St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
August 31, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2002 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 10, Chicago Cubs 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 1 1 0
Renteria ss 4 1 1 0
Edmonds cf 5 2 2 2
Drew rf 4 2 3 1
Rolen 3b 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 3 1 0 1
Marrero lf 3 1 2 4
Matheny c 3 0 0 0
Benes p 2 1 1 1
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 0 0 0 1
  Crudale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 11 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hill 2b 5 1 3 1
Patterson cf 5 0 1 1
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
Echevarria 1b 2 0 1 1
Alou rf 3 0 1 0
Bellhorn ss 4 0 1 1
Brown lf 5 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 3 1 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 0 0
Bere p 1 0 0 0
  Cunnane p 1 2 1 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Hermansen ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
St. Louis 016 100 11010111
Chicago 000 013 000490
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (4-4) 5.0 3 1 1 6 3
  Kline   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Crudale   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
7
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  L (1-10) 4.0 7 8 7 2 3
  Cunnane   3.0 1 1 1 0 5
  Farnsworth   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Alfonseca   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
10
9
4
9

  E–Renteria (15).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Hundley (4).  2B–St. Louis Drew (18,off Bere); Rolen (26,off Alfonseca), Chicago Hill (3,off Benes); Echevarria (4,off Crudale).  HR–St. Louis Marrero (12,3rd inning off Bere 3 on, 2 out); Benes (1,4th inning off Bere 0 on, 0 out); Edmonds (25,7th inning off Cunnane 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Matheny (7,off Farnsworth).  SF–Perez (2,off Bere); Robinson (1,off Farnsworth); Echevarria (4,off Benes).  HBP–Drew (6,by Cunnane).  HBP–Cunnane (1,Drew).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–3:05.  A–37,639.
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