St. Louis 4, Arizona 2
When: 9:40 PM ET, Monday, April 19, 2010
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Marty Foster, 1B -
Gary Cederstrom, 2B -
Ed Hickox, 3B -
Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance:
24167
By SportsDirect Inc.
Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.
Arizona reliever Blaine Boyer (1-2) gave-up the go-ahead run in the eighth inning after Cody Rasmus greeted him with a double and scored on Adam LaRoche’s fielder error on Yadier Molina’s groundball to make it 3-2.
Holliday's homer in the fifth had tied it at 2-2.
Brad Penny (2-0) had another strong showing with his seven-inning effort in which he gave up two runs on eight hits with five strikeouts.
Arizona starter Rodrigo Lopez took the no-decision in seven innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs with four walks with seven strikeouts.
Mark Reynolds had a two-run double in the first for the Diamondbacks, who lost for the fifth straight time.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| St. Louis |
|
Arizona |
|
Brad Penny
|
Player |
Rodrigo Lopez
|
|
Win |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
7.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
8 |
Hits |
7 |
|
2.57 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| St. Louis
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.306 |
16 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
| Arizona
|
10 |
0 |
13 |
.278 |
16 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |