Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 20, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 2001 at Busch Stadium II. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 2 3 0
Sosa rf 5 2 3 6
White lf 4 0 1 0
  Dunwoody pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Coomer 3b,1b 5 1 3 0
Zuleta 1b 4 1 1 0
  Cairo 3b 1 0 0 0
Matthews cf 4 1 2 3
Machado c 2 0 0 0
Tavarez p 2 1 0 0
  Stairs ph 1 0 0 0
  Duncan p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 0 1 0
Polanco 3b 5 2 3 0
Edmonds cf 4 0 2 1
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 1
Pujols rf 4 1 1 0
Lankford lf 3 0 1 1
Renteria ss 4 0 1 0
Matheny c 4 0 1 0
Matthews p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 0
  Stechschulte p 0 0 0 0
  Clapp ph 1 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Hackman p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Paquette ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 36 4 11 4
Chicago 030 000 4029130
St. Louis 100 001 0024110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tavarez  W (5-4) 7.0 8 2 2 3 5
  Duncan   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Gordon   1.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Matthews  L (2-3) 4.0 6 3 3 0 4
  Stechschulte   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  James   0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Christiansen   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Hackman   1.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Kline   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
3
7

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Chicago White (15,off Christiansen); Matthews (5,off Hackman), St. Louis Renteria (6,off Tavarez); Polanco (8,off Gordon).  3B–St. Louis Pujols (2,off Tavarez).  HR–Chicago Matthews (6,2nd inning off Matthews 2 on, 0 out); Sosa 2 (23,7th inning off Christiansen 3 on, 1 out,9th inning off Hackman 1 on, 0 out), St. Louis Paquette (6,9th inning off Gordon 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Machado (1,off Hackman).  HBP–Machado (1,by Matthews); Lankford (2,by Duncan).  SF–McGwire (1,off Tavarez).  SB–Lankford 2 (3,2nd base off Tavarez/Machado,2nd base off Duncan/Machado); Edmonds (2,2nd base off Gordon/Machado).  HBP–Duncan (2,Lankford); Matthews (2,Machado).  U-HP–Mike Fichter, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Justin Klemm, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–3:20.  A–41,968.
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