Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 24, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 2005 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lawton rf 5 0 1 0
Wilson ss 6 0 2 0
Bay lf 6 1 3 1
Ward 1b 3 0 1 0
Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Mackowiak 3b 4 0 2 0
Redman cf 5 0 0 0
Cota c 3 0 1 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Wells p 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Ross c 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 1 11 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 1 1 0
Pujols 1b 3 0 0 0
  Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 0
Sanders lf 4 1 1 0
Mabry 3b,1b 5 0 0 0
Nunez 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Molina c 5 0 1 1
Marquis p 2 0 1 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 1 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Taguchi ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 6 1
Pittsburgh 100 000 000 0001111
St. Louis 000 100 000 001260
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   7.1 4 1 0 2 6
  Gonzalez   0.2 0 0 0 1 2
  White   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Mesa  L (0-4) 1.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
11.1
6
2
1
6
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis   5.0 6 1 1 5 4
  Thompson   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Flores   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  King   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Reyes  W (2-0) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
11
1
1
6
7

  E–J. Wilson (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Castillo-J. Wilson-Ward, St. Louis 4. Eckstein-Nunez-Pujols, Eckstein-Grudzielanek-Mabry, Eckstein-Grudzielanek-Mabry, Molina-Grudzielanek.  2B–Pittsburgh Bay (11,off Marquis); Lawton (12,off Tavarez), St. Louis Marquis (3,off Wells).  HR–Pittsburgh Bay (10,1st inning off Marquis 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Cota (1,by Thompson).  IBB–Ward (2,by Marquis); Edmonds (1,by Wells); Grudzielanek (1,by Gonzalez); Nunez (1,by Mesa).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Eckstein (2,off Wells).  Team–8.  CS–Mackowiak (3,2nd base by Marquis/Molina); J. Wilson (1,2nd base by Flores/Molina); T. Redman (1,2nd base by Alberto Reyes/Molina); Edmonds (2,2nd base by Mesa/Ross).  SB–Walker (1,2nd base off Wells/Cota).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:40.  A–36,285.
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