Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 2003 at Busch Stadium II. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Izturis ss 5 0 2 2
Cora 2b 5 0 2 0
Green rf 4 1 1 0
Lo Duca 1b 4 1 1 0
Hermansen lf 5 1 1 1
  Ruan cf 0 0 0 0
Cabrera cf,lf 4 0 1 1
Beltre 3b 3 1 1 0
Ross c 2 2 2 2
Ishii p 2 0 0 0
  Shuey p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Gagne p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hart 2b 4 1 1 1
Edmonds cf 4 0 1 0
Pujols lf 4 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 2 2
Perez rf 5 1 1 0
Renteria ss 3 1 1 0
Martinez 1b 3 1 0 0
Matheny c 2 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Widger c 0 0 0 0
Tomko p 1 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 1
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
  Drew ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 4
Los Angeles 001 500 0006110
St. Louis 001 102 100560
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Ishii  W (8-3) 5.1 4 4 4 5 6
  Shuey   1.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Quantrill   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Martin   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Gagne  SV (31) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
8
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  L (5-6) 6.0 8 6 6 3 2
  Kline   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Eldred   1.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Isringhausen   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
5
7

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Los Angeles Hermansen (1,off Tomko); Green (28,off Kline), St. Louis Edmonds (25,off Ishii).  HR–Los Angeles Ross (5,3rd inning off Tomko 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Rolen (17,7th inning off Shuey 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ishii (8,off Tomko).  IBB–LoDuca (4,by Kline).  SB–Cabrera (5,2nd base off Eldred/Matheny); Hart (1,2nd base off Ishii/Ross); Renteria (22,2nd base off Ishii/Ross).  CS–Izturis (3,2nd base by Tomko/Matheny).  WP–Ishii (6).  BK–Ishii (1).  IBB–Kline (5,LoDuca).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:15.  A–32,325.
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