St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
July 26, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 2001 at Wrigley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 3 1 1 0
Polanco 3b 4 0 1 0
Pujols rf 4 0 1 1
McGwire 1b 4 2 2 2
Edmonds cf 4 0 0 0
Paquette lf 3 0 0 0
  Lankford ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 3 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 1 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 2 0 0 0
DeShields lf 3 0 0 0
Sosa rf 3 0 0 0
Coomer 1b 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
Matthews cf 3 0 0 0
Cairo 3b 4 0 1 1
Machado c 3 0 0 0
Tapani p 2 0 2 0
  Girardi ph 1 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
St. Louis 000 101 001360
Chicago 010 000 000151
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (3-0) 7.0 5 1 1 3 5
  Christiansen   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Veres   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Kline  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  L (8-8) 7.0 4 2 1 0 7
  Van Poppel   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
1
8

  E–Gutierrez (12).  2B–St. Louis Pujols (22,off Tapani), Chicago Gutierrez (15,off Smith); Coomer (9,off Smith).  HR–St. Louis McGwire 2 (16,4th inning off Tapani 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Van Poppel 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Matthews (3,off Smith); Young (9,off Smith).  IBB–Sosa (27,by Smith).  IBB–Smith (3,Sosa).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:30.  A–38,549.
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