Greene delivers with eighth-inning bomb, Cards win 6-5

Tyler Greene (27) and Yadier Molina (4) celebrating together
following Greene's go-ahead bomb in the bottom of the eighth
inning that was the game-winner in St. Louis' 6-to-5 win.

In a night that was filled with everything that a baseball fan would love to see--especially at Busch Stadium inside "Baseball Heaven", Tyler Greene hit a clutch game-winning two-run home run in the bottom half of the eighth inning, Jason Motte locked down San Diego in the ninth inning, and the first-place Saint Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres 6-to-5 on Monday night.

Starting pitcher Jaime Garcia pitched seven solid innings of baseball, but ended up recieving a no-decision following a go-ahead RBI from the Padres' Jesus Guzman off of bullpen pitcher Marc Rzepczynski that gave the Padres' the lead in the top half of the eighth-inning--which led to the events of the hit off of the bat of Tyler Greene.

Nick Hundley put the Padres up on top early in the second inning when he scored a sacrafice fly to centerfield that scored Yonder Alonso from third base. Following the runs from San Diego, the scoring was at a minimum as it was scoreless until the bottom half of the seventh.

The Cardinals finally got the party tree of runs started in the seventh when leadoff man Rafael Furcal drove in the hero of the night, Greene, with a single. Matt Carpenter then drove in Jaime on a ground out.

Jaime Garcia didn't recieve the win in tonight's thrilling ballgame
against the Padres, but he once again pitched another good game.

Clayton Richard pitched a stellar game for San Diego tonight as well. He allowed two runs on seven hits in seven and one-third innings with three strikeouts and just one walk. Cashner, who allowed the two-run bomb to Greene in the eighth, got his second blown save on the season and recieved the lost for San Diego, who fell to 16-27 on the season.

Jason Motte pitched an inning and a third, blowing the save opportunity, but getting his third win on the season. The save was blown when Matheny inserted Motte with two outs in the top of the eighth inning which resulted in an RBI single from Guzman. The save was his third blown thus far.

The Cardinals racked out nine hits against the Padres' pitching staff and with the win the team improved to 23-19 overall on the season. The two teams will play game number two tomorrow night at the same place and same time.