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Series Summary

2012 NL Championship Series

Game 1, October 14
STL 6 Final
SFG 4
Game 2, October 15
STL 1 Final
SFG 7
Game 3, October 17
SFG 1 Final
STL 3
Game 4, October 18
SFG 3 Final
STL 8
Game 5, October 19
SFG 5 Final
STL 0
Game 6, October 21
STL 1 Final
SFG 6
Game 7, October 22
STL 0 Final
SFG 9

Series Summary

Game Summary

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Start Time: 3:08 p.m. Local
Attendance: 45,850
Venue: Busch Stadium III
Game Duration: 3:02
Day Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 6 0
WP: Kyle Lohse (2-0) • LP: Matt Cain (1-2) • SV: Jason Motte (3)

San Francisco Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Angel Pagan CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 0.206 0.263 0.412 0.675 0.000 0.383
Marco Scutaro 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 0.273 0.314 0.333 0.648 0.000 0.383
Pablo Sandoval 3B 5 0 2 1 0 0 5 0.294 0.306 0.441 0.747 0.000 0.133
Buster Posey C 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 0.207 0.343 0.414 0.757 0.000 0.050
Hunter Pence RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.161 0.188 0.161 0.349 0.000 0.050
Brandon Belt 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.167 0.259 0.208 0.468 0.000 0.000
Gregor Blanco LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.250 0.357 0.500 0.857 0.000 0.000
Brandon Crawford SS 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 0.227 0.346 0.364 0.710 0.000 0.000
Matt Cain P 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.167 0.167 0.167 0.333 0.000 0.000
   Javier Lopez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Aubrey Huff PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.200 0.333 0.200 0.533 0.000 0.000
   Jose Mijares P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   George Kontos P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 33 1 9 1 5 4 39 0.273 0.368 0.303 0.671 0.000 1.000

St Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Jon Jay CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0.167 0.225 0.222 0.447 0.300 0.500
Carlos Beltran RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.400 0.486 0.867 1.353 0.000 0.000
   Matt Carpenter RF-1B 3 1 1 2 0 1 3 0.250 0.250 0.625 0.875 0.550 1.500
Matt Holliday LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.222 0.300 0.333 0.633 0.000 0.000
Allen Craig 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.250 0.368 0.438 0.806 0.000 0.000
   Mitchell Boggs P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Adron Chambers RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.000
Yadier Molina C 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.152 0.282 0.152 0.434 0.000 0.000
David Freese 3B 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 0.344 0.389 0.563 0.951 0.050 0.333
Daniel Descalso 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.250 0.286 0.500 0.786 0.000 0.000
Pete Kozma SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.200 0.351 0.367 0.718 0.050 0.333
Kyle Lohse P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Trevor Rosenthal P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Edward Mujica P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Shane Robinson RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.000 0.200 0.000 0.200 0.050 0.333
   Jason Motte P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 29 3 6 3 2 3 32 0.207 0.281 0.345 0.626 1.000 3.000

San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Matt Cain, L (1-2) 6.2 6 3 3 1 2 1 4.67 27 100 67 38 5 24 9 14 5 0 51 -0.077 0.84 -1.56% 26.25 -0.3
Javier Lopez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 5 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.024 0.84 0.43% 26.36 0.6
Jose Mijares 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 13.50 3 12 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.007 0.15 0.11% 4.81 0.2
George Kontos 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.006 0.21 0.10% 6.59 0.2
Team Totals 8 6 3 3 2 3 1 3.38 32 122 81 47 5 29 12 14 5 0 51 3 0 -0.040 0.76 -0.92% 23.71 0.7

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Kyle Lohse, W (2-0) 5.2 7 1 1 5 2 0 1.96 27 108 64 46 3 15 11 9 4 0 48 0.159 1.27 2.53% 39.91 1.4
Trevor Rosenthal, H (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 6 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.070 2.79 1.21% 87.57 0.4
Edward Mujica, H (2) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 3 6 4 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 -0.077 1.76 -1.32% 55.35 -0.4
Mitchell Boggs, H (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 2 9 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.169 3.59 2.93% 112.68 0.9
Jason Motte, S (3) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.23 6 19 16 10 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 0 0.138 0.92 2.39% 28.98 0.9
Team Totals 9 9 1 1 5 4 0 1.00 39 148 94 63 8 23 14 16 6 0 48 4 0 0.459 1.41 7.74% 44.37 3.2

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: Matt Cain (3; Jon Jay).
IBB: Matt Cain (1; Daniel Descalso); Kyle Lohse (1; Buster Posey).
Pickoffs: Matt Cain (0; Jon Jay, 1st base).

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Kyle Lohse facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) FBFT O SFG Angel Pagan Kyle Lohse 2% 52% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 3,(0-2) CFX O SFG Marco Scutaro Kyle Lohse 1% 54% Flyball: CF 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 3,(1-1) BFX SFG Pablo Sandoval Kyle Lohse -1% 52% Single to P (Line Drive) 0.0
t1 0-0 2 1– 4,(2-1) BFBX O SFG Buster Posey Kyle Lohse 2% 55% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants’ Matt Cain facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CH STL Jon Jay Matt Cain 4% 58% Hit By Pitch 0.0
b1 0-0 0 1– 4,(1-2) CBCX OO STL Carlos Beltran Matt Cain -7% 51% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0
b1 0-0 2 — 3,(0-2) CTX O STL Matt Holliday Matt Cain -1% 50% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Kyle Lohse facing 5-6-7
  Matt Carpenter replaces Carlos Beltran playing RF batting 2nd
t2 0-0 0 — 1,(0-0) .X O SFG Hunter Pence Kyle Lohse 2% 52% Lineout: CF 0.0
t2 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) CSBBFBB SFG Brandon Belt Kyle Lohse -3% 50% Walk 0.0
t2 0-0 1 1– 3,(1-1) 1FBX O SFG Gregor Blanco Kyle Lohse 2% 52% Groundout: 1B unassisted; Belt to 2B 0.0
t2 0-0 2 -2- 8,(3-2) CBBBSFFB SFG Brandon Crawford Kyle Lohse -1% 51% Walk 0.0
t2 0-0 2 12- 6,(2-2) BCCBFT O SFG Matt Cain Kyle Lohse 4% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants’ Matt Cain facing 4-5-6
b2 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CSBX O STL Allen Craig Matt Cain -2% 53% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b2 0-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X STL Yadier Molina Matt Cain 3% 55% Single to CF (Ground Ball) 0.0
b2 0-0 1 1– 3,(1-1) .C*BX O STL David Freese Matt Cain -3% 52% Flyball: RF 0.0
b2 0-0 2 1– 3,(2-0) BBX O STL Daniel Descalso Matt Cain -2% 50% Popfly: SS 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Cardinals 0.
Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals’ Kyle Lohse facing 1-2-3
t3 0-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX SFG Angel Pagan Kyle Lohse -4% 46% Single to CF (Fly Ball) 0.3834
t3 0-0 0 1– 5,(2-2) C>FB*BX SFG Marco Scutaro Kyle Lohse -12% 34% Double to RF (Line Drive); Pagan to 3B 0.3833
t3 0-0 0 -23 3,(1-1) BCX RO SFG Pablo Sandoval Kyle Lohse -1% 33% Groundout: SS-1B; Pagan Scores; Scutaro to 3B 0.1333
t3 1-0 1 –3 4,(3-0) BBBI SFG Buster Posey Kyle Lohse -2% 31% Intentional Walk 0.05
t3 1-0 1 1-3 3,(2-0) BBX OO SFG Hunter Pence Kyle Lohse 11% 43% Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 0.05
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Giants’ Matt Cain facing 8-9-1
b3 0-1 0 — 6,(3-2) BCBSBX O STL Pete Kozma Matt Cain -3% 40% Flyball: RF 0.0
b3 0-1 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O STL Kyle Lohse Matt Cain -2% 38% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
b3 0-1 2 — 2,(0-1) CX STL Jon Jay Matt Cain 2% 40% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.5
b3 0-1 2 1– 3,(1-2) 1CCB1 STL Matt Carpenter Matt Cain 1% 41% Jay Picked off 1B, safe on E1; Jay to 2B 1.5
b3 0-1 2 -2- 5,(2-2) 1CCB1.BX RR STL Matt Carpenter Matt Cain 23% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Jay Scores 0
b3 2-1 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O STL Matt Holliday Matt Cain -1% 63% Flyball: RF 0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Kyle Lohse facing 6-7-8
t4 1-2 0 — 4,(1-2) CBFX O SFG Brandon Belt Kyle Lohse 3% 66% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t4 1-2 1 — 9,(3-2) BCFBBFFFB SFG Gregor Blanco Kyle Lohse -3% 63% Walk 0.0
t4 1-2 1 1– 2,(1-0) B+1X SFG Brandon Crawford Kyle Lohse -8% 54% Single to CF (Ground Ball); Blanco to 3B 0.0
t4 1-2 1 1-3 4,(1-2) LLBX O SFG Matt Cain Kyle Lohse 7% 62% Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Crawford to 2B 0.0
t4 1-2 2 -23 5,(2-2) FF*BBX O SFG Angel Pagan Kyle Lohse 8% 69% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Giants’ Matt Cain facing 4-5-6
b4 2-1 0 — 2,(0-1) FX O STL Allen Craig Matt Cain -2% 67% Foul Flyball: RF (RF into Foul Terr.) 0.0
b4 2-1 1 — 5,(2-2) BFFBX O STL Yadier Molina Matt Cain -1% 66% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b4 2-1 2 — 1,(0-0) X STL David Freese Matt Cain 1% 67% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
b4 2-1 2 1– 6,(3-2) BBFFB>X O STL Daniel Descalso Matt Cain -2% 65% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Kyle Lohse facing 2-3-4
t5 1-2 0 — 2,(0-1) CX SFG Marco Scutaro Kyle Lohse -5% 59% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t5 1-2 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX OO SFG Pablo Sandoval Kyle Lohse 11% 70% Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B 0.0
t5 1-2 2 — 4,(3-0) BBBB SFG Buster Posey Kyle Lohse -2% 68% Walk 0.0
t5 1-2 2 1– 4,(2-1) FBBX O SFG Hunter Pence Kyle Lohse 3% 72% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Giants’ Matt Cain facing 8-9-1
b5 2-1 0 — 5,(2-2) CBBCX O STL Pete Kozma Matt Cain -2% 70% Lineout: 3B 0.0
b5 2-1 1 — 4,(1-2) CBCX O STL Kyle Lohse Matt Cain -1% 68% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b5 2-1 2 — 3,(1-1) CBX O STL Jon Jay Matt Cain -1% 67% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Kyle Lohse facing 6-7-8
t6 1-2 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O SFG Brandon Belt Kyle Lohse 4% 71% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t6 1-2 1 — 7,(3-2) BBBCFFX O SFG Gregor Blanco Kyle Lohse 3% 73% Flyball: LF 0.0
t6 1-2 2 — 3,(0-2) SFX SFG Brandon Crawford Kyle Lohse -2% 71% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
t6 1-2 2 1– 3,(0-2) CCX SFG Matt Cain Kyle Lohse -3% 68% Single to RF (Ground Ball); Crawford to 2B 0.0
  Trevor Rosenthal replaces Kyle Lohse pitching and batting 9th
t6 1-2 2 12- 6,(2-2) .BSBFFX O SFG Angel Pagan Trevor Rosenthal 7% 75% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Giants’ Matt Cain facing 2-3-4
b6 2-1 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O STL Matt Carpenter Matt Cain -2% 73% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
b6 2-1 1 — 6,(1-2) CBFFFS O STL Matt Holliday Matt Cain -1% 71% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b6 2-1 2 — 7,(2-2) CBFBFFS O STL Allen Craig Matt Cain -1% 70% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Edward Mujica facing 2-3-4
  Edward Mujica replaces Trevor Rosenthal pitching and batting 9th
t7 1-2 0 — 1,(0-0) .X O SFG Marco Scutaro Edward Mujica 4% 75% Lineout: P-2B-1B 0.0
t7 1-2 1 — 1,(0-0) X SFG Pablo Sandoval Edward Mujica -5% 70% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
t7 1-2 1 1– 4,(2-1) BCBX SFG Buster Posey Edward Mujica -7% 63% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Sandoval to 2B 0.0
  Mitchell Boggs replaces Allen Craig (1B) pitching and batting 4thMatt Carpenter moves from RF to 1B Shane Robinson replaces Edward Mujica (P) playing RF batting 9th
t7 1-2 1 12- 5,(2-2) …BSSBS O SFG Hunter Pence Mitchell Boggs 9% 71% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t7 1-2 2 12- 4,(1-2) CFBC O SFG Brandon Belt Mitchell Boggs 8% 80% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Giants’ Matt Cain facing 5-6-7
b7 2-1 0 — 2,(0-1) FX O STL Yadier Molina Matt Cain -2% 78% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b7 2-1 1 — 6,(2-2) BCCFBX STL David Freese Matt Cain 4% 82% Double to LF (Line Drive) 0.3334
b7 2-1 1 -2- 4,(3-0) IIII STL Daniel Descalso Matt Cain 1% 83% Intentional Walk -0.0
b7 2-1 1 12- 6,(2-2) CBSFBX STL Pete Kozma Matt Cain 4% 87% Single to CF (Line Drive); Freese to 3B; Descalso to 2B 0.3333
b7 2-1 1 123 3,(0-2) CCX RO STL Shane Robinson Matt Cain 3% 90% Groundout: 2B-1B; Freese Scores; Descalso to 3B; Kozma to 2B 0.3333
  Javier Lopez replaces Matt Cain pitching and batting 9th
b7 3-1 2 -23 5,(1-2) .CFBFX O STL Jon Jay Javier Lopez -2% 87% Groundout: 1B unassisted -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 3.
Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Cardinals’ Jason Motte facing 7-8-9
  Jason Motte replaces Shane Robinson (RF) pitching and batting 9thAdron Chambers replaces Mitchell Boggs (P) playing RF batting 4th
t8 1-3 0 — 2,(1-0) ..BX O SFG Gregor Blanco Jason Motte 3% 91% Flyball: CF 0.0
t8 1-3 1 — 5,(1-2) CFBFX O SFG Brandon Crawford Jason Motte 2% 93% Flyball: RF 0.0
  Aubrey Huff pinch hits for Javier Lopez (P) batting 9th
t8 1-3 2 — 2,(0-1) .CX O SFG Aubrey Huff Jason Motte 1% 94% Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 3.
Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Giants’ Jose Mijares facing 2-3-4
  Jose Mijares replaces Aubrey Huff (PH) pitching and batting 9th
b8 3-1 0 — 4,(1-2) .BCFC O STL Matt Carpenter Jose Mijares -1% 94% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b8 3-1 1 — 3,(0-2) CFX O STL Matt Holliday Jose Mijares 0% 93% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b8 3-1 2 — 5,(3-1) BFBBB STL Adron Chambers Jose Mijares 0% 94% Walk 0.0
  George Kontos replaces Jose Mijares pitching and batting 9th
b8 3-1 2 1– 5,(2-2) .1BFC1B>X O STL Yadier Molina George Kontos -1% 93% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 3.
Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-3, Cardinals’ Jason Motte facing 1-2-3
t9 1-3 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O SFG Angel Pagan Jason Motte 4% 97% Foul Popfly: 3B (3B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t9 1-3 1 — 4,(0-2) CFFX O SFG Marco Scutaro Jason Motte 2% 99% Groundout: 1B-P 0.0
t9 1-3 2 — 4,(1-2) CSBX O SFG Pablo Sandoval Jason Motte 1% 100% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 3.