Diamondbacks rally in ninth to edge Cardinals
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09/03/2008 -
Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adam Dunn's RBI double capped a two-run ninth
inning as Arizona recovered from a three-run deficit to nip St. Louis, 4-3, in
the rubber match of a three-game set.
Stephen Drew greeted Chris Perez (2-2) with a leadoff triple. David Eckstein
lofted a soft fly to short right, then Conor Jackson bounced a single through
the drawn-in infield to tie the game.
Dunn stepped in and laced a double to the wall in right, which scored Jackson
easily ahead of a relay throw for the game-winning score.
"The first hit to Drew, it was a good pitch, low and away, he put a good swing
on it and drove it in the gap," said Perez. "Conor Jackson, made a good pitch,
it was low, missed my spot, I was trying to go away, but it came back over,
but it was still low. The last one to Dunn was probably the worst pitch at the
time, it was right over the middle."
The hit made a winner of Chad Qualls (4-8), who hurled a scoreless final
inning. Starter Doug Davis allowed eight hits and three runs over six innings.
Jackson had two hits and drove in two runs for the D-Backs, who took two of
three in the series and moved two games ahead of second-place Los Angeles in
the NL West. The Dodgers host San Diego later Wednesday.
"I tell you guys every day, it's one of those things," Drew said. "Every game
counts, every at-bat counts as you see today, you play 27 outs, play it hard,
at the end of the day we hope we come out on top, but you never know in
baseball."
Troy Glaus hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals, who have dropped five of
six. Kyle Lohse turned in six frames of five-hit shutout ball, fanning seven
for St. Louis. He also finished 2-for-2 and collected an RBI double.
Down by three and held scoreless by Lohse, the D-Backs finally put together a
rally in the seventh.
Facing Kyle McClellan, pinch-hitter Augie Ojeda doubled and pinch-hitter
Miguel Montero walked. Drew was retired on a grounder to second, but both
runners moved up. Eckstein walked to load the bases, and Cesar Izturis made a
great fielding play on Jackson's grounder to get a force at second, but Ojeda
scored to make it 3-1.
Ron Villone entered the game and uncorked a wild pitch with Dunn at the plate
to score Montero and move Eckstein to second. Dunn eventually walked and
Villone gave way to Jason Motte, who struck out Mark Reynolds to end the
inning.
Motte turned Arizona aside in the eighth, retiring three in a row after Chad
Tracy's leadoff single. The Cardinals couldn't hold on in the home ninth,
however.
Glaus' 23rd homer of the season gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead in the third. It
was also the 300th career home run for the hard-hitting outfielder.
St. Louis tacked on another run in the sixth when Felipe Lopez reached on an
infield single and scored on Lohse's line double to right.
Game Notes
Glaus has hit 182 HRs with the Angels (1998-2004), 37 with Arizona (2005), 58
with Toronto (2006-07) and 23 this season with St. Louis...The D-Backs have
won five of the last six meetings dating back to last season...Dunn also
walked twice, his base on balls in the seventh upped his major-league best
total to 107...Drew's triple was his 11th of the season, tying him for second
in the NL with Fred Lewis of the Giants...Perez was also saddled with a blown
save, his third this year.
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
 Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
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Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.
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