Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. St. Louis Cardinals infielder Matt Carpenter refuses to cool down at the plate. The 29-year-old struck again Thursday against the Indians, hitting a two-run homer in the eighth inning. Up to that point, both sides had been engaged in quite the pitcher's duel. Michael Wacha gave St. Louis five solid innings, giving up one run on five hits. He struck out seven and walked two during the outing. He was matched by Trevor Bauer, who allowed one run over 7 1/3 innings. Bauer struck out 10 and walked three. Trouble began right after Bauer was removed from the contest. With one out in the eighth, Bauer walked Peter Bourjos. Since he had already thrown 110 pitches, Bauer was taken out at that point. Marc Rzepczynski then came on to face Carpenter. On the fourth pitch of the at-bat, Carpenter belted a two-run shot to center, giving the Cardinals the lead. Seth Maness and Trevor Rosenthal would keep the Cleveland Indians off the board in the eighth and ninth innings, giving St. Louis the...
Matt Carpenter’s late home run leads Cardinals to victory
Published May 15, 2015 at 12:35 AM
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