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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
St. Louis 7, Arizona 6
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, July 9, 2011
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Alfonso Marquez, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Ed Rapuano
Attendance: 42745

Pinch-hitter Tony Cruz hit a walk-off double in the ninth inning to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-6 come-from-behind win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.

Albert Pujols hit a game-tying two-run homer in the eighth and finished with three RBIs for St. Louis, which avoided a season-high fourth straight home loss by rallying from a 5-1 deficit.

Lance Berkman led off the ninth with a single off Joe Patterson (0-3). Two batters later, Cruz ripped a 1-2 fastball into the right-center field gap.

St. Louis trailed 6-3 heading into the eighth, but Jon Jay scored when All-Star center fielder Justin Upton misplayed a popup by Ryan Theriot. Pujols, who had been 1-for-12 since returning from the disabled list, later tied it at 6 by drilling a 1-1 fastball from Yhency Brazoban off the overhang in left field.

It was Pujols’ first homer since June 19, the same day he suffered a fractured left wrist.

Fernando Salas (5-2) pitched a perfect ninth to earn the win.

Pitcher Daniel Hudson had two RBIs, and Chris Young, Kelly Johnson and Ryan Roberts each drove in a run for Arizona, which fell to 5-4 on a 10-game road trip.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   St. Louis
Daniel Hudson Player Chris Carpenter
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 9
3.60 ERA 6.00
Hitting
Arizona   St. Louis
Daniel Hudson Player Albert Pujols
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 3
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 11 0 14 .324 20 5 5 4 1 3
St. Louis 15 1 22 .385 23 6 5 5 0 1