Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 9,
Chi. Cubs 6
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, August 31, 2014
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Gabe Morales, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 45148
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Gabe Morales, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Rob Drake, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 45148
Final Scoring Summary
Chi. Cubs
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Chris Coghlan | LF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Javier Baez | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .188 |
| Starlin Castro | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Luis Valbuena | 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| Arismendy Alcantara | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .218 |
| Logan Watkins | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .381 |
| Pedro Strop | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Welington Castillo | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 |
| Chris Valaika | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .190 |
| John Baker | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Carlos Villanueva | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Travis Wood | SP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 |
| Justin Grimm | RP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Wesley Wright | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Szczur | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Luis Valbuena (25) | |||||||||
| HR - Luis Valbuena (15), Arismendy Alcantara (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Chris Coghlan 3, Starlin Castro, Luis Valbuena 7, Arismendy Alcantara 4, Logan Watkins, Chris Valaika, John Baker | |||||||||
| RBI - Chris Coghlan 2 (31), Luis Valbuena 2 (46), Arismendy Alcantara (19) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Luis Valbuena 2 (19), Arismendy Alcantara (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Javier Baez (15), Logan Watkins 2 (2), Chris Valaika (4), Travis Wood (3) | |||||||||
| S - John Baker (3), Travis Wood (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Javier Baez (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Logan Watkins (1, 2nd off Lackey/Molina) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Arismendy Alcantara (5) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Travis Wood | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.70 |
| Justin Grimm | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.82 |
| Wesley Wright (H 9) | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.44 |
| Pedro Strop (BS 4) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.41 |
| Carlos Villanueva (L 5-7) | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.85 |
| HBP - Matt Holliday (by Strop) | ||||||||
| IBB - Matt Carpenter (by Villanueva) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Travis Wood 98-59, Justin Grimm 8-5, Wesley Wright 12-7, Pedro Strop 17-12, Carlos Villanueva 25-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Travis Wood 6-4, Justin Grimm 2-1, Wesley Wright 2-0, Pedro Strop 1-0, Carlos Villanueva 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Travis Wood 21, Justin Grimm 4, Wesley Wright 3, Pedro Strop 5, Carlos Villanueva 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Justin Grimm 1-0, Wesley Wright 1-0, Pedro Strop 1-1 | ||||||||
St. Louis
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Matt Carpenter | 3B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Randal Grichuk | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .183 |
| Matt Holliday | LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
| Yadier Molina | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .291 |
| Jon Jay | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .310 |
| Kolten Wong | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Pete Kozma | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Daniel Descalso | 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
| John Lackey | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Randy Choate | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Oscar Taveras | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Pat Neshek | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Adams | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .296 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Holliday (32), Pete Kozma (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Matt Holliday (16), Kolten Wong (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Holliday 7, Jhonny Peralta 3, Yadier Molina 2, Jon Jay, Kolten Wong 4, Pete Kozma 2, Daniel Descalso | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Holliday 4 (78), Jhonny Peralta 2 (62), Yadier Molina (32), Kolten Wong (35) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Holliday 3 (28), Jhonny Peralta 2 (26), Yadier Molina (12) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jhonny Peralta (42), Yadier Molina (43), Jon Jay (37) | |||||||||
| S - John Lackey (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Matt Holliday (18), Yadier Molina (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - John Lackey (3), Matt Carpenter (15) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| John Lackey | 6.1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4.23 |
| Randy Choate | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.06 |
| Pat Neshek (W 7-1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 |
| Trevor Rosenthal (SV 40) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 |
| HBP - Starlin Castro (by Lackey) | ||||||||
| IBB - Chris Coghlan (by Neshek) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - John Lackey 95-73, Randy Choate 15-11, Pat Neshek 18-9, Trevor Rosenthal 14-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - John Lackey 8-4, Randy Choate 0-0, Pat Neshek 1-2, Trevor Rosenthal 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - John Lackey 30, Randy Choate 3, Pat Neshek 5, Trevor Rosenthal 4 | ||||||||