Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 31, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2003 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 0 0
Wilson J. ss 5 1 1 0
Giles lf 4 1 2 3
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0
Simon 1b 4 0 0 0
  Young 1b 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 2 0
Wilson C. rf 4 1 1 0
Nunez 2b 3 0 2 1
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Wells p 3 0 0 0
  Beimel p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Reboulet 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Cairo 2b 5 0 0 0
Drew rf 4 1 2 1
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
Pujols lf 3 1 3 2
Edmonds cf 2 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 0 0
Matheny c 4 0 0 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,rf 1 1 1 0
  Taguchi pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 013 000 000490
St. Louis 100 100 010362
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (2-2) 5.0 3 2 2 3 1
  Beimel   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Tavarez   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Sauerbeck   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Williams  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (7-1) 8.0 9 4 2 1 5
  Fassero   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
1
6

  E–Rolen (4), Renteria (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Nunez (2,off Williams), St. Louis Pujols 2 (18,off Wells,off Boehringer); Palmeiro (4,off Tavarez).  HR–Pittsburgh Giles (5,3rd inning off Williams 2 on, 0 out), St. Louis Drew (5,1st inning off Wells 0 on, 1 out); Pujols (15,4th inning off Wells 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Pujols (3,by Wells); Rolen (4,by Boehringer).  IBB–Edmonds (5,by Boehringer).  SB–Renteria (7,2nd base off Wells/Kendall).  HBP–Wells (3,Pujols); Boehringer (1,Rolen).  IBB–Boehringer (2,Edmonds).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:56.  A–43,789.
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