St. Louis Cardinals vs Florida Marlins
August 31, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2005 at Dolphins Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 10, Florida Marlins 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 1 3 3
Taguchi cf 5 1 2 0
Pujols 1b 5 2 3 1
Molina c 4 0 1 2
Grudzielanek 2b 5 1 1 0
Seabol lf 3 1 1 0
  Mabry lf 1 1 0 0
Luna rf 5 3 3 3
Nunez 3b 5 0 1 1
Suppan p 1 0 0 0
  Marquis ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 15 10
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 5 0 2 0
Castillo 2b 5 0 0 0
Cabrera lf 4 0 1 0
  Messenger p 0 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Aguila ph 1 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
Encarnacion rf 4 1 1 1
Lowell 3b 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez ss 2 1 1 0
  Easley ss 1 0 1 0
Treanor c 3 1 0 0
Vargas p 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 1 0
  Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Hermida ph,lf 1 1 1 4
  Conine ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
St. Louis 002 140 30010153
Florida 000 000 410581
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (13-10) 5.0 3 0 0 2 4
  Thompson   1.0 2 3 2 1 0
  Reyes   1.2 3 2 2 1 1
  King   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Isringhausen   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
4
7
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Vargas  L (5-2) 5.0 10 7 7 0 2
  Moehler   2.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Messenger   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Villone   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
1
6

  E–Molina (6), Grudzielanek (6), Nunez (9), Delgado (12).  DP–St. Louis 1. Eckstein-Grudzielanek-Pujols.  2B–St. Louis Pujols 2 (33,off Vargas,off Moehler); Molina (14,off Vargas); Luna (5,off Moehler), Florida Easley (16,off Alberto Reyes).  3B–St. Louis Luna (2,off Vargas); Pujols (2,off Vargas).  HR–St. Louis Eckstein (7,3rd inning off Vargas 0 on 1 out); Luna (1,5th inning off Vargas 1 on 2 out), Florida Hermida (1,7th inning off Alberto Reyes 3 on 0 out); Encarnacion (16,8th inning off Alberto Reyes 0 on 1 out).  SH–Suppan (5,off Vargas).  SF–Molina (3,off Vargas).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  U-HP–Alfonso Marquez, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Ted Barrett.
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