Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 5, Chi. White Sox 3
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, June 14, 2012
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Tim Tschida, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Cory Blaser, 3B - Chris Guccione
Attendance: 43464

Cardinals 5, White Sox 3:
David Freese homered and drove in three runs as St. Louis closed a midweek interleague set with back-to-back wins.

Freese put the Cardinals on top in the second inning with an RBI double and added a two-run homer in the third to make it 3-0. Matt Adams drove in what proved to be the decisive runs with a two-run base hit in the fifth inning.

St. Louis starter Jake Westbrook (5-6) limited the White Sox to just two hits through the first five innings before losing his shutout bid in the sixth on Adam Dunn’s two-out, three-run homer. Chicago put the tying runs on base in the seventh inning against Eduardo Sanchez, but Victor Marte came on to finish out the inning and Jason Motte worked a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.

Gavin Floyd (4-7) took the loss, allowing eight hits and four walks over 4 2/3 innings. Westbrook gave up five hits in six innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The White Sox had won their last 11 interleague road series before this week ... Cardinals SS Rafael Furcal snapped a 0-for-23 slump with a ninth-inning single. He was promptly caught stealing second base.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   St. Louis
Gavin Floyd Player Jake Westbrook
Loss W/L Win
4.2 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 1
8 Hits 5
9.64 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   St. Louis
Adam Dunn Player Allen Craig
1 Hits 2
3 RBI 0
1 HR 0
4 TB 4
.333 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 5 1 8 .161 5 2 3 2 0 1
St. Louis 9 1 15 .281 14 5 5 5 1 0
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