Daily Rant: Cardinals emerge victorious in pitcher's duel

The Cardinals faced the Giants with hopes of salvaging a series tie on Thursday night. Adam Wainwright and Madison Bumgarner faced off in what became a pitching showcase. The Cardinals got on the board early, though, and maintained the lead to take the victory.

Box Score

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco Giants	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
St Louis Cardinals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	4	0
WP	A. Wainwright (10-10)
LP	M. Bumgarner (12-7)
SV	J. Motte (25)

	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
J. Jay cf	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	.308
A. Craig 1b	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.294
J. Motte p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Holliday lf	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.319
C. Beltran rf	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	.284
D. Freese 3b	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.306
Y. Molina c	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313
D. Descalso 2b	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238
R. Furcal ss	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.265
A. Wainwright p	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.130
M. Boggs p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Carpenter ph-1b	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303
Totals	27	3	4	3	1	1	7	2	5

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
A. Wainwright (W, 10-10)	7.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	1.22	3.90
M. Boggs (H, 19)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	2.20
J. Motte (S, 25)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.96	2.62

The Positives

Jon Jay had his fourth consecutive multi-hit game in a two hit effort. He had a single and his tenth double of the season. He also scored a run and stole two bases. Jay now has thirteen steals on the season.
Carlos Beltran hit his 27th home run and, with two RBIs, now has a league-leading 80 RBIs.
Adam Wainwright only allowed one earned run off five hits and three walks through seven innings.
Mitchell Boggs and Jason Motte combined for two scoreless innings to close the game out. Boggs was perfect in his frame, while Motte only allowed one walk to pick up his 25th save.

Justin’s Jeers

The Cardinals got just enough offense to pick up the win, but they were still contained. Allen Craig, Matt Holliday, David Freese, Yadier Molina, Daniel Descalso, and Rafael Furcal all were held hitless.

Three Stars

3) Adam Wainwright – Waino got the team back on track after two losing efforts.

2) Jon Jay – Jay has been on fire all week and continues to pick up hits.

1) Carlos Beltran – Beltran really stuck it to his old team with a two-run home run.

Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	RS	RA	Diff	Streak	L10
Cincinnati Reds	66	46	0.589	—	36-20	30-26	478	414	64	Lost 5	5-5
Pittsburgh Pirates	63	48	0.568	2.5	35-18	28-30	459	427	32	Lost 1	5-5
St Louis Cardinals	61	51	0.545	5	34-23	27-28	551	450	101	Won 1	7-3
Milwaukee Brewers	51	59	0.464	14	33-26	18-33	499	506	-7	Won 3	6-4
Chicago Cubs	43	66	0.400	21	28-24	16-42	404	488	-84	Won 1	2-8
Houston Astros	36	77	0.319	30.5	25-31	11-46	424	574	-150	Lost 5	1-9

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Daily Rant: Cardinals emerge victorious in pitcher’s duel

By Justin McClary | Aug 10, 2012