Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 5, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 2005 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston lf 3 0 0 1
Cedeno ss 2 1 0 0
  Macias ph 0 0 0 1
Lee 1b 4 1 1 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 1 2
Garciaparra 3b 3 0 2 0
Walker 2b 3 0 0 0
  Novoa p 0 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Mitre p 0 0 0 0
Blanco c 4 1 1 0
Patterson cf 4 1 1 0
Prior p 2 0 0 0
  McClain ph 1 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Perez 2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 3 2 2 0
Nunez 3b 4 1 2 1
Pujols 1b 3 1 2 3
Edmonds cf 4 1 1 1
Walker rf 4 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 2 0 0 0
  Taguchi lf 1 0 1 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
Suppan p 2 1 1 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Seabol ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Luna ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 5
Chicago 000 002 002470
St. Louis 000 020 04x691
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Prior   6.0 5 2 2 2 6
  Wuertz   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Novoa  L (3-5) 0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Ohman   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Mitre   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan   6.0 4 2 0 2 3
  Reyes   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Thompson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  King  W (4-2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Isringhausen   0.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Tavarez  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
3

  E–Nunez (10).  DP–St. Louis 1. Grudzielanek-Pujols.  2B–Chicago Garciaparra (7,off Suppan), St. Louis Eckstein (23,off Prior).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (36,8th inning off Novoa 2 on 0 out); Edmonds (25,8th inning off Ohman 0 on 0 out).  SH–Cedeno (2,off Thompson).  SF–Macias (3,off Tavarez).  HBP–Hairston (11,by Thompson); Diaz (2,by Ohman).  IBB–Lee (18,by Thompson); Pujols (24,by Prior).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Lance Barksdale, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–3:01.  A–49,646.
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