October 7th, 2009 - NLDS Series 2 Game 1

The LA Dodgers went right after Cardinals' ace Chris Carpenter, scoring 5 runs off the Cy Young runner up. Manny Ramirez and Ronnie Belliard led the charge, while James Loney hit a moon shot into the left field stands to give the Dodgers a 6-1 win. Randy Wolf was solid over 6 1/3 innings, and closer Jonathon Broxton finished the 8th and then earned the save in the 9th. Cardinals' slugger Albert Pujols was shut down, going 0-3.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 St. Louis Cardinals At 2009 Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers  10/7/2009
 
  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Schumaker 2B      2  0  0  0 .000     R.Furcal SS         4  1  1  1 .250  
  B.Ryan SS           4  0  0  0 .000     M.Kemp CF           2  1  1  2 .500  
  A.Pujols 1B         3  0  0  0 .000     A.Ethier RF         4  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Holliday LF       3  1  1  0 .333     M.Ramirez LF        4  1  2  0 .500  
  R.Ludwick RF        4  0  2  0 .500     J.Loney 1B          3  1  1  0 .333  
  Y.Molina C          4  0  1  1 .250     C.Blake 3B          3  1  1  1 .333  
  M.Derosa 3B         4  0  1  0 .250     R.Belliard 2B       3  0  1  2 .333  
  C.Rasmus CF         4  0  0  0 .000     R.Troncoso P        0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Carpenter P       2  0  0  0 .000     J.Broxton P         0  0  0  0 ----  
B-R.Ankiel PH         1  0  1  01.000     R.Martin C          3  1  1  0 .333  
  T.Miller P          0  0  0  0 ----     R.Wolf P            1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-O.Hudson 2B         1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  6  1                 Totals      28  6  8  6
 
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Wolf In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Carpenter In 8th Inning
 
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  6  0
Dodgers......... 0 0 2  3 0 0  0 1    -  6  8  0
 
Cardinals (0-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Carpenter LOSS(0-1)     7       7   5   5   2   4   0  95   6.43  A1 D1
T.Miller                  1       1   1   1   0   1   1  10   9.00  D2
Totals                    8       8   6   6   2   5   1
 
Dodgers (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Wolf WIN(1-0)           6 1/3   4   1   1   2   5   0  88   1.42  A1 C6
R.Troncoso HOLD(1st)      1 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  18   0.00  C7 D2
J.Broxton SAVE(1st)       1 1/3   1   0   0   1   4   0  22   0.00  D3
Totals                    9       6   1   1   4   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 51,648 DATE- Wednesday, October 7th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tom Hallion, Phil Cuzzi, Angel Campos, Paul Nauert
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7  Dodgers: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 2  Dodgers: 2
DOUBLES- M.Holliday(1st), M.Ramirez(1st)
TRIPLES- R.Furcal(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Kemp(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Wolf
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Kemp
WALKS- S.Schumaker-2, A.Pujols, M.Holliday, M.Kemp, J.Loney
STRIKE OUTS- A.Pujols, M.Holliday, R.Ludwick, Y.Molina-3, M.Derosa, C.Rasmus-2,
             R.Furcal, A.Ethier-2, R.Martin, O.Hudson
GIDP- M.Derosa, C.Blake, R.Martin
 
The Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers had very little trouble at Dodger Stadium downing
the St. Louis Cardinals.  The score was 6 to 1.
 
St. Louis never recovered after Los Angeles(NL) took the lead in the 3rd
inning with 2 runs utilizing 2 base hits.  Russell Martin led off and started
the rally when he hit a single.  Randy Wolf stepped up to the plate and he
laid down a sacrifice bunt.  Rafael Furcal then tripled.  Matt Kemp was up
next and he hit a sacrifice fly.  That was all the runs Wolf(1-0) needed.
Los Angeles(NL) had 8 hits for the night.  
 
Jonathan Broxton earned the save, his 1st.  Chris Carpenter(0-1) was the
losing pitcher.  He pitched 7 innings allowing 7 hits and 2 walks.
 

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