St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 18, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2005 at Citizens Bank Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Philadelphia Phillies 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 3 1 0 0
  Cedeno ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 1 2
Edmonds cf 4 2 2 0
Mabry lf 3 1 0 0
  Taguchi lf 2 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 1 3 2
Nunez 3b 4 1 0 1
Molina c 5 1 2 3
Carpenter p 2 0 1 0
  Marquis ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Seabol ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 9 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 5 1 2 0
Chavez cf 4 1 1 0
Abreu rf 4 1 2 3
Burrell lf 2 0 0 0
Utley 2b 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 3 0 2 0
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 0 0 0 0
Lieberthal c 4 0 0 0
Lieber p 1 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Offerman ph,1b 3 1 1 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
St. Louis 005 021 000890
Philadelphia 000 003 010491
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  W (6-2) 6.0 5 3 3 4 7
  Thompson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  King   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Tavarez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
6
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lieber  L (5-3) 4.0 7 7 6 4 4
  Geary   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Tejeda   3.0 0 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
9
8
7
8
9

  E–Lieberthal (2).  DP–St. Louis 2. Eckstein-Pujols, Eckstein-Grudzielanek-Pujols.  2B–St. Louis Edmonds (9,off Geary); Grudzielanek (13,off Geary), Philadelphia Bell (9,off Carpenter); Chavez (2,off King); Utley (4,off Tavarez).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (10,3rd inning off Lieber 1 on 0 out); Molina (1,3rd inning off Lieber 2 on 2 out), Philadelphia Abreu (12,6th inning off Carpenter 2 on 1 out).  HBP–Eckstein (4,by Tejeda).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  U-HP–Lance Barksdale, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–3:05.  A–29,130.
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