St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 18, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2005 at PNC Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 3 1 1 1
  Nunez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 2 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 0 0
Edmonds cf 3 2 1 2
Sanders lf 5 1 1 0
Taguchi rf 5 1 3 3
Molina c 5 2 3 0
Mulder p 3 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 1 1 1
  Cedeno ph 1 0 1 3
  Journell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 13 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lawton rf 3 0 0 0
Wilson J. ss 4 0 0 0
Bay cf 2 0 0 0
Wilson C. lf 4 0 1 0
Ward 1b 2 1 0 0
Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 0
Wigginton 3b 3 0 0 0
Ross c 3 0 0 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph 1 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Vogelsong p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 2 0
St. Louis 020 000 00911131
Pittsburgh 000 010 000120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mulder  W (1-1) 8.0 2 1 0 3 2
  Journell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
2
1
0
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (1-1) 6.0 6 2 2 2 6
  White   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Meadows   0.1 4 6 6 2 0
  Vogelsong   0.2 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
11
11
5
7

  E–Molina (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Rolen-Grudzielanek-Pujols.  2B–St. Louis Grudzielanek (1,off Williams); Walker (2,off Meadows); Cedeno (1,off Vogelsong), Pittsburgh C. Wilson (1,off Mulder).  3B–St. Louis Taguchi (1,off Williams).  HR–St. Louis Edmonds (4,2nd inning off Williams 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Eckstein (3,by Williams).  IBB–Pujols (2,by Meadows).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:37.  A–11,220.
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