Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 9, 2003 Box Score

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

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Atlanta Braves 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 0 2 0
Giles 2b 4 0 1 0
Sheffield rf 4 1 2 0
Jones C. lf 4 0 1 1
Jones A. cf 2 0 0 0
Fick 1b 4 0 1 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Blanco c 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ph,c 2 0 0 0
Reynolds p 2 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hart 2b 4 0 1 0
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 0
Pujols lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Rolen 3b 2 1 0 0
Renteria ss 2 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 2 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Perez rf 3 1 2 1
  Robinson rf 0 0 0 0
Widger c 3 0 1 1
Stephenson p 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Cairo lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 25 3 6 2
Atlanta 000 001 000171
St. Louis 010 010 01x360
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (9-6) 6.0 5 2 2 3 1
  King   2.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
3
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stephenson  W (6-11) 7.1 6 1 1 3 1
  Kline   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen  SV (10) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
4

  E–Fick (10).  DP–Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1.  2B–Atlanta Sheffield (26,off Stephenson), St. Louis Perez (12,off Reynolds).  SH–Renteria (3,off Reynolds); Stephenson (6,off Reynolds).  SB–Sheffield (15,2nd base off Isringhausen/Widger).  CS–Martinez (1,3rd base by Reynolds/Blanco).  WP–King (4), Isringhausen (5).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:28.  A–47,692.
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