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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 1 3 2
Walker rf 5 1 2 1
Pujols 1b 5 2 2 1
Edmonds cf 4 1 0 0
Nunez 3b 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 2 2 3
  Taguchi lf 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Molina c 4 0 1 1
Luna 2b 3 1 1 0
Carpenter p 3 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Duffy cf 3 1 0 0
McLouth rf 4 0 1 0
Bay lf 3 0 0 0
Eldred 1b 4 1 0 0
Mackowiak 2b 4 1 3 2
Doumit c 3 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 3 0 0 1
Wilson ss 3 0 0 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Vogelsong p 1 0 0 0
  Redman ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
St. Louis 500 010 0118120
Pittsburgh 100 100 100341
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  W (18-4) 8.0 4 3 3 2 4
  Reyes   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  L (7-13) 0.2 6 5 5 2 1
  Vogelsong   4.1 3 1 1 1 4
  Gonzalez   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  White   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Mesa   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
4
8

  E–McLouth (2).  DP–St. Louis 1. Nunez-Luna-Pujols.  2B–Pittsburgh Mackowiak (18,off Carpenter).  3B–St. Louis Eckstein (6,off White), Pittsburgh Mackowiak (3,off Carpenter).  HR–St. Louis Rodriguez (4,5th inning off Vogelsong 0 on 1 out); Pujols (34,9th inning off Mesa 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–2.  SB–Luna (7,2nd base off White/Doumit).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:29.  A–21,506.
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