Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 2, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 2002 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Nunez ss 4 1 3 3
Brown cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Giles lf 3 1 1 1
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 1
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Wilson 1b 4 1 2 0
  Benjamin pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Mackowiak rf 3 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 1 0 0 0
  Young ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Osik c 4 0 2 0
Reese 2b 3 2 0 0
Benson p 2 0 0 0
  Hermansen cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 0 0 0
Robinson cf 3 1 1 0
  Perez ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Drew rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Pujols lf 4 1 1 2
Martinez 1b 4 0 3 0
Renteria ss 3 0 1 0
Polanco 3b 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 3 0 1 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
Morris p 3 0 1 0
  Simontacchi pr 0 0 0 0
  Stechschulte p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Pittsburgh 101 000 120591
St. Louis 000 200 000280
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson   5.2 7 2 2 1 3
  Lowe  W (2-2) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Williams  SV (17) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (7-4) 7.0 7 3 3 4 4
  Stechschulte   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
  Isringhausen   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
6
5

  E–C Wilson (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Nunez (10,off Morris); C Wilson (8,off Isringhausen).  HR–Pittsburgh Giles (14,1st inning off Morris 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Pujols (11,4th inning off Benson 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Ramirez (6,off Morris).  HBP–C Wilson (4,by Stechschulte).  SB–C Wilson (1,2nd base off Morris/Matheny); Reese (3,3rd base off Morris/Matheny); Hermansen (4,2nd base off Morris/Matheny).  CS–Martinez (1,2nd base by Benson/Osik).  HBP–Stechschulte (1,C Wilson).  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:56.  A–37,243.
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