Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 26, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 2005 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lawton rf 3 1 0 0
Sanchez 3b 4 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 2 3 4
Ward 1b 3 0 0 0
Mackowiak cf 4 0 1 0
Cota c 4 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 4 1 1 1
Wilson ss 4 0 1 0
Perez p 1 1 1 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Doumit ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Redman ph 1 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 2 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Taguchi cf 3 0 0 0
  Edmonds ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 0 2 0
Sanders lf 4 1 2 1
Grudzielanek 2b 5 0 1 0
Luna rf 3 1 0 0
  Mabry ph 1 0 0 0
Nunez 3b,ss 3 1 3 0
Molina c 3 1 2 3
Marquis p 2 0 1 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Rolen ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 11 4
Pittsburgh 003 000 001 1570
St. Louis 030 100 000 04110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   6.0 7 4 4 5 2
  Meadows   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  White   1.1 2 0 0 3 0
  Grabow  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mesa  SV (19) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
8
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis   6.0 5 3 3 1 0
  Thompson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  King   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Reyes  L (2-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
7
5
5
2
1

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 6. Cota-Castillo, Sanchez-Castillo-Ward, Lawton-Castillo, Castillo-J. Wilson-Ward, Sanchez-Cota-Ward, J. Wilson-Castillo-Ward, St. Louis 1. Pujols-Eckstein.  2B–Pittsburgh Bay (21,off Marquis), St. Louis Nunez (5,off Perez).  HR–Pittsburgh Bay 2 (15,3rd inning off Marquis 2 on 2 out,9th inning off Isringhausen 0 on 0 out); Castillo (5,10th inning off Alberto Reyes 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Sanders (15,2nd inning off Perez 0 on 0 out); Molina (5,2nd inning off Perez 1 on 2 out).  SH–Perez (6,off Marquis); Molina (6,off White).  HBP–Lawton (7,by Alberto Reyes).  Team LOB–2.  IBB–Pujols (10,by White); Rolen (1,by White).  Team–8.  CS–Ward (1,2nd base by Isringhausen/Molina); Lawton (9,2nd base by Alberto Reyes/Molina); Eckstein (5,2nd base by Perez/Cota).  SB–Luna (2,2nd base off Perez/Cota); Edmonds (2,2nd base off White/Cota).  U-HP–Brian Knight, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–3:06.  A–45,050.
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