Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 16, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2003 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 1
Gonzalez ss 4 2 2 0
O'Leary rf 4 0 2 1
Alou lf 4 1 2 1
Choi 1b 4 0 0 0
Patterson cf 4 0 2 1
Bellhorn 3b 3 1 0 0
Bako c 3 0 1 0
Clement p 2 0 0 0
  Wellemeyer p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 3 2 3 3
Drew rf 4 2 2 2
Pujols lf 4 0 1 1
  Robinson lf 0 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 4 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 2 1 1 0
Matheny c 3 1 0 0
Williams p 1 1 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 8 7
Chicago 110 011 000492
St. Louis 210 022 00x780
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Clement  L (2-5) 6.0 8 7 6 1 6
  Wellemeyer   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (5-0) 8.0 9 4 4 3 6
  Eldred  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
6

  E–Patterson (2), Clement (2).  2B–St. Louis Vina (10,off Clement); Rolen (15,off Clement).  HR–St. Louis Drew (3,5th inning off Clement 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Clement (4,off Williams); Williams 2 (3,off Clement 2).  HBP–Grudzielanek (2,by Williams); Vina (8,by Clement); Matheny (1,by Clement); Martinez (5,by Clement).  SF–Rolen (1,off Clement).  CS–Grudzielanek (2,2nd base by Williams/Matheny).  HBP–Clement 3 (5,Vina,Matheny,Martinez); Williams (3,Grudzielanek).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Matt Hollowell, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:36.  A–42,589.
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