Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 18, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2004 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Lopez ss 5 1 1 0
Jimenez 2b 4 1 1 0
Casey 1b 4 0 1 3
Dunn lf 4 0 1 1
Pena cf 4 1 1 1
Bragg rf 3 0 1 0
LaRue c 4 1 2 0
Castro 3b 4 1 1 0
Hancock p 2 0 0 0
  Norton p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Anderson 2b 5 0 1 1
Walker rf 3 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 5 0 2 1
Rolen 3b 3 1 1 1
Edmonds cf 3 0 1 0
Renteria ss 4 1 2 0
Mabry lf 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 3 1 1 0
  Womack ph 1 1 1 1
Williams p 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Simontacchi p 0 0 0 0
  Sanders ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Cincinnati 220 010 000590
St. Louis 000 110 002490
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hancock  W (3-1) 6.2 5 2 2 3 3
  Norton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  White   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Graves  SV (37) 1.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (9-7) 6.0 9 5 5 1 11
  King   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Simontacchi   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
13

  E–None.  PB–Matheny (2).  2B–Cincinnati Jimenez (19,off Williams); Dunn (24,off Williams); Castro (18,off Williams); Bragg (2,off Williams), St. Louis Renteria 2 (30,off Hancock,off Graves); Pujols 2 (35,off Hancock,off Wagner).  3B–St. Louis Womack (2,off Graves).  HR–Cincinnati Pena (22,5th inning off Williams 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Rolen (29,4th inning off Hancock 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hancock (1,off Williams); Williams (4,off Hancock).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  WP–Wagner (4).  U-HP–Darren Spagnardi, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–2:58.  A–35,960.
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