Giants vs. Cardinals Score: Live Blog with Play-By-Play of Action from Game 4

Oct 18, 2012 07:29 PM EDT

FINAL SCORE 8-3 Cardinals.... Take Cardinals take 3-1 lead in the series!

 POP UP TO FIRST! CARPENTER IS THERE!!! 3 OUTS! Game Over

2 OUTS Pence at bat--

1 OUT Sanchez soft tapper to first base

1 OUT Sandoval at bat-- SANDOVAL WITH A TWO-RUN BOMB!

Scutaro reaches on double.... Posey moves him over to third on grounder

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Carpenter at bat-- flies out

Jay at bat-- Strike out

Javy Lopez pitching

================MIDDLE OF 8TH==================

2 OUTS Pagan with the popup to left field

1 OUT Fly out to center

Salas in to pitch... Strikes out Huff

-----------------------END OF THE 8TH-------------------

3 OUTS

Kozma at bat with even count--- SINGLE TO LEFT!

Two outs for Cardinals --- Wild pitch.. Molina moves to third...

Mota removed from game

0 OUTS Freese at bat-- FULL COUNT-- K's

0 OUTS Craig at 1st-- Molina at bat-- double down the line! Craig scores on Blanco bobble

Craig at bat-- Mota with some chin-music, then he sends a liner down to third... Sandoval lays out, saves a double.. Cannot make accurate thrown

3 OUTS========MIDDLE of 7TH====================

2 OUT Blanco grounds to first!

1 OUT Pence at bat-- popout to right

Sanchez at bat-- Wainwright still pitching--- retired on 2-3

---------------------END OF THE 6TH-------------------------

2 OUTS Mota pitching.. Holliday at bat-- popup... Giants get out of it

1 OUT Carpenter at bat-- retired... Bochy goes to the bullpen

1 OUT Runners on 2nd & 3rd Jay at bat-- DOUBLE!! DRIVES IN 2!

0 OUTS Wainwright at bat-- 3-0 the count!-- Gets bunt down!

0 OUTS Kozma at bat-- 1-1 the count--- Kozma reaches on single

Descalso reaches on single

===================MIDDLE OF THE 6TH==========

3 OUTS! SANDOVAL CHASES! Grounder to 2nd

2 OUTS Sandoval big cut 0-1 the count ...1-2 the count! Everybody stands up in St. Louis!

Giants threaten with runners on corners and Sandoval at bat

----------------END OF THE 5th----------------------------------

Freese grounds out

Lincecum removed from the game

2 OUTS Molina at bat--0-2 the count--- 2-2 count-- SINGLE up the middle!! 

1 OUT Craig at bat-- 1-2 at bat-- STRIKES OUT LOOKING!!!

Pagan trapped the ball in the outfield...Avoided it from rolling to the wall as he was in shallow center

1 OUT Holliday at bat-- liner to center... PLAY AT THE PLATE!!! Sanchez cannot Handle! CARPENTER SAFE!

1 OUT Carpenter lines down into center

Jay grounds to short

========================MIDDLE OF THE 5TH================

2 OUTS Crawford at bat-- BALL IN THE DIRT! Strikes out swinging!
2-0 the count .... 2-2 the count... 

1 OUT Blanco at bat-- Retired

Pence at bat (HR in first at bat)-- Pence groundout to 2B

--------------------------------END OF THE 4TH---------------------------

2 OUTS Wainwright-- FULL COUNT-- Grounder to 3rd

1 OUT Kozma at bat-- 2-1 the count--- STRIKES OUT LOOKING!

Descalso flies out-- 

=========================MIDDLE of 4TH===================

2 OUTS Sanchez-- STRIKES OUT LOOKIN!!

Sandoval take huge cuts! 0-2 the count--- groundball out

Posey with weak fly to right 1 OUT

------------------------------------END OF THE THIRD---------------------------

2 OUTS Freese at bat-- grounder to third... great scoop by Posey

Molina at bat-- SENDS IT DEEP!! PAGAN LEAPS IN FRONT OF THE WALL AND BRINGS IT DOWN!!! Saved at least a triple... Yes. A triple even with Molina running

Craig with grounder--- 1 OUT

======================MIDDLE OF 3rd=============

2 OUTS Scutaro-- grounds it back to Wainwright
1-1 the count 

2 OUTS Pagan at bat-- TRIPLE TO RIGHT CENTER!

1 OUT Lincecum at bat-- STRIKEOUT LOOKING!

Crawford at bat-- fly to center
1-0 takes a ball
2-0 misses inside 

3 OUTS-----------------------------------------END of the 2nd-----------------------

2 OUTS Holliday at bat--- MEETING ON THE MOUND-- HE GETS A HOLD OF ONE! Blanco catches the ball at the warning track

2 OUTS Carpenter at bat-- WALKS

1 OUT Jay at bat-- flyout to center

E5---- Kozma thrown out at 2nd..... Wainwright at bat--- WALKS

0 OUTS.... Sandoval cannot handle hard grounder

===============MIDDLE OF THE 2nd===================

3 OUtS after Blanco fly ball

2 OUTS Pence at bat-- WOW! BOMB! Linedrive shot over the left field bullpen

1 OUT Sanchez at bat-- strikeout looking

Sandoval at bat--- Looking to hit it out--- Count 0-2-- Flyball to right center OUT!

------------------------------------------END OF THE 1st--------------------------

2 OUTS Descalso at bat- K's in three pitches

2 OUTS-- Freese at bat-- single to left 

1 OUT Molina at bat-- Runner on 1st --- FLYOUT TO CENTER
pickoff at 1st 

0 OUTS Runners on 1st & 3rd Craig at bat-- FULL COUNT! SAC FLY scores Craig
0-2 quickly  
Now 2-2 the count 

0 OUTS Holliday at bat-- drops the curve... UP THE MIDDLE! 
1-0 fifth straight ball thrown by Lincecum 

0 OUTS-- Yesterday's hero- M. Carpenter at bat-- WALKS on four straight

Jay at bat-- single to center
1-0 high and away
1-1 right at the knees and away

======================MIDDLE of the 1st===================

2 OUTS Posey at bat-- Liner to center ... WAINWRIGHT'S CURVE IS POPPING!
1-1 the count 

1 OUT Scutaro at bat-- popout to shallow right field
2-2  

Pagan at bat-- PAGAN SWINGS OVER THE PITCH! UMP SAYS HE TIPPED IT! (Bad call) Still hitting--------- Grounds out to SHORT
0-1
0-2 Swing and a miss!  

ADAM WAINWRIGHT ON THE MOUND!

Giants
1. Pagan CF
2. Scutaro 2B
3. Posey 1B
4. Sandoval 3B
5. Sanchez C
6. Pence RF
7. Blanco LF
8. Crawford SS
9. Lincecum P 

Cardinals Lineup
1. Jay CF
2. Carpenter 1B
3. Holliday LF
4. Craig RF
5. Molina C
6. Freese 3B
7. Descalso 2B
8. Kozma SS
9, Wainwright P 

Lineups coming up....

----------- THEY ARE SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM--------------

The San Francisco Giants will go into St. Louis and play Game 4 of the NLCS down 1-2 in the series.

The Cardinals defeated the Giants yesterday with heroics from their right fielder replacement Matt Carpenter.

They lost Carlos Beltran after the first inning. Carpenter got took the field in the top of the second and then homered in the third to give the Cardinals the 2-1 lead in the game and they added a run in the bottom of the seventh.

Jason Mott recorded the first two-inning save of his career. He came in the eighth and retired the Giants without a problem. Then in the ninth inning he finished closing the door for the win.

For the Giants' sake, they hope Adam Wainwright can have a similar pitching performance to that from Game 5 against the Washington Nationals.

Wainwright exited in the third inning and had the Cardinals in a 0-6 hole. The Cardinals were able to persevere and return from the deficit.

On the mound for the Giants will be their former ace Tim Lincecum who they hope can be the pitcher of old who won back-to-back Cy Young Awards. He has pitched pretty well in the postseason and even won a game as a reliever against the Cincinnati Reds.

The action begins at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT.

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