St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
September 8, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2004 at PetCo Park. The San Diego Padres 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

St. Louis Cardinals 5, San Diego Padres 10

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Taguchi cf 4 2 2 2
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
  McKay ph,c 0 1 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 0 2 1
Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0
  Cali p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Lankford ph,lf 0 0 0 1
Sanders lf 4 0 1 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
Mabry rf,3b 4 0 0 0
Luna 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 2 0 0 0
  Anderson ph,2b 2 1 1 1
Morris p 1 1 1 0
  Haren p 1 0 0 0
  Cedeno rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Burroughs 3b 5 0 0 0
Robinson cf,lf 2 1 0 0
  Nady ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Giles rf 4 2 1 0
Nevin 1b 5 2 3 3
Klesko lf 3 2 2 2
  Payton cf 1 1 1 0
Greene ss 2 1 0 1
Vazquez 2b 3 0 1 1
Ojeda c 3 0 3 1
Wells p 2 0 0 2
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Linebrink p 0 0 0 0
  Ashby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 10 12 10
St. Louis 002 000 030570
San Diego 034 000 30x10121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (15-9) 2.0 5 7 7 3 0
  Haren   4.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Cali   0.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Reyes   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Flores   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
10
10
4
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (10-7) 7.0 4 2 2 0 6
  Stone   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Linebrink   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Ashby   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
0
7

  E–Burroughs (14).  DP–St. Louis 1, San Diego 1.  2B–St. Louis Pujols (40,off Stone), San Diego Klesko (28,off Morris); Giles (24,off Morris); Ojeda (3,off Haren).  HR–St. Louis Taguchi (3,3rd inning off Wells 1 on, 1 out); Anderson (7,8th inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Nevin (23,2nd inning off Morris 0 on, 0 out); Klesko (7,3rd inning off Morris 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Lankford (4,off Linebrink); Greene (8,off Cali).  HBP–McKay (2,by Stone); Nady (1,by Flores).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Vazquez (4,off Morris); Wells (7,off Haren).  IBB–Ojeda (1,by Morris).  Team–6.  HBP–Flores (1,Nady); Stone (5,McKay).  IBB–Morris (3,Ojeda).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–2:41.  A–34,277.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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