Birds of a feather: John Jay doubles against the Dodgers in the 12th inning on Sunday in Los Angeles. APThe go-ahead hit sparked a three-run rally for the St. Louis Cardinals, who earned a split of their four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 5-2 victory Sunday and regained undisputed possession of the second NL wild-card spot."It was a long one and both teams fought hard," Jay said after the 4-hour, 25-minute marathon. "Everyone knows what's at stake right now and we've got our work cut out for us."We haven't been playing too well lately, but we've been playing hard. Today we came up with a win on getaway day and it put us back up again. That's huge. But every game from here on out is our most important game. We've been there before, so we know what we've got to do. It's just a matter of doing it."John Ely (0-2), the ninth of a franchise-record 10 pitchers used by Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, issued a leadoff walk to Matt Carpenter and Jay drove him in from second base with a line drive into the right field corner on an 0-2 changeup."Jon had an uncharacteristic day for himself up to that point, but he's been very good this season and filled a big hole for us in the leadoff spot. And today he came through with one of the biggest hits of our year right now," manager Mike Matheny said. "We had a tough time today. You look at that scoreboard and all those Ks, I mean, we had a lot of strikeouts (15), so we just needed somebody to step up."Braves 5, Nationals 1In Atlanta, Mike Minor pitched six strong innings, Dan Uggla broke it open with a two-run single and Gio Gonzalez was denied his 20th win as the Braves completed a three-game sweep.Diamondbacks 10, Giants 2In Phoenix, rookie Patrick Corbin pitched a career-long eight innings and drove in four runs with a triple and single.The RBIs and the extra-base hit were firsts for Corbin, who entered the game batting .071 (2 for 28).Justin Upton had a solo homer and two-run double as the Diamondbacks averted a three-game Giants sweep.Cubs 13, Pirates 9In Chicago, Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs and drove in six.Rizzo hit a two-run shot in a four-run fifth inning, then capped a five-run sixth with his first career grand slam to seize the lead for Chicago. The six RBIs are a career-high, and it was also the 23-year-old's first multihomer game in the majors.Reds 5, Marlins 4 (11)In Miami, Ryan Ludwick hit a go-ahead single in the 11th inning to lift Cincinnati to a win.Ludwick, Dioner Navarro, and Didi Gregorius each had three hits for the Reds, who tied a season high with 17 hits.Astros 7, Phillies 6In Houston, Justin Maxwell hit a two-run double and Matt Dominguez added a two-run single in the Astros' four-run seventh inning.Brewers 3, Mets 0In Milwaukee, Ryan Braun hit two home runs and rookie pitcher Wily Peralta gave up two singles in eight innings.Brewers outfielder Norichika Aoki finished the game 2-for-3 with a walk.Padres 12, Rockies 11In San Diego, rookie Yonder Alonso singled in the winning run in the ninth to cap a wild offensive affair.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Jay comes through late for Cardinals
LOS ANGELES — Jon Jay was having a miserable time at the plate until the 12th inning, when he hit a clutch RBI double that made he and his teammates forget all the ugly at-bats that preceded it.Birds of a feather: John Jay doubles against the Dodgers in the 12th inning on Sunday in Los Angeles. APThe go-ahead hit sparked a three-run rally for the St. Louis Cardinals, who earned a split of their four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 5-2 victory Sunday and regained undisputed possession of the second NL wild-card spot."It was a long one and both teams fought hard," Jay said after the 4-hour, 25-minute marathon. "Everyone knows what's at stake right now and we've got our work cut out for us."We haven't been playing too well lately, but we've been playing hard. Today we came up with a win on getaway day and it put us back up again. That's huge. But every game from here on out is our most important game. We've been there before, so we know what we've got to do. It's just a matter of doing it."John Ely (0-2), the ninth of a franchise-record 10 pitchers used by Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, issued a leadoff walk to Matt Carpenter and Jay drove him in from second base with a line drive into the right field corner on an 0-2 changeup."Jon had an uncharacteristic day for himself up to that point, but he's been very good this season and filled a big hole for us in the leadoff spot. And today he came through with one of the biggest hits of our year right now," manager Mike Matheny said. "We had a tough time today. You look at that scoreboard and all those Ks, I mean, we had a lot of strikeouts (15), so we just needed somebody to step up."Braves 5, Nationals 1In Atlanta, Mike Minor pitched six strong innings, Dan Uggla broke it open with a two-run single and Gio Gonzalez was denied his 20th win as the Braves completed a three-game sweep.Diamondbacks 10, Giants 2In Phoenix, rookie Patrick Corbin pitched a career-long eight innings and drove in four runs with a triple and single.The RBIs and the extra-base hit were firsts for Corbin, who entered the game batting .071 (2 for 28).Justin Upton had a solo homer and two-run double as the Diamondbacks averted a three-game Giants sweep.Cubs 13, Pirates 9In Chicago, Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs and drove in six.Rizzo hit a two-run shot in a four-run fifth inning, then capped a five-run sixth with his first career grand slam to seize the lead for Chicago. The six RBIs are a career-high, and it was also the 23-year-old's first multihomer game in the majors.Reds 5, Marlins 4 (11)In Miami, Ryan Ludwick hit a go-ahead single in the 11th inning to lift Cincinnati to a win.Ludwick, Dioner Navarro, and Didi Gregorius each had three hits for the Reds, who tied a season high with 17 hits.Astros 7, Phillies 6In Houston, Justin Maxwell hit a two-run double and Matt Dominguez added a two-run single in the Astros' four-run seventh inning.Brewers 3, Mets 0In Milwaukee, Ryan Braun hit two home runs and rookie pitcher Wily Peralta gave up two singles in eight innings.Brewers outfielder Norichika Aoki finished the game 2-for-3 with a walk.Padres 12, Rockies 11In San Diego, rookie Yonder Alonso singled in the winning run in the ninth to cap a wild offensive affair.
Birds of a feather: John Jay doubles against the Dodgers in the 12th inning on Sunday in Los Angeles. APThe go-ahead hit sparked a three-run rally for the St. Louis Cardinals, who earned a split of their four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 5-2 victory Sunday and regained undisputed possession of the second NL wild-card spot."It was a long one and both teams fought hard," Jay said after the 4-hour, 25-minute marathon. "Everyone knows what's at stake right now and we've got our work cut out for us."We haven't been playing too well lately, but we've been playing hard. Today we came up with a win on getaway day and it put us back up again. That's huge. But every game from here on out is our most important game. We've been there before, so we know what we've got to do. It's just a matter of doing it."John Ely (0-2), the ninth of a franchise-record 10 pitchers used by Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, issued a leadoff walk to Matt Carpenter and Jay drove him in from second base with a line drive into the right field corner on an 0-2 changeup."Jon had an uncharacteristic day for himself up to that point, but he's been very good this season and filled a big hole for us in the leadoff spot. And today he came through with one of the biggest hits of our year right now," manager Mike Matheny said. "We had a tough time today. You look at that scoreboard and all those Ks, I mean, we had a lot of strikeouts (15), so we just needed somebody to step up."Braves 5, Nationals 1In Atlanta, Mike Minor pitched six strong innings, Dan Uggla broke it open with a two-run single and Gio Gonzalez was denied his 20th win as the Braves completed a three-game sweep.Diamondbacks 10, Giants 2In Phoenix, rookie Patrick Corbin pitched a career-long eight innings and drove in four runs with a triple and single.The RBIs and the extra-base hit were firsts for Corbin, who entered the game batting .071 (2 for 28).Justin Upton had a solo homer and two-run double as the Diamondbacks averted a three-game Giants sweep.Cubs 13, Pirates 9In Chicago, Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs and drove in six.Rizzo hit a two-run shot in a four-run fifth inning, then capped a five-run sixth with his first career grand slam to seize the lead for Chicago. The six RBIs are a career-high, and it was also the 23-year-old's first multihomer game in the majors.Reds 5, Marlins 4 (11)In Miami, Ryan Ludwick hit a go-ahead single in the 11th inning to lift Cincinnati to a win.Ludwick, Dioner Navarro, and Didi Gregorius each had three hits for the Reds, who tied a season high with 17 hits.Astros 7, Phillies 6In Houston, Justin Maxwell hit a two-run double and Matt Dominguez added a two-run single in the Astros' four-run seventh inning.Brewers 3, Mets 0In Milwaukee, Ryan Braun hit two home runs and rookie pitcher Wily Peralta gave up two singles in eight innings.Brewers outfielder Norichika Aoki finished the game 2-for-3 with a walk.Padres 12, Rockies 11In San Diego, rookie Yonder Alonso singled in the winning run in the ninth to cap a wild offensive affair.
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