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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

Thursday, October 18, 2012
Start Time: 7:09 p.m. Local
Attendance: 47,062
Venue: Busch Stadium III
Game Duration: 3:17
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 X 8 12 0
WP: Adam Wainwright (1-0) • LP: Tim Lincecum (1-1)

San Francisco Giants

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Angel Pagan CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.237 0.286 0.474 0.759 0.000 0.000
Marco Scutaro 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 0.297 0.333 0.378 0.712 0.000 0.500
Buster Posey 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.182 0.308 0.364 0.671 0.000 0.000
Pablo Sandoval 3B 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 0.289 0.300 0.500 0.800 0.000 1.500
Hector Sanchez C 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.143 0.333 0.143 0.476 0.000 0.000
Hunter Pence RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.171 0.194 0.257 0.452 0.000 1.000
Gregor Blanco LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.222 0.323 0.444 0.767 0.000 0.000
Brandon Crawford SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.208 0.321 0.333 0.655 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
   Jose Mijares P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Guillermo Mota P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jeremy Affeldt 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 1 1 0.167 0.286 0.167 0.452 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
Tim Lincecum P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Joaquin Arias SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.375 0.375 0.625 1.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 33 3 6 3 0 6 33 0.182 0.182 0.455 0.636 0.000 3.000

St Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Jon Jay CF 5 1 2 2 0 1 5 0.195 0.244 0.268 0.513 0.144 1.200
Matt Carpenter 1B 3 2 1 0 2 1 5 0.273 0.385 0.636 1.021 0.195 1.450
Matt Holliday LF 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0.244 0.311 0.341 0.653 0.189 1.367
   Adron Chambers LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.000
Allen Craig RF 3 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.257 0.357 0.429 0.786 0.071 0.617
Yadier Molina C 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 0.189 0.302 0.216 0.519 0.171 1.500
David Freese 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.333 0.375 0.528 0.903 0.025 0.117
Daniel Descalso 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.250 0.282 0.472 0.754 0.048 0.417
Pete Kozma SS 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 0.235 0.366 0.382 0.748 0.108 0.917
Adam Wainwright P 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 0.400 0.000 0.400 0.048 0.417
   Shane Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.167 0.000 0.000
   Fernando Salas P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 34 8 12 8 3 7 39 0.353 0.395 0.441 0.836 1.000 8.000

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
Tim Lincecum, L (1-1) 4.2 6 4 4 3 3 0 3.46 23 91 51 28 8 15 8 9 3 0 36 -0.203 0.90 -3.59% 28.85 -1.9
George Kontos 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 3.60 4 17 8 6 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 -0.018 0.39 -0.32% 12.39 -0.7
Jose Mijares 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.57 2 11 6 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 -0.030 0.31 -0.52% 9.97 -0.9
Guillermo Mota 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 0 21.60 4 25 14 10 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 -0.004 0.07 -0.06% 2.42 -0.9
Jeremy Affeldt 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 3 11 7 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 -0.002 0.03 -0.03% 0.96 -0.3
Javier Lopez 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 3 14 9 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.00 0.01% 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 8 12 8 8 3 7 0 9.00 39 169 95 56 14 25 13 16 5 0 36 5 3 -0.257 0.59 -4.51% 18.91 -4.3

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
Adam Wainwright, W (1-0) 7 4 1 1 0 5 1 4.80 25 96 70 39 11 20 9 11 2 0 70 0.241 0.81 4.29% 26.10 2.3
Fernando Salas 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 4.50 8 28 20 11 4 5 2 5 1 0 0 0 0.003 0.03 0.07% 0.96 -1.1
Team Totals 9 6 3 3 0 6 2 3.00 33 124 90 50 15 25 11 16 3 0 70 0 0 0.244 0.62 4.36% 20.01 1.2

Balks: None.
WP: Jeremy Affeldt (1).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

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’ Adam Wainwright facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 4,(0-2) CSFX O SFG Angel Pagan Adam Wainwright 2% 52% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 6,(2-2) CFFBBX O SFG Marco Scutaro Adam Wainwright 1% 54% Flyball: RF 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 5,(2-2) CBBCX O SFG Buster Posey Adam Wainwright 1% 55% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Cardinals 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants’ Tim Lincecum facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX STL Jon Jay Tim Lincecum 4% 58% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.45
b1 0-0 0 1– 4,(3-0) 1*BBBB STL Matt Carpenter Tim Lincecum 6% 64% Walk; Jay to 2B 0.45
b1 0-0 0 12- 3,(1-1) BCX R STL Matt Holliday Tim Lincecum 12% 76% Single to CF (Ground Ball); Jay Scores; Carpenter to 3B 0.8666
b1 1-0 0 1-3 7,(3-2) FFFBBBX RO STL Allen Craig Tim Lincecum -2% 74% Lineout: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Carpenter Scores 0.1167
b1 2-0 1 1– 3,(0-2) 1SFX O STL Yadier Molina Tim Lincecum -2% 73% Flyball: CF 0.0
b1 2-0 2 1– 2,(1-0) BX STL David Freese Tim Lincecum 1% 74% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Holliday to 2B 0.1167
b1 2-0 2 12- 3,(0-2) CSS O STL Daniel Descalso Tim Lincecum -3% 71% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-2, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 4-5-6
t2 0-2 0 — 7,(2-2) BSFFBFX O SFG Pablo Sandoval Adam Wainwright 2% 73% Flyball: CF 0.0
t2 0-2 1 — 4,(1-2) CBSC O SFG Hector Sanchez Adam Wainwright 2% 75% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t2 0-2 2 — 2,(0-1) CX R SFG Hunter Pence Adam Wainwright -10% 65% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
t2 1-2 2 — 1,(0-0) X O SFG Gregor Blanco Adam Wainwright 1% 66% Flyball: LF -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Giants’ Tim Lincecum facing 8-9-1
b2 2-1 0 — 5,(2-2) CBCBX STL Pete Kozma Tim Lincecum 3% 69% Reached on E5 (Ground Ball) 0.0
b2 2-1 0 1– 2,(1-0) B>C O STL Adam Wainwright Tim Lincecum -5% 64% Kozma Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS) 0.0
b2 2-1 1 — 5,(3-1) B>C.BBB STL Adam Wainwright Tim Lincecum 2% 66% Walk 0
b2 2-1 1 1– 2,(1-0) BX O STL Jon Jay Tim Lincecum -2% 64% Flyball: CF 0.0
b2 2-1 2 1– 6,(3-2) CBBSB>B STL Matt Carpenter Tim Lincecum 2% 66% Walk; Wainwright to 2B 0.0
b2 2-1 2 12- 1,(0-0) X O STL Matt Holliday Tim Lincecum -4% 62% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 8-9-1
t3 1-2 0 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O SFG Brandon Crawford Adam Wainwright 3% 65% Flyball: CF 0.0
t3 1-2 1 — 4,(1-2) BCFC O SFG Tim Lincecum Adam Wainwright 2% 66% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t3 1-2 2 — 1,(0-0) X SFG Angel Pagan Adam Wainwright -3% 63% Triple to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
t3 1-2 2 –3 3,(1-1) SBX O SFG Marco Scutaro Adam Wainwright 4% 68% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Giants’ Tim Lincecum facing 4-5-6
b3 2-1 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX O STL Allen Craig Tim Lincecum -2% 66% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b3 2-1 1 — 3,(1-1) SBX O STL Yadier Molina Tim Lincecum -1% 64% Flyball: CF 0.0
b3 2-1 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O STL David Freese Tim Lincecum -1% 63% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 3-4-5
t4 1-2 0 — 1,(0-0) X O SFG Buster Posey Adam Wainwright 3% 66% Flyball: RF 0.0
t4 1-2 1 — 6,(1-2) CFBFFX O SFG Pablo Sandoval Adam Wainwright 2% 68% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t4 1-2 2 — 6,(2-2) CFBBFC O SFG Hector Sanchez Adam Wainwright 1% 69% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Giants’ Tim Lincecum facing 7-8-9
b4 2-1 0 — 6,(2-2) BBFFFX O STL Daniel Descalso Tim Lincecum -2% 67% Flyball: CF 0.0
b4 2-1 1 — 5,(2-2) BSBSC O STL Pete Kozma Tim Lincecum -1% 66% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b4 2-1 2 — 6,(3-2) BCBBCX O STL Adam Wainwright Tim Lincecum -1% 65% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-2, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 6-7-8
t5 1-2 0 — 4,(1-2) BCCX O SFG Hunter Pence Adam Wainwright 3% 68% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
t5 1-2 1 — 4,(1-2) LCBX O SFG Gregor Blanco Adam Wainwright 2% 70% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t5 1-2 2 — 5,(2-2) BBCFS O SFG Brandon Crawford Adam Wainwright 1% 72% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 2.
Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Giants’ Tim Lincecum facing 1-2-3
b5 2-1 0 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O STL Jon Jay Tim Lincecum -2% 70% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b5 2-1 1 — 3,(2-0) BBX STL Matt Carpenter Tim Lincecum 4% 74% Double to CF (Fly Ball) 1.0
b5 2-1 1 -2- 2,(1-0) BX R STL Matt Holliday Tim Lincecum 10% 84% Single to CF (Line Drive); Carpenter Scores; Holliday to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm 0.5
b5 3-1 1 -2- 6,(3-2) CBFB*BC O STL Allen Craig Tim Lincecum -2% 81% Strikeout Looking -0.0
b5 3-1 2 -2- 7,(2-2) SFBFF*BX R STL Yadier Molina Tim Lincecum 7% 88% Single to CF (Ground Ball); Holliday Scores 0.5
  George Kontos replaces Brandon Crawford (SS) pitching and batting 8thJoaquin Arias replaces Tim Lincecum (P) playing SS batting 9th
b5 4-1 2 1– 3,(2-0) ..B*BX O STL David Freese George Kontos -1% 88% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 4.
Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-4, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 9-1-2
t6 1-4 0 — 4,(1-2) CSBX O SFG Joaquin Arias Adam Wainwright 2% 90% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t6 1-4 1 — 4,(2-1) CBBX SFG Angel Pagan Adam Wainwright -3% 87% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
t6 1-4 1 1– 2,(1-0) BX SFG Marco Scutaro Adam Wainwright -4% 83% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Pagan to 2B 0.0
t6 1-4 1 12- 2,(1-0) BX O SFG Buster Posey Adam Wainwright 4% 87% Flyball: RF; Pagan to 3B 0.0
t6 1-4 2 1-3 4,(1-2) SBFX O SFG Pablo Sandoval Adam Wainwright 5% 92% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 4.
Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-1, Giants’ George Kontos facing 7-8-9
b6 4-1 0 — 4,(1-2) BCFX STL Daniel Descalso George Kontos 1% 93% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.4167
b6 4-1 0 1– 5,(3-1) BFB1BX STL Pete Kozma George Kontos 2% 95% Single to LF (Line Drive); Descalso to 2B 0.4167
b6 4-1 0 12- 5,(3-1) BBBCX O STL Adam Wainwright George Kontos 0% 95% Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; Descalso to 3B; Kozma to 2B 0.4167
  Jose Mijares replaces George Kontos pitching and batting 8th
b6 4-1 1 -23 4,(2-1) .BSBX RR STL Jon Jay Jose Mijares 3% 98% Double to CF (Fly Ball); Descalso Scores; Kozma Scores 0.7499
b6 6-1 1 -2- 7,(3-2) *BBCBCFX O STL Matt Carpenter Jose Mijares 0% 98% Flyball: LF -0.0
  Guillermo Mota replaces Jose Mijares pitching and batting 8th
b6 6-1 2 -2- 7,(3-2) .CBBFBFX O STL Matt Holliday Guillermo Mota 0% 97% Popfly: SS 0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 6.
Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-6, Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright facing 5-6-7
t7 1-6 0 — 5,(0-2) FSFFS O SFG Hector Sanchez Adam Wainwright 1% 98% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
t7 1-6 1 — 6,(2-2) BSSBFX O SFG Hunter Pence Adam Wainwright 0% 99% Flyball: RF 0.0
t7 1-6 2 — 2,(0-1) CX O SFG Gregor Blanco Adam Wainwright 0% 99% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 6.
Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-1, Giants’ Guillermo Mota facing 4-5-6
b7 6-1 0 — 5,(2-2) FBFBX STL Allen Craig Guillermo Mota 0% 99% Single to 3B (Ground Ball) 0.5
b7 6-1 0 1– 5,(3-1) CBBBX R STL Yadier Molina Guillermo Mota 1% 100% Double to LF (Ground Ball); Craig Scores 1.0
b7 7-1 0 -2- 8,(3-2) BBC*BFFFS O STL David Freese Guillermo Mota 0% 99% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  Jeremy Affeldt replaces Guillermo Mota pitching and batting 8th
b7 7-1 1 -2- 2,(1-0) .*BX O STL Daniel Descalso Jeremy Affeldt 0% 99% Popfly: 2B -0.0
b7 7-1 2 -2- 4,(1-2) FBFB STL Pete Kozma Jeremy Affeldt 0% 99% Wild Pitch; Molina to 3B 0.5
b7 7-1 2 –3 6,(3-2) FBFB.BX R STL Pete Kozma Jeremy Affeldt 0% 100% Single to LF (Line Drive); Molina Scores 0
  Shane Robinson pinch hits for Adam Wainwright (P) batting 9th
b7 8-1 2 1– 3,(0-2) .CCS O STL Shane Robinson Jeremy Affeldt 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 8.
Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-8, Cardinals’ Fernando Salas facing 8-9-1
  Fernando Salas replaces Shane Robinson (PH) pitching and batting 9thAubrey Huff pinch hits for Jeremy Affeldt (P) batting 8th
t8 1-8 0 — 5,(0-2) ..CSFFS O SFG Aubrey Huff Fernando Salas 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
t8 1-8 1 — 4,(2-1) SBBX O SFG Joaquin Arias Fernando Salas 0% 100% Flyball: RF 0.0
t8 1-8 2 — 3,(1-1) BSX O SFG Angel Pagan Fernando Salas 0% 100% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 8.
Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-1, Giants’ Javier Lopez facing 1-2-3
  Javier Lopez replaces Aubrey Huff (PH) pitching and batting 8th
b8 8-1 0 — 4,(1-2) .CSBS O STL Jon Jay Javier Lopez 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
b8 8-1 1 — 8,(3-2) BBFBFFFS O STL Matt Carpenter Javier Lopez 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b8 8-1 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O STL Matt Holliday Javier Lopez 0% 100% Flyball: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 8.
Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-8, Cardinals’ Fernando Salas facing 2-3-4
  Adron Chambers replaces Matt Holliday playing LF batting 3rd
t9 1-8 0 — 5,(2-2) .BCBFX SFG Marco Scutaro Fernando Salas 0% 100% Double to LF (Line Drive) 0.5
t9 1-8 0 -2- 3,(1-1) CBX O SFG Buster Posey Fernando Salas 0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B; Scutaro to 3B 0.0
t9 1-8 1 –3 1,(0-0) X RR SFG Pablo Sandoval Fernando Salas 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); Scutaro Scores 1.5
t9 3-8 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O SFG Hector Sanchez Fernando Salas 0% 100% Groundout: 1B unassisted -0.0
t9 3-8 2 — 5,(2-2) CBFBX O SFG Hunter Pence Fernando Salas 0% 100% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Cardinals 8.