>> joe: the makers of bayer aspirin are proud to donate $200,000 to the american red cross on behalf of the fast relief challenge. presented here tonight in st. louis, game four, as hector sanchez, the catcher leads it off. 0-2 with two strike-outs against wainwright. go back out there for the seventh. 6-1 st. louis. breaking ball. went around on a pitch outside. strike two.

>> tim: how many times have you said that tonight? "breaking ball and he went around." >> joe: tried to hold up and he could not. >> joe: that is foul, right in the direction of ken rosenthal. how about wainwright tonight here in game four? >> ken: well, he has been great, joe. it goes back to game five of the division series. if you remember, he fell behind 6-nothing. he was very upset with his performance last night. that night. thrilled that the teammates got him obviously off the hook. and he was one of the guys that pops up as they came back against the nationals. for him, after missing all of last season it has to be gratifying just to be back in this position. >> joe: yes. ken, and that start, and that win and go on and lose and go home start against the nationals, in game five he went 2-1/3 allowed six runs, seven hits. after being pretty good in

game one, including ten strike-outs. 5-2/3. >> tim: also three home runs for the nationals in the 2-1/3. >> joe: still 0-2 on hector sanchez leading off the seve seventh. breaking ball strikes out sanchez for the third time tonight. strikeout number five. here in game four for wainwright. geico in-game box score for the giants. pagan has done his part with a triple, single. he has played a great center. scutaro has a hit. pence, solo home run in top of the second to make at it 2-1 game and the cardinals have scored four unanswered. since then. and lead 6-1. here is pence.

ball one. >> joe: after the home run for hunter, he grounded out in the fifth leading off. giants had a chance last inning down by three, put two on. pence was trying to unload on that one from wainwright. one ball, one strike. >> tim: for the most part, with wainwright tonight, he has done it with two pitches. fastball, curveball. occasional changeup. >> joe: curveball again. >> tim: he's putting on a clinic of curveballs tonight. >> joe: that one misses down and away. adam was a first round pick by atlanta, he grew up in georgia. he was traded to st. louis.

and jason marquee. j.d. drew and morern december of 2003. came up with the cardinals in 2005. 19-game winner, 20-game winner this last year with tommy johns. so he missed the entire march through october. the memorable world series against the rangers and he is hoping to help his team get back there. wainwright now a starter again. experienced the world series at the front end of the night. pence pops it to right. in comes allen craig. bases empty. blanco the hitter. wainwright tries to get

through seven. for the cardinals, they have not had the starter, extend themselves to games much. heavy reliance on the good young bullpen. strike. 0-1. >> joe: pitch number 96 on the night is grounded to first. fair. that will end the top of the seventh. wainwright has been outstanding here tonight in game four. take a break. come back, bottom of the seventh. cardinals come back leading by five. hey, put your game face on,

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a great listen. allen craig is first up. bottom of the seventh inning. he has a sac fly for rbi. 0-2. the rbi, his first of the l.c.s. he came in the first. he needs a new bat. >> tim: yeah. i think this ball hit the end of the bat. some of those bats, most of them as a matter of fact are bored out at the end. yep. it chipped it right on the end. turn that bat over. it's almost like champagne bottle. >> joe: jack white could use that as a guitar pick. make guitars out of tin cans. did "meet nein st. louis" i believe, if memory serves. here is craig with an 0-1

count. allen is right-fielder tonightbe. with the knee injury yesterday to beltran. craig went to right tonight. carpenter got the start at first. cardinals. strike two. >> tim: behind that curveball for the most part of adam wainwright. davisteve horn and i were talkig between innings and steve suggested that the curveball might be making a comeback this year. the more i think about it, the more i think he is dead on. >> joe: that got the attention of craig. up and in. the count 2-2. >> tim: allen, glad this pitch is not dead on. out of the way in time. out of harm's way.

>> joe: the count two balls, two strikes. with the heart beating quicker for allen craig. he hits it fair. diving and the throw drops on the other end by posey. [ applause ] craig is on to start the seventh. base hit. >> tim: the first hit of the series for craig, as he hooks it down the line. but sandoval just had too much to do. and not enough time to do it. fine play to prevent a double. but the throw to first is in the dirt. and it's pulled buster posey off the bag. >> joe: sandoval working over that piece of gum, able to spit on his way down to the ground and the rollover before he pops up. and fires one on a couple of hops to posey. it looked like craig might have beaten it if posey come

up with it cleanly anyway. >> tim: right. >> joe: molina. one on, nobody out. good fastball. strike one. >> tim: we're talking about the curveballs and how it may have made a comeback. think about the guys who have had success throwing that pitch. namely, justin verlander of the tigers. doug fister. talk about a 1-2 punch, whoever wins here will have to face in the world series. starting next wednesday. >> joe: the 0-1 to molina. that is low. affeldt the left-hander getting loose. david freese on deck. then descalso. >> tim: clayton kershaw, the dodgers with an excellent curveball. we have seen one of the best we've seen all year tonight out of adam wainwright. >> joe: trevor rosenthal is getting loose. coming in to pitch in the eighth.

2-1. a lot of pitchers and pitching coaches went away from the curveball for a while because they didn't think they could get it called a strike. you mention some great guys with great pitchers with tremendous curveballs. >> tim: over the top curves. >> joe: here is the 2-1 from mota. slow. the count 3-1. hole can't get any deeper for the giants who already trail by five. and will have to make a comeback if they are going to do it against the cardinal bullpen, which has been fantastic. >> joe: 3-1. hard hit. base hit. fair. past third. on the way down in to the corner. craig will round third and

score. on an rbi double by yadier molina. it's 7-1. >> tim: that was a good play by jose oquendo, the third base coach. that ball crushed down the left-field line. but because gregor blanco had a tough time coming up with the ball, jose oquendo had to wait to wave allen craig around third. and he scores rather easily. there it is right there. he waited, wave in. cardinals score their seventh run. >> joe: molina gets his first extra base hit. over his last 13 games.

two rbis on the night. two out of four. here is david freese. nobody out. in the bottom of the seventh. freese 1 for 3 tonight. cardinals have their highest run total of the l.c.s. that almost hit freese. after craig got one earlier this inning, up and in. >> joe: 2-0. now salas joins rosenthal. the end of the night for

wainwright. he goes 7, allows one run on just four hits. struck out five. walked nobody. home run to pence. >> tim: four base runners for the giants through seven. >> joe: 2-1 now the count on freese. >> joe: 3-1. >> joe: assuming that's it, might not be. >> tim: this game is not a nail-biter for the cardinals. six-run lead. >> joe: seven strong innings from wainwright. started to talk about coming

back from tommy john and innings limit. hot topic this year in baseball. with what went on with strasburg in washington. being shut down at 159. full count on david freese. >> joe: salas alone with ken rosenthal taking a seat in the bullpen. >> joe: 3-2. >> tim: kind of an old story right now. it wonder how many baseball fans in the washington area are asking themselveses that question. could we have beaten the cardinals with stephen strasburg starting? it's a reasonable question.

it will never be answered. cardinals coming back from six runs down in game five to beat the nats. >> joe: nobody out in this seventh inning. now freese needs a new bat. >> joe: so while david gets a new bat we tell you the game is sponsored by -- >> joe: it's been a long at-bat for david freese. mota trying to put him away. lefty affeldt in the bullpen. left-handed hitting descalso

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>> joe: fox sports proud to support boys and girls clubs of america. a place where youth can reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. to learn more visit greatfutures.org/foxsports. affeldt in the game. descalso, the first to face him. runner at second. one out. st. louis up by six in the seventh. nice block by sanchez to keep molina from going to third. ball one. >> tim: he has made more than a handful behind the plate tonight. i haven't seen a lot of sanchez. but he looks to me with his offensive switch hitter like he will be a good ball player. i can see why the giants are so high on him. >> joe: problem for him is he is blocked. >> tim: right. unless you move posey to first base. >> joe: the 1-0. fly ball shallow right.

foul territory. hauled in, in fair territory by scutaro. two out. descalso one for four tonight. pete kozma will be the hitter. >> tim: of course, in coming years if the giants decide to move buster posey to first base, then you waste his arm. he has a good throwing arm, that he is in the right spot now. so that particular skill. it's good to have a backup catcher. how many teams have good backup catchers? disappearing. baseball landscape. >> joe: kozma now with a runner at second. two out. good swing. he gets a big swing. he doesn't get cheated. he has a line drive base hit to left, the last time up. he has been on base twice

tonight. on deck is shane robinson. adam wainwright's night is finished. salas getting ready to come in. ball one inside. >> joe: here is the 1-1. right side, foul ball. strike two. there is robinson who got an rbi with a ground-out. an important rbi for st. louis in game three. yesterday late afternoon. right before the rain delay. which lasted three-and-a-half hours. 1-2, away from sanchez.

he doesn't know where it is. but he's got the lead on the base and sandoval comes in to grab it. count 0-2. wild pitch. >> tim: he has corraled quite a few behind the plate. that ball hit the plate. came up on him. caromed toward the giants' dugout. >> joe: kozma with the count even 2-2. >> joe: runner at third. two outs. another block by sanchez. he has been busy since the start. got in the presence of lincecum on the mound. came in having fun.

>> joe: the last eight starts with tim lincecum. posey getting the start at first. count at 3-2. line drive to left. base hit. kozma has got another rbi. that is his seventh of this post season. it's 8-1. >> tim: pete kozma, only 24 years old. has toiled and labored in seven different minor league cities. including johnson city, tennessee. springfield. cardinal triple-a affiliate memphis. wainwright should smile. >> joe: shane robinson batting for wainwright.

seven innings, one run, four hits. strike one. no walks, five strike-outs. adam wainwright possessed a great curveball, that was on display all night. it was evident in the first inning he had his good stuff. a good bounce back start for wainwright after the rough game five division series start in washington. 0-2 on robinson. 0-4 with an rbi so far this post season is robinson. two runs scoring against mota. he went around. strike-out ends the inning, but not before the cardinals score two runs for the third consecutive inning. lead by seven. what a night for adam wainwright. he got the ball, the start in game four. on his way to a victory.

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