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Tensions on high!!
Second game against Cubs proves to be an entertaining one

St. Louis, MO -- It's so young in the season and tensions between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs are already on the rise. Both teams were on the verge of clearing the benches when the umpires intervened after the cubs threw, and hit, back to back Cardinals batters.

"It's completely trash, it's bush league and they try anything like that for the rest of the season they can expect some trouble," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said after the game.

"Matheny has always been a whiner, he was a whiner when he was behind the plate and he was a whiner when he was at bat. If he personally guarantees some kind of 'trouble' I'm man enough to take him out if the benches clear," responded Dale Sveum, the Cubs manager, after the game.

The game wasn't a close one as the Cardinals took the lead on back to back home runs by Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman in the first inning. Every time the Cubs would score, the Cardinals would answer back in a fashion that showed they were the dominant team, a good turn around from the home opener loss last night.

Carlos Beltran had the best game from the plate for the Cardinals going 3-5 with 2 RBI's and 2 runs after a slow start to the season so far for him. On the mound Jaime Garcia grabbed his second win of the year backed by a good offense after he gave up 3 runs and only struck out 3 Cubs batters.

In the other dugout Aflonso Soriano finally broke out of his slump, going 3 for 4 with 2 runs and 1 RBI including his first home run and double for the year. Randy Wells went 4 innings for the Cubs giving up 6 runs in the loss.

The Cubs and Cardinals close out an interesting series tomorrow.

Alfonoso Soriano kick starts a slow year with a home run


Yadier Molina gets beaned sparking tensions for both teams


Matt Holliday blasts a 2 run home run to take the lead

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
Apr 14, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (4-5)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	12	1
St. Louis (4-5)	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	X	8	10	0
W: Jaime Garcia (2-0) L: Randy Wells (0-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CHC	STL
STL	1st	Holliday homered to right, Beltran scores.	0	2
STL	1st	Berkman homered to right.	0	3
CHC	2nd	Soriano homered to left.	1	3
STL	4th	Freese doubled on a ground rule double, Craig scores.	1	4
STL	4th	Beltran grounded to right for a single, Molina and Freese score.	1	6
CHC	5th	LaHair homered to right.	2	6
CHC	6th	Soto grounded to center for a single, Soriano scores.	3	6
STL	6th	Schumaker reached third on a fielding error by Johnson, Garcia and Beltran score.	3	8

Chicago Cubs
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Johnson, CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	.310
DeWitt, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.273
Castro, SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	.069
Soriano, LF	4	2	3	1	0	0	.129
Soto, C	4	0	2	1	0	1	.250
Byrd, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.156
Baker, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.375
LaHair, 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	.407
Wells, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Barney, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217
DeJesus, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.278
Stewart, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.400
BATTING 2B: Soriano (1) HR: LaHair (2), Soriano (1) RBI: LaHair (2), Soriano (1), Soto (6) GIDP: DeWitt, Johnson
FIELDING E: Johnson (1)

Chicago Cubs
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Wells	4.0	6	6	6	0	3	9.31
Volstad	2.0	3	2	0	0	2	0.00
Coleman	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0.00

St. Louis Cardinals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Beltran, CF	5	2	3	2	0	1	.297
Schumaker, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.207
Holliday, LF	4	1	2	2	0	2	.286
Berkman, 1B	4	1	1	1	0	2	.333
Craig, RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.161
Molina, C	3	1	1	0	0	0	.406
Freese, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	2	.258
Furcal, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.219
Garcia, P	3	1	1	0	0	1	.200
Jay, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
BATTING 2B: Holliday (3), Freese (2), Molina (4) HR: Holliday (2), Berkman (3) RBI: Beltran 2 (4), Holliday 2 (4), Berkman (7), Freese (3) HBP: Craig, Molina
BASERUNNING SB: Beltran (6)

St. Louis Cardinals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Garcia	7.0	9	3	3	0	3	3.00
McClellan	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0.00
Salas	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00