Dodgers Win Opener, Beat Cardinals 5-3
The Dodgers drew first blood in the NLCS, winning the opener 5-3 against Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals.
| Final - 10.7.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 12 | 0 |
The Dodgers drew first blood in the NLCS, winning the opener 5-3 against Chris Carpenter and the Cardinals.
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A look at the first game of the NLDS
The Dodgers and Cardinals have announced their rosters for the NLDS.
A preview of the Dodgers / Cardinals series
The Dodgers have announced their pitching rotation for the NLDS as well as the game one lineup
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| LA Dodgers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Schumaker, 4,8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Brendan Ryan, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Albert Pujols, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Holliday, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Ryan Ludwick, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Yadier Molina, C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Mark DeRosa, 3B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| Colby Rasmus, CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Troy Glaus, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Blake Hawksworth, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mitchell Boggs, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rick Ankiel, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Chris Carpenter, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Dennys Reyes, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kyle McClellan, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Trever Miller, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Julio Lugo, 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Carpenter (L, 0-1) | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 105-62 |
| Dennys Reyes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3-3 |
| Kyle McClellan | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 17-7 |
| Trever Miller | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6-3 |
| Blake Hawksworth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 18-11 |
| Mitchell Boggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 20-7 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Furcal, SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| Matt Kemp, CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Andre Ethier, RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Manny Ramirez, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| James Loney, 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Casey Blake, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Ronnie Belliard, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 |
| Orlando Hudson, pr,4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Russell Martin, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Randy Wolf, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Weaver, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Juan Pierre, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ronald Belisario, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jim Thome, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Hong-Chih Kuo, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| George Sherrill, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jonathan Broxton, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 6 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Wolf | 3.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4.91 | 0 | 82-46 |
| Jeff Weaver (W, 1-0) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 18-14 |
| Ronald Belisario (, 0-0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11-8 |
| Hong-Chih Kuo (, 0-0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 25-17 |
| George Sherrill (, 0-0) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8-5 |
| Jonathan Broxton (S, 0-0; S,1) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 17-12 |