St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
July 28, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 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 7, Chicago Cubs 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 6 2 3 0
Polanco 3b 5 1 1 1
Pujols rf 5 1 3 3
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 1
Edmonds cf 4 0 3 1
Paquette lf 4 1 1 1
  Hackman p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Renteria ss 5 0 1 0
Matheny c 5 0 0 0
Benes p 3 0 1 0
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Bonilla ph 1 0 1 0
  Robinson pr,lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 42 7 16 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Fyhrie p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews cf 1 0 0 0
DeShields lf 5 0 0 0
Sosa rf 3 2 1 1
Stairs 1b 4 1 1 0
Gutierrez ss 2 1 1 0
Tucker cf 1 0 0 1
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 3 0 1 1
Hundley c 2 0 0 0
  Cairo ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Wood p 2 0 0 0
  Machado ph,c 2 0 1 1
Totals 30 4 5 4
St. Louis 100 011 1307161
Chicago 000 201 100451
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes   5.0 2 3 3 6 5
  Matthews   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Veres  W (1-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Hackman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kline  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
7
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood   6.0 9 3 3 2 9
  Van Poppel   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Fyhrie  L (0-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Fassero   0.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Heredia   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
4
10

  E–Veres (2), Sosa (3).  2B–St. Louis Vina (22,off Wood); Andy Benes (3,off Wood); Pujols (23,off Fassero), Chicago Machado (6,off Matthews).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (25,5th inning off Wood 0 on, 2 out); Paquette (9,6th inning off Wood 0 on, 0 out); McGwire (17,7th inning off Van Poppel 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Sosa (35,7th inning off Veres 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Polanco (4,by Wood).  IBB–McGwire (2,by Fassero); Cairo (1,by Matthews).  SH–Tucker (6,off Matthews).  SF–Coomer (4,off Andy Benes).  SB–Edmonds (4,2nd base off Wood/Hundley); Robinson (4,2nd base off Heredia/Machado).  CS–Pujols (3,2nd base by Wood/Hundley).  HBP–Wood (9,Polanco).  IBB–Matthews (4,Cairo); Fassero (3,McGwire).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Matt Hollowell.  T–3:38.  A–40,266.
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