Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 8, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2002 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Chicago Cubs 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hill 2b 4 0 2 0
Patterson cf 3 0 0 0
  Bellhorn ph 1 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 0 1 0
Alou lf 3 0 0 0
Choi 1b 3 1 1 1
Orie 3b 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
Wood p 2 0 1 0
  McGriff ph 1 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 3 0 2 0
Robinson lf 3 0 1 1
Edmonds cf 4 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0
Marrero rf 4 0 0 0
DiFelice c 3 1 1 0
Delgado ss 4 1 2 2
Simontacchi p 3 1 2 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Chicago 000 000 100160
St. Louis 001 100 01x390
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Wood  L (10-9) 7.0 8 2 2 2 10
  Borowski   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
3
11
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simontacchi  W (10-5) 8.0 4 1 1 1 4
  Kline  SV (4) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  PB–Hundley (6).  2B–Chicago Orie (1,off Simontacchi), St. Louis Delgado (1,off Borowski).  HR–Chicago Choi (1,7th inning off Simontacchi 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Delgado (1,4th inning off Wood 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Robinson (2,off Wood).  WP–Wood (8).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:32.  A–45,265.
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