PUJOLS' 3RD HR WINS GAME FOR CARDS
STL LF Goes 5-For-5, Scores and Drives in 4
ST. LOUIS, July 2 (AP) - Albert Pujols' third home run of the game was of the
walk-off variety as the St. Louis Cardinals won a seesaw affair, 6-5, over the
San Fransisco Giants at Busch Stadium. Pujols hit three home runs in a
game just hours after Michael Young of the Texas Rangers accomplished the same
feat during a matinee affair against the Angels in Anaheim. Four different
major leaguers have gone deep three times in a game in the last three days.
The Cardinals took an early lead over Jerome Williams and the Giants, scoring
twice in the very first inning. Orlando Palmeiro singled with one out and
Pujols belted his 20th home run of the season.
But the Giants came back with three runs of their own in the top of the
third. Rich Aurilia drew a lead-off walk from San Francisco starter
Garrett Stephenson and, one out later, Barry Bonds drew a free pass of his own,
leaving runners at first and second. Benito Santiago then drove an 0-1
pitch over the left field wall for his eighth home runs of the year and a 3-2
San Francisco lead.
St. Louis regained the lead with single runs in the fourth and fifth on RBI
singles off the bats of Tino Martinez and Jim Edmonds.
But the Giants moved ahead again with a pair of tallies in the sixth.
Neifi Perez walked with one out and, after Aurilia flied to left, Marquis
Grissom gave San Francisco a 5-4 advantage by homering just inside the left
field foul pole.
The Cardinals tied the game in the seventh when Pujols hit his second home run
of the contest, a one-out solo shot, off reliver Felix Rodriguez.
After Jason Isringhausen set the Giants down in order in the top of the ninth,
Joe Nathan came on for San Francisco in the bottom half and quickly retired Bo
Hart and Palmeiro. That brought Pujols to the plate and, despite working
carefully, Nathan moved ahead in the count, 1-2. But then the Giants
right-hander made a mistake with a slider and Pujols drilled the pitch into the
left field bullpen to win the game.
Pujols finished the contest with five hits--four of them for extra bases--and
both scored and drove in four runs. His 15 total bases are the most by a
player in either league in a single game thus far this season.
7/2/2003, SF03-StL03, Busch Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2003 Giants 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 10 0 9 2 2003 Cardinals 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 14 1 7 0 Giants AB R H BI AVG Cardinals AB R H BI AVG Perez,N 2b 4 1 1 0 .201 Hart 2b 5 0 0 0 .254 Aurilia ss 4 1 0 0 .313 Palmeiro,O rf 5 1 1 0 .315 Grissom cf 5 1 2 2 .303 Pujols lf 5 4 5 4 .373 Bonds lf 3 1 1 0 .342 Edmonds cf 4 0 2 1 .271 Santiago,B c 5 1 1 3 .278 Rolen 3b 4 0 0 0 .287 Cruz,Jo rf 3 0 0 0 .250 Renteria ss 4 1 1 0 .283 Feliz 1b 4 0 3 0 .278 Martinez,T 1b 3 0 2 1 .232 Rodriguez,Fe p 0 0 0 0 .000 Widger c 4 0 1 0 .250 Nathan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Stephenson p 1 0 1 0 .214 Alfonzo 3b 4 0 1 0 .284 Painter p 0 0 0 0 .000 Williams,J p 2 0 1 0 .125 Perez,EA ph 1 0 1 0 .287 Durham ph 1 0 0 0 .288 Fassero p 0 0 0 0 .000 Zerbe p 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 .177 Galarraga 1b 1 0 0 0 .296 Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 .000 36 5 10 5 37 6 14 6 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Williams,J 5.0 9 4 4 1 5 74 47 4.47 Zerbe H 3 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 10 8 4.25 Rodriguez,Fe BS 3 1.2 2 1 1 0 3 30 19 3.75 Nathan L 3-1 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 12 9 2.41 8.2 14 6 6 1 9 126 83 Cardinals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Stephenson 5.2 9 5 5 5 3 124 69 6.27 Painter 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 1.50 Fassero 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 16 11 5.66 Isringhausen W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 6 1.35 9.0 10 5 5 5 5 159 91 SF : Durham batted for Williams,J in the 6th Galarraga inserted at 1b in the 7th StL: Perez,EA batted for Painter in the 6th Robinson batted for Fassero in the 8th E-Renteria. 2B-Perez,N(6), Pujols(25), Perez,EA(7). HR-Grissom(14), Santiago,B(8), Pujols 3(22). RBI-Grissom 2(48), Santiago,B 3(40), Pujols 4(68), Edmonds(49), Martinez,T(36). SB-Renteria(16). K-Grissom, Bonds, Santiago,B, Cruz,Jo, Galarraga, Hart, Palmeiro,O, Edmonds, Rolen 2, Renteria, Martinez,T, Widger, Robinson. BB-Perez,N, Aurilia, Bonds 2, Cruz,Jo, Martinez,T. HBP-Stephenson. HB-Williams,J. WP-Stephenson. GWRBI: Pujols Temperature: 102, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 15 MPH. Attendance: 34,997 Game Time: 3:02