 24 9:25 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    CONOR JACKSON HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING STEPHEN DREW.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2
    ST LOUIS 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: A DUNN (.235, 0-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks 2, Cardinals 2  Top 3, 0 OutsSep 24 9:03 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CHRIS YOUNG SCORED MAX SCHERZER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C YOUNG ON FIRST, S DREW ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
    ST LOUIS 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C JACKSON (.303, 1-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks 1, Cardinals 2  Top 3, 0 OutsSep 24 9:00 PM


  • NL
    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY MAX SCHERZER ALLOWED JOSH PHELPS TO SCORE, ERROR
    BY MAX SCHERZER ALLOWED MARK JOHNSON TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A WAINWRIGHT ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
    ST LOUIS 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: C IZTURIS (.258, 1 HR, 19 RBI)

    Diamondbacks 0, Cardinals 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsSep 24 8:49 PM
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