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2009 Central League Champions
Night to forget in NY
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Mets 11, Cardinals 0
Brad Thompson allowed five runs on eight hits over five-plus innings. (Frank Franklin II/AP)
By Matthew Leach / MLB.com
Right-hander Brad Thompson was touched for five runs over five-plus innings and didn't strike out a batter, and the Cardinals couldn't get anything going with the bats against Mets starter Fernando Nieve as they dropped the third game of the four-game series at Citi Field.
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Series at a glance:
STL
St. Louis (40-33)
Lost 1 		NY Mets 11, St. Louis 0   NYM
NY Mets (36-34)
Won 1
June 24, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
St. Louis
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 4 2
NY Mets
 1 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 X   11 16 0
Standings thru 6/24/09  |  Recap: STL | NYM  |  Gameday  |  Cardinals stats  |  Mets stats
St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schumaker, 2B 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .300
  Perez, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Hawksworth, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rasmus, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .265
Pujols, 1B 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .325
  Greene, T, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Ankiel, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .233
Duncan, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .247
Greene, K, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .210
LaRue, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .267
Thompson, B, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143
  Miller, T, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Kinney, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Thurston, PH-2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222
Ryan, Br, SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .317
Totals 31 0 4 0 4 8 14  

a-Struck out for Kinney in the 7th.

BATTING
TB: Schumaker; LaRue; Ryan, Br 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ankiel 3; Rasmus.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Rasmus (3, fielding), Thurston (8, throw).
DP: 4 (Ryan, Br-Schumaker-Pujols 2, Ryan, Br-Pujols, Greene, K-Thurston-Greene, T).
 
NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Cora, SS 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 .272
Castillo, L, 2B 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 .283
  Reyes, A, 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Wright, D, 3B 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 .356
  Misch, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Hernandez, L, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .120
  Parnell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Church, RF 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 .283
Tatis, LF-1B-3B 4 1 2 3 0 0 3 .256
Martinez, F, CF 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 .174
Evans, N, 1B 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 .500
  Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Murphy, Dn, PH-1B 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .249
Schneider, C 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .246
Nieve, P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
  a-Reed, PH-LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .293
Totals 37 11 16 11 1 0 14  

a-Singled for Nieve in the 6th. b-Hit a sacrifice fly for Stokes in the 7th. c-Grounded into a double play for Misch in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Wright, D (22, Thompson, B), Church 2 (14, Thompson, B, Perez, C), Schneider (5, Kinney).
HR: Evans, N (1, 4th inning off Thompson, B, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Castillo, L; Reyes, A; Wright, D 5; Church 5; Tatis 2; Evans, N 5; Schneider 2; Nieve; Reed.
RBI: Church 2 (18), Tatis 3 (16), Evans, N 2 (2), Schneider 2 (15), Martinez, F (6), Murphy, Dn (24).
2-out RBI: Evans, N 2; Schneider 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cora.
SF: Murphy, Dn.
GIDP: Tatis; Castillo, L 2; Hernandez, L.
Team RISP: 8-for-13.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Wright, D (19, 3rd base off Kinney/LaRue).
 
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Thompson, B (L, 2-3) 5.0 8 5 5 1 0 1 4.50
Miller, T 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.84
Kinney 0.2 4 2 2 0 0 0 10.80
Perez, C 0.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 4.37
Hawksworth 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.40
 
NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Nieve (W, 3-0) 6.0 3 0 0 4 5 0 1.31
Stokes 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.25
Misch 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.31
Parnell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.82

Thompson, B pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
Perez, C pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

WP: Perez, C.
Pitches-strikes: Thompson, B 66-41, Miller, T 2-2, Kinney 20-14, Perez, C 11-6, Hawksworth 34-24, Nieve 108-67, Stokes 13-10, Misch 9-6, Parnell 10-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Thompson, B 13-2, Miller, T 1-0, Kinney 1-1, Perez, C 0-0, Hawksworth 4-2, Nieve 4-9, Stokes 1-0, Misch 1-1, Parnell 1-2.
Batters faced: Thompson, B 21, Miller, T 1, Kinney 6, Perez, C 3, Hawksworth 8, Nieve 25, Stokes 4, Misch 3, Parnell 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Miller, T 1-0, Kinney 1-1, Hawksworth 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Mike DiMuro. 1B: Ron Kulpa. 2B: Dale Scott. 3B: Jerry Meals.
Weather: 70 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:50.
Att: 39,689.
June 24, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner