St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
May 21, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 2004 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Chicago Cubs 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 1 1
Lankford lf 5 1 3 1
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 1 2
Edmonds cf 4 1 1 1
Rolen 3b 4 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 1 1 0
Sanders rf 3 1 1 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Taguchi lf 0 0 0 0
Matheny c 4 1 1 1
Carpenter p 3 0 1 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
  Porter rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 4 2 1 1
Barrett c 5 2 2 2
Alou lf 5 1 1 3
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0
Hollandsworth rf 4 0 1 0
Lee 1b 4 0 1 0
Patterson cf 4 0 2 0
Martinez ss 4 0 0 0
Mitre p 2 0 1 0
  Wellemeyer p 0 0 0 0
  Macias ph 1 1 1 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Dubois ph 1 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
St. Louis 040 030 0007101
Chicago 101 010 3006112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  W (5-1) 6.0 8 3 3 0 4
  Kline   0.0 1 2 2 0 0
  Eldred   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  King   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Isringhausen  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
0
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Mitre  L (2-3) 5.0 10 7 7 1 3
  Wellemeyer   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
1
7

  E–Lankford (2), Barrett (2), Lee (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Lankford (8,off Mitre); Renteria (7,off Mitre); Matheny (11,off Mitre), Chicago Mitre (1,off Carpenter).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (11,5th inning off Mitre 1 on, 0 out); Edmonds (10,5th inning off Mitre 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Barrett 2 (7,1st inning off Carpenter 0 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Carpenter 0 on, 0 out); Walker (5,5th inning off Carpenter 0 on, 1 out); Alou (12,7th inning off Eldred 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Walker (2,by Kline).  Team–6.  SB–Renteria (4,3rd base off Mitre/Barrett); Sanders (9,2nd base off Mitre/Barrett); Lankford (2,2nd base off Mitre/Barrett).  WP–Mitre 2 (5).  HBP–Kline (1,Walker).  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Paul Emmel, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:44.  A–39,298.
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