Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 11, Pittsburgh 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 37269
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 37269
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| St. Louis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
Team Records
| Team | W/L | Home | Away | Streak |
| Pittsburgh | 57-70 | 34-31 | 23-39 | L1 |
| St. Louis | 71-58 | 34-29 | 37-29 | W1 |
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the St. Louis Cardinals have a 34-29 record at home this season. The Pittsburgh Pirates have a 23-39 record on the road.
- St. Louis has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Cardinals have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Pittsburgh has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Pirates have won 4 of their last 10 games.
- Todd Wellemeyer pitched 5.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.79. Jason Davis took the loss for Pittsburgh.
- Rick Ankiel, Jason LaRue hit homeruns for St. Louis. Ryan Doumit had the only homerun for Pittsburgh.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh | St. Louis | |
| Jason Davis | Player | Todd Wellemeyer |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 3.2 | IP | 5.0 |
| 1 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 9 | Hits | 5 |
| 14.73 | ERA | 3.60 |
Hitting
| Pittsburgh | St. Louis | |
| Ryan Doumit | Player | Skip Schumaker |
| 3 | Hits | 3 |
| 2 | RBI | 1 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 7 | TB | 3 |
| .750 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Pittsburgh | 8 | 1 | 14 | .235 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| St. Louis | 13 | 2 | 22 | .406 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |