Cards hold off Royals in makeup game - STLtoday.com
John Lackey and Kansas City’s Chris Young, who were to have been the opposing pitchers on June 14 when the scheduled game was rained out, were matched again in the replay and Lackey had the better of it, tossing his eighth consecutive quality... And, after a rough end to his first half, Trevor Rosenthal, telling manager Mike Matheny he was ready to pitch for a third straight night, scored his third save in those three nights, reaching the 30-mark for the second year in successio n. He’s... Rosenthal allowed an infield hit to Alex Rios, a run-scoring triple by Omar Infante and a four-pitch walk to Jarrod Dyson to start the ninth. After a visit to the mound by Matheny, Dyson was allowed to take second as Rosenthal concentrated on hitters. First, Rosenthal struck out rookie Dusty Coleman, hitless in five big-league at-bats. Then he got Alcides Escobar to ground to third baseman Matt Carpenter. Carpenter had just enough time and space to cut down a sliding Infante at the plate as catcher Yadier Molina, who applied the tag, moved up the line to take the throw and expedite the process. Carpenter said, “Yadi is calling pitches down in the zone trying to get a ground ball. Source: www.stltoday.com
