Arizona Diamondbacks vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 23, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 2002 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Arizona Diamondbacks 1, St. Louis Cardinals 13

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Womack ss 4 0 2 0
  Bell ss 0 0 0 0
Spivey 2b 5 1 2 1
Durazo 1b 2 0 0 0
  Mantei p 0 0 0 0
  Overbay ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 2 0 0 0
  McCracken rf 2 0 1 0
Finley cf 2 0 1 0
  Little ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Miller c 3 0 0 0
  Koplove p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Colbrunn 1b 1 0 0 0
Dellucci rf,lf 3 0 0 0
  Jose ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Donnels 3b 0 0 0 0
  Cintron ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Helling p 1 0 0 0
  Barajas c 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 1 1 1
  DiFelice ph,c 0 0 0 0
Marrero lf,rf 6 2 4 3
Edmonds cf 2 1 1 0
  Taguchi ph,cf 1 2 1 1
Pujols 3b 5 2 3 2
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Crudale p 0 0 0 0
  Molina p 0 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 1 1 0
  Perez ph,1b,3b 1 0 1 1
Drew rf 2 0 0 1
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Cairo ph,3b,2b 2 1 1 1
Renteria ss 4 1 2 2
  Delgado ss 1 0 0 0
Matheny c 3 1 1 1
  Cruz ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Wright p 2 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 3 1 1 0
Totals 41 13 18 13
Arizona 100 000 000162
St. Louis 000 120 100x13181
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Helling  L (9-12) 5.0 7 3 3 3 6
  Koplove   1.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Swindell   0.0 6 5 5 0 0
  Mantei   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
18
13
13
5
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  W (7-13) 5.0 3 1 1 5 3
  Fassero   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Kline   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Crudale   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Molina   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
7
8

  E–Durazo (7), McCracken (1), Renteria (19).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Marrero 2 (19,off Helling,off Swindell); Martinez (25,off Helling); Pujols 2 (39,off Helling,off Swindell).  HR–Arizona Spivey (14,1st inning off Wright 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Drew (4,off Helling).  IBB–Matheny (6,by Helling); Martinez (9,by Helling).  WP–Koplove (1).  IBB–Helling 2 (6,Matheny,Martinez).  U-HP–Andrew Fletcher, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Martin Foster, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:16.  A–30,568.
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