St. Louis Cardinals vs Tampa Bay Devil Rays
June 18, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 2005 at Tropicana Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 3 0 0 0
Taguchi cf 5 1 2 1
Pujols 1b 4 1 1 2
Sanders lf 3 0 1 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 0
Seabol dh 3 1 2 1
Mabry rf 4 0 1 0
Molina c 4 1 2 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Tampa Bay Devil Rays ab   r   h rbi
Crawford lf 4 0 1 0
Lugo ss 4 0 1 1
Huff rf 4 0 0 0
Cantu 3b 4 0 1 1
Lee 1b 4 0 1 0
Gomes dh 4 0 2 0
Taylor cf 4 0 0 0
Cash c 3 1 1 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Green 2b 2 1 0 0
Hendrickson p 0 0 0 0
  Orvella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
St. Louis 000 131 0005101
Tampa Bay 002 000 000270
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (8-0) 8.0 5 2 2 0 6
  Isringhausen  SV (20) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
8
  Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Hendrickson  L (2-4) 8.0 10 5 5 4 5
  Orvella   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5

  E–Rolen (5).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Green-Lugo-Lee.  PB–Cash (1).  2B–St. Louis Seabol (3,off Hendrickson), Tampa Bay Gomes 2 (4,off Morris,off Isringhausen).  3B–Tampa Bay Crawford (6,off Morris).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (17,5th inning off Hendrickson 1 on 1 out).  SH–Eckstein (3,off Hendrickson).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Green (5,by Morris).  Team–6.  SB–Sanders 2 (13,2nd base off Hendrickson/Cash,3rd base off Hendrickson/Cash).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Rob Drake.  T–2:25.  A–20,416.
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