Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 17, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 2000 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ojeda 2b 4 1 1 1
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Grace 1b 2 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 1 0
  Zuleta ph 1 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 1 3 1
Reed c 3 0 1 0
Matthews cf 3 0 0 0
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
Wood p 2 0 0 0
  Gload ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Drew rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Paquette 2b 3 0 0 0
  McGwire ph 1 0 0 0
  Polanco 2b 0 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 3 0 1 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 0
Tatis 3b 1 2 0 0
Perez lf 4 1 1 0
  Saturria rf 0 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 1 0
Matheny c 2 0 0 1
Kile p 1 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 4 1
Chicago 001 000 100271
St. Louis 010 000 03x440
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood   6.0 2 1 1 6 8
  Worrell  L (3-4) 1.2 2 3 0 2 2
  Farnsworth   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
4
1
8
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (19-9) 8.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Christiansen   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Morris  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
9

  E–Sosa (8).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Clark (12,off Worrell).  HR–Chicago Ojeda (2,3rd inning off Kile 0 on, 1 out); Andrews (13,7th inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Matheny (4,off Wood).  IBB–Tatis (1,by Worrell); Matheny (8,by Worrell).  CS–R Brown (1,2nd base by Kile/Matheny); Sosa (4,2nd base by Kile/Matheny).  IBB–Worrell 2 (8,Tatis,Matheny).  U-HP–Rob Drake, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–2:59.  A–46,910.
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