ST. LOUIS (AP) ó Rick Ankiel scored from second on the Philadelphia Phillies’ second error at first base in the 10th inning, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 7-6 victory Sunday.
The game was marred by a potentially serious injury to Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina in the ninth. Molina was removed on a stretcher and wearing a neck brace after getting run over on a tag play in the top of the inning. Molina was taken to a hospital for evaluation of neck and back pain.
Ankiel reached with two outs on Chase Utley’s wild throw to reliever Tom Gordon, who was covering the bag. After Troy Glaus singled, Gordon (5-4) again had to cover the bag on Chris Duncan’s grounder between first and second. He missed the ball as he ran across the base.
Skip Schumaker homered and doubled to wrap up a seven-hit series and Glaus added a two-run shot for his sixth homer of the month. Anthony Reyes (2-1) worked a perfect 10th.
Ankiel doubled off the left-field wall, tripled off the right-field wall and had an RBI for the Cardinals, who took the three-game series after getting routed 20-2 on Friday.