St. Louis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos
May 9, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 2004 at Stade Olympique. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 1 1 0
Edmonds cf 3 2 2 3
Pujols 1b 4 1 2 2
Lankford lf 3 0 1 0
Renteria ss 4 0 1 0
Porter rf 4 0 0 0
Luna 3b 3 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
McKay c 3 0 0 0
Carpenter p 2 1 1 0
  Rolen 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Chavez cf 4 0 0 0
Vidro 2b 4 0 3 1
Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0
Wilkerson 1b 4 1 1 1
Batista 3b 4 0 0 0
Sledge lf 3 0 0 0
Rivera rf 3 0 0 0
Schneider c 3 1 1 0
Vargas p 1 0 0 0
  Fikac p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Cepicky ph 1 0 0 0
  Tucker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
St. Louis 000 203 000580
Montreal 001 100 000250
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  W (3-1) 8.0 4 2 2 0 4
  Isringhausen  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
0
5
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Vargas  L (2-2) 5.0 5 5 5 3 6
  Fikac   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Cordero   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Tucker   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 2.  HR–St. Louis Pujols (9,4th inning off Vargas 1 on, 1 out); Edmonds (7,6th inning off Vargas 2 on, 0 out), Montreal Wilkerson (4,4th inning off Carpenter 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–2.  SH–Vargas (2,off Carpenter).  Team–3.  CS–Luna (1,2nd base by Vargas/Schneider); Lankford (1,2nd base by Vargas/Schneider).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–2:24.  A–12,301.
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