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August 8, 2021

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Cardinals 5 9 2
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Cardinals 5 9 2

Whit Merrifield Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .270
OBP .500 .315
At Bats 3 437
Hits 1 118
• Singles 1 84
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 30
RBI’s 0 54

Alex Reyes Season Stats

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5 4 25
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Busch Stadium - August 8, 2021
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Fielder's Choice
Alex Reyes
Andrew Knizner
Paul Goldschmidt
Tommy Edman
Nolan Arenado
Paul DeJong
Tyler O'Neill
Harrison Bader
Dylan Carlson
Whit Merrifield
 
Jarrod Dyson
Hanser Alberto
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs
Count: 1-2, 1 Out

Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong fields it and throws to home to get Alberto. Dyson moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.

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Top 9 Dyson bunts towards first. Goldschmidt fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Goldschmidt. Alberto moves to third. Dyson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Alex Reyes now pitching. Alberto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 O'Neill strikes out.
Bottom 8 Arenado hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Nootbaar scores. Goldschmidt moves to third.
Bottom 8 Goldschmidt hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Knizner scores. Nootbaar moves to second.
Bottom 8 Lars Nootbaar pinch runs for Matt Carpenter. Jarrod Dyson now playing left field. Scott Barlow now pitching. Carlson hits a fly ball into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bader tags and scores. Knizner tags and moves to third.
Bottom 8 Matt Carpenter pinch hits for T.J. McFarland. Carpenter is hit by the pitch. Bader moves to third. Knizner moves to second.
Bottom 8 Knizner takes first base on ball four. Bader moves to second.
Bottom 8 DeJong hits a fly ball into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Greg Holland now pitching. Bader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alberto fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Olivares hits a line drive into center field. Bader settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 T.J. McFarland now pitching. Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Edman hits a line drive into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Neill takes first base on ball four. Goldschmidt moves to second.
Bottom 7 Arenado strikes out.
Bottom 7 Goldschmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rondon scores.
Bottom 7 Carlson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rondon moves to third.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Rondon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jake Brentz now pitching. Jose Rondon pinch hits for Justin Miller. Rondon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Santana hits a ball on the ground towards third. Arenado fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Perez strikes out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Knizner hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 DeJong hits a fly ball into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wade Davis now pitching. Bader strikes out.
Top 6 Merrifield strikes out.
Top 6 Ryan O'Hearn pinch hits for Domingo Tapia. O'Hearn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor scores.
Top 6 Alberto hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Justin Miller now pitching. There goes Taylor. The throw from Knizner and he is safe. Taylor steals third.
Top 6 Taylor hits a line drive into left field. O'Neill picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on O'Neill. Dozier scores. Taylor moves to second.
Top 6 Olivares strikes out.
Top 6 Dozier hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of O'Neill. Dozier reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Edman hits a fly ball into left field. Olivares settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Domingo Tapia now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Arenado moves to third. O'Neill moves to second.
Bottom 5 O'Neill takes first base on ball four. Arenado moves to second.
Bottom 5 Arenado hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Merrifield fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Goldschmidt strikes out.
Bottom 5 Carlson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Santana hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Perez hits a line drive into left field. O'Neill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merrifield tags and scores.
Top 5 There goes Merrifield. The throw from Knizner and he is safe. Merrifield steals third.
Top 5 Lopez bunts towards the mound. Lester fields it and throws to first for the out. Merrifield moves to second.
Top 5 Merrifield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lester hits a popup towards third. Alberto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Knizner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bubic fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. Bader moves to third. DeJong moves to second.
Bottom 4 DeJong is hit by the pitch. Edman moves to third. Bader moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bader takes first base on ball four. Edman moves to second.
Bottom 4 Edman takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bubic hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. DeJong fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Alberto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Arenado fields it and throws to second for the out. Dozier scores. Olivares moves to third.
Top 4 Taylor hits a line drive beyond second. Edman can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Santana scores. Dozier moves to third. Olivares moves to second.
Top 4 Olivares is hit by the pitch. Dozier moves to second.
Top 4 Dozier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Santana moves to third.
Top 4 Santana hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 3 O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Arenado hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lester moves to third.
Bottom 3 Goldschmidt hits a fly ball into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carlson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alberto fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lester hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 3 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Bader settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Merrifield hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bubic hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Alberto hits a line drive into right field. Carlson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Knizner strikes out.
Bottom 2 DeJong hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alberto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Bader is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Arenado fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Olivares hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dozier hits a popup towards third. Arenado settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Edman strikes out.
Bottom 1 O'Neill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Arenado hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Goldschmidt strikes out.
Bottom 1 Carlson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Santana hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeJong fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Carlson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Merrifield hits a fly ball into right field. Carlson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.