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Arizona Diamondbacks (94-62) at St. Louis Cardinals (92-64), 1:40 p.m.
Match-Up | Line-Up
Probable Starting Pitchers: Arizona - Curt Schilling (23-6, 3.02) St. Louis - Garrett Stephenson (1-5, 6.08)
(Sports Network) - With one final opportunity to strengthen his case for winning the NL Cy Young award, Curt Schilling takes the mound for the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks today in the finale of a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals in a battle between first-place clubs at Busch Stadium.
Arizona manager Bob Brenly made the decision to start Schilling today once the San Francisco Giants won last night. Since the Giants are just three games behind the D'backs in the NL West standings, Brenly wanted to have his best pitcher on the mound.
Schilling did some damage to his Cy Young hopes in his last start, when he was ripped for eight earned runs on 14 hits over 7 1/3 innings in a 9-4 loss at Colorado. He had been 2-0 in his previous three starts, after allowing eight runs through 22 innings.
The veteran righthander lost his only start against the Cardinals this season. On April 17, he yielded six runs on nine hits over six innings in an 8-4 loss. For his career, Schilling is 5-8 with a 4.44 ERA.
In 16 starts on the road this year, he has gone 12-2 with a 2.98 ERA.
Countering for the Cards is Garrett Stephenson, who is 0-3 in his last six outings. The 30-year-old righthander has made two relief appearances in his last two outings, working two scoreless innings. He last started on September 2, and surrendered five runs on nine hits over 4 1/3 frames in a 5-3 loss to Cincinnati.
Stephenson faces the Diamondbacks for the first time this season. Lifetime, he is 2-1 with a 4.00 ERA versus Arizona.
At home, Stephenson is 1-3 with a 5.60 ERA in seven games (six starts).
In Tuesday's game, Edgar Renteria singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Cardinals edged the Diamondbacks, 3-2. J.D. Drew snapped an 0-for-22 slump with a solo homer for the Cardinals, who have already won the National Central Division title and will likely face Arizona when the NLDS gets underway next week.
Junior Spivey was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Diamondbacks, who have lost five straight. However, Arizona clinched a postseason berth with Los Angeles' 1-0 loss to Colorado on Tuesday. The D'backs have a magic number of three to seal the NL West over San Francisco, which defeated San Diego. Arizona is three games ahead of the Giants with five games remaining for both teams.
Arizona received bad news earlier Tuesday, when it was announced that All-Star leftfielder Luis Gonzalez will miss the rest of the season, including the playoffs, with a separated left shoulder. Gonzalez suffered the injury Monday night in a collision in left field .
Albert Pujols still needs four RBI to become the first player since Joe DiMaggio to have 260 RBI in his first two seasons.
Mike Fetters (3-3) was dealt the loss, allowing one run in two-thirds of an inning. John Patterson started for Arizona and allowed just one hit, while striking out eight and walking two in six scoreless frames.
Jason Isringhausen (3-2) blew a save in the ninth, but wound up posting the victory. Andy Benes pitched seven scoreless innings, surrendering four hits and two walks, while striking out four.
St. Louis leads the season series, 3-2. Arizona is 43-37 on the road this season, including 2-6 on a current nine-game trip, while St. Louis brings a 48-28 home record into this contest.
Match-Up | Line-Up
Probable Starting Pitchers: Arizona - Curt Schilling (23-6, 3.02) St. Louis - Garrett Stephenson (1-5, 6.08)
(Sports Network) - With one final opportunity to strengthen his case for winning the NL Cy Young award, Curt Schilling takes the mound for the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks today in the finale of a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals in a battle between first-place clubs at Busch Stadium.
Arizona manager Bob Brenly made the decision to start Schilling today once the San Francisco Giants won last night. Since the Giants are just three games behind the D'backs in the NL West standings, Brenly wanted to have his best pitcher on the mound.
Schilling did some damage to his Cy Young hopes in his last start, when he was ripped for eight earned runs on 14 hits over 7 1/3 innings in a 9-4 loss at Colorado. He had been 2-0 in his previous three starts, after allowing eight runs through 22 innings.
The veteran righthander lost his only start against the Cardinals this season. On April 17, he yielded six runs on nine hits over six innings in an 8-4 loss. For his career, Schilling is 5-8 with a 4.44 ERA.
In 16 starts on the road this year, he has gone 12-2 with a 2.98 ERA.
Countering for the Cards is Garrett Stephenson, who is 0-3 in his last six outings. The 30-year-old righthander has made two relief appearances in his last two outings, working two scoreless innings. He last started on September 2, and surrendered five runs on nine hits over 4 1/3 frames in a 5-3 loss to Cincinnati.
Stephenson faces the Diamondbacks for the first time this season. Lifetime, he is 2-1 with a 4.00 ERA versus Arizona.
At home, Stephenson is 1-3 with a 5.60 ERA in seven games (six starts).
In Tuesday's game, Edgar Renteria singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Cardinals edged the Diamondbacks, 3-2. J.D. Drew snapped an 0-for-22 slump with a solo homer for the Cardinals, who have already won the National Central Division title and will likely face Arizona when the NLDS gets underway next week.
Junior Spivey was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Diamondbacks, who have lost five straight. However, Arizona clinched a postseason berth with Los Angeles' 1-0 loss to Colorado on Tuesday. The D'backs have a magic number of three to seal the NL West over San Francisco, which defeated San Diego. Arizona is three games ahead of the Giants with five games remaining for both teams.
Arizona received bad news earlier Tuesday, when it was announced that All-Star leftfielder Luis Gonzalez will miss the rest of the season, including the playoffs, with a separated left shoulder. Gonzalez suffered the injury Monday night in a collision in left field .
Albert Pujols still needs four RBI to become the first player since Joe DiMaggio to have 260 RBI in his first two seasons.
Mike Fetters (3-3) was dealt the loss, allowing one run in two-thirds of an inning. John Patterson started for Arizona and allowed just one hit, while striking out eight and walking two in six scoreless frames.
Jason Isringhausen (3-2) blew a save in the ninth, but wound up posting the victory. Andy Benes pitched seven scoreless innings, surrendering four hits and two walks, while striking out four.
St. Louis leads the season series, 3-2. Arizona is 43-37 on the road this season, including 2-6 on a current nine-game trip, while St. Louis brings a 48-28 home record into this contest.
CURT SCHILLING CAREER VS. CARDINALS
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Curt Schilling 21 18 4 1 125.2 118 67 62 14 37 106 5 8 0 0 0 4.44
CARDINALS BATTERS CAREER VS. CURT SCHILLING
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
Jim Edmonds 10 8 5 1 0 2 6 0 1 2 1 12 0 1.500 .700 2.200 .625
Scott Rolen 7 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 .667 .571 1.238 .500
Albert Pujols 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.167 .500
Fernando Vina 22 21 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13 0 .619 .455 1.074 .429
Mike Matheny 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 .625 .444 1.069 .375
Miguel Cairo 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .375 .375 .750 .375
Eli Marrero 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.333 .333 1.667 .333
Edgar Renteria 25 25 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 9 1 .360 .280 .640 .280
J.D. Drew 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 .250 .333 .583 .250
Tino Martinez 13 13 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 5 0 .385 .154 .538 .154
So Taguchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Kerry Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Eduardo Perez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mike DiFelice 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Wilson Delgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ivan Cruz 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
GARRETT STEPHENSON CAREER VS. DIAMONDBACKS
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Garrett Stephenson 5 3 1 1 27.0 27 13 12 1 6 16 2 1 0 0 0 4.00
DIAMONDBACKS BATTERS CAREER VS. GARRETT STEPHENSON
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
David Dellucci 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000
Mark Grace 18 18 9 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 12 0 .667 .500 1.167 .500
Tony Womack 16 16 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 .688 .438 1.125 .438
Luis Gonzalez 21 19 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 12 0 .632 .429 1.060 .421
Craig Counsell 10 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 .500 .400 .900 .400
Steve Finley 12 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 .500 .333 .833 .333
Erubiel Durazo 10 9 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 6 0 .667 .400 1.067 .333
Greg Colbrunn 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .667 .333 1.000 .333
Danny Bautista 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .333 .533 .200
Matt Williams 8 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .167 .250 .417 .167
Damian Miller 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .167 .286 .452 .167
Jay Bell 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .143 .286 .143
Junior Spivey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lyle Overbay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chad Moeller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Quinton McCracken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mark Little 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Felix Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chris Donnels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Alex Cintron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rod Barajas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Curt Schilling 21 18 4 1 125.2 118 67 62 14 37 106 5 8 0 0 0 4.44
CARDINALS BATTERS CAREER VS. CURT SCHILLING
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
Jim Edmonds 10 8 5 1 0 2 6 0 1 2 1 12 0 1.500 .700 2.200 .625
Scott Rolen 7 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 .667 .571 1.238 .500
Albert Pujols 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .500 .667 1.167 .500
Fernando Vina 22 21 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13 0 .619 .455 1.074 .429
Mike Matheny 9 8 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 .625 .444 1.069 .375
Miguel Cairo 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .375 .375 .750 .375
Eli Marrero 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.333 .333 1.667 .333
Edgar Renteria 25 25 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 9 1 .360 .280 .640 .280
J.D. Drew 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 .250 .333 .583 .250
Tino Martinez 13 13 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 5 0 .385 .154 .538 .154
So Taguchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Kerry Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Eduardo Perez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mike DiFelice 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Wilson Delgado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ivan Cruz 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
GARRETT STEPHENSON CAREER VS. DIAMONDBACKS
Pitcher G GS CG ShO IP H R ER HR BB K W L Hd S BS ERA
Garrett Stephenson 5 3 1 1 27.0 27 13 12 1 6 16 2 1 0 0 0 4.00
DIAMONDBACKS BATTERS CAREER VS. GARRETT STEPHENSON
Batter PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K TB DP SLG OBP OPS AVG
David Dellucci 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.000
Mark Grace 18 18 9 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 12 0 .667 .500 1.167 .500
Tony Womack 16 16 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 .688 .438 1.125 .438
Luis Gonzalez 21 19 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 12 0 .632 .429 1.060 .421
Craig Counsell 10 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 .500 .400 .900 .400
Steve Finley 12 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 .500 .333 .833 .333
Erubiel Durazo 10 9 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 6 0 .667 .400 1.067 .333
Greg Colbrunn 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .667 .333 1.000 .333
Danny Bautista 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .333 .533 .200
Matt Williams 8 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .167 .250 .417 .167
Damian Miller 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .167 .286 .452 .167
Jay Bell 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .143 .286 .143
Junior Spivey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lyle Overbay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chad Moeller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Quinton McCracken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mark Little 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Felix Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chris Donnels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Alex Cintron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rod Barajas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
