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Padres force Game 4By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
Faced with the possibility of their 2006 season ending, the Friars turned to their best road pitcher, Chris Young, and he didn't let them down.
Young, who improved to 7-0 away from PETCO Park, tossed 6 2/3 shutout innings with nine strikeouts, while Russell Branyan collected a key two-run double. Complete story >
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Padres 3, Cardinals 1
 Chris Young kept San Diego's season alive with an impressive performance in Game 3. (Charlie Riedel/AP) |
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Cards can't close it outBy Matthew Leach / MLB.com
Back at Busch Stadium with the chance to sweep the Padres, the Redbirds were held off the scoreboard until So Taguchi's pinch-hit homer in the eighth, and could not rally late to clinch the NLDS. One bright spot was the 'pen, which shut the door after Jeff Suppan yielded three runs in 4 1/3 innings. Complete story >
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| San Diego | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Roberts, LF | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .545 |
| Walker, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 |
| Hoffman, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Giles, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| Piazza, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .111 |
| Embree, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Linebrink, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Barfield, PH-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Gonzalez, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| Cameron, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .200 |
| Branyan, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Greene, SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 |
| Blum, SS-3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .167 |
| Young, P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Bowen, C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 28 | |
a-Walked for Linebrink in the 9th.
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BATTING
2B: Cameron (1, Suppan), Branyan (1, Suppan), Blum (1, Hancock), Piazza (1, Flores).
TB: Roberts 3; Piazza 2; Gonzalez 2; Cameron 2; Branyan 2; Blum 2; Bowen.
RBI: Branyan 2 (2), Blum (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Young; Cameron 2; Walker 2; Greene; Blum 2.
S: Roberts.
SF: Blum.
GIDP: Walker.
Team LOB: 14.
BASERUNNING
SB: Roberts (1, 2nd base off Suppan/Molina).
PO: Piazza (1st base by Molina).
FIELDING
DP: 2 (Branyan-Walker-Gonzalez, Blum-Walker-Gonzalez).
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| St. Louis | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Eckstein, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Duncan, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| Johnson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Thompson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pujols, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .417 |
| Edmonds, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .300 |
| Rolen, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .091 |
| Encarnacion, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 |
| Belliard, 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Molina, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 |
| b-Spiezio, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Bennett, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Suppan, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Hancock, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| a-Miles, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Flores, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Looper, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| c-Taguchi, PH-LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |
a-Popped out for Hancock in the 6th. b-Struck out for Molina in the 7th. c-Homered for Looper in the 8th.
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BATTING
2B: Belliard (1, Young).
HR: Taguchi (1, 8th inning off Linebrink, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Eckstein 2; Belliard 3; Taguchi 4.
RBI: Taguchi (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rolen; Edmonds; Spiezio.
GIDP: Molina; Pujols.
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING
SB: Eckstein (1, 2nd base off Young/Piazza).
FIELDING
E: Duncan (1, fielding), Molina (1, throw).
DP: (Suppan-Eckstein-Pujols).
Pickoffs: Molina (Piazza at 1st base).
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| San Diego | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Young (W, 1-0) | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Embree (H, 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Linebrink (H, 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Hoffman (S, 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
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IBB: Edmonds (by Young), Blum (by Suppan).
Pitches-strikes: Young 102-63, Embree 7-4, Linebrink 19-12, Hoffman 7-6, Suppan 82-41, Hancock 35-19, Flores 11-4, Looper 18-12, Johnson 12-6, Thompson 14-10.
Ground outs-fly outs: Young 3-8, Embree 0-0, Linebrink 3-0, Hoffman 1-1, Suppan 5-4, Hancock 2-2, Flores 1-0, Looper 3-2, Johnson 0-0, Thompson 0-1.
Batters faced: Young 25, Embree 1, Linebrink 4, Hoffman 3, Suppan 21, Hancock 8, Flores 3, Looper 6, Johnson 3, Thompson 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Embree 1-0, Hancock 2-0, Looper 2-0, Thompson 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Gorman. 1B: Greg Gibson. 2B: Wally Bell. 3B: Marty Foster. LF: Gerry Davis. RF: Bill Welke.
Weather: 66 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 11 mph, R to L.
T: 3:33.
Att: 46,634.
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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