Ryan Vogelsong Halts Cardinals as Giants Tie Series

Players of the Day for Monday, October 15, 2012

American League

Detroit hosts the NY Yankees in game three of the ALCS Tuesday night at 8:07 pm EDT.

National League

NLCS: San Francisco 7 St. Louis 1 - Evening their best-of-seven league championship series at a game apiece, the San Francisco Giants rode the arm of Ryan Vogelsong and the bat of Angel Pagan, who homered to lead off the Giant first, to a game two win over visiting St. Louis.

Ryan Vogelsong

The Giants got all over Cardinal starter Chris Carpenter, dinging him for six hits and five runs (three unearned) over four innings. St. Louis relievers didn't fare much better, as the Giants banged out a total of 12 hits, plating two more in the bottom of the eighth after scoring once in the first and four times in the fourth.

Vogelsong, in just his second post-season start, earned his first playoff win, allowing a sole earned run on four hits and a pair of walks. The 25-year-old hurler fanned four and threw 106 pitches over his seven innings of work.

Jeremy Affelt pitched a perfect eighth and the Cardinals could only muster one hit in the ninth off closer Sergio Romo.

Pivotal game three is scheduled for 4:07 pm EDT, Wednesday afternoon in St. Louis. Matt Cain takes the mound for the Giants. Kyle Lohse gets the start for the Cardinals.