St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 16, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 2005 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 0 1 0
Edmonds cf 4 1 1 1
Pujols 1b 3 0 1 0
Sanders lf 3 0 0 0
  Nunez 3b 1 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 1 1 0
Taguchi rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Molina c 3 0 1 0
Luna 3b,rf 3 0 1 1
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0
Morris p 1 0 1 1
  Gall ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hairston lf 2 0 0 0
  Murton lf 1 1 1 0
Perez ss 3 1 0 0
Lee 1b 2 1 1 1
Burnitz rf 3 1 2 3
Garciaparra 3b 4 0 1 0
Walker 2b 4 0 2 0
Patterson cf 4 0 1 1
Blanco c 4 0 0 0
Rusch p 1 1 1 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Macias ph 1 0 0 0
  Novoa p 0 0 0 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
St. Louis 110 100 000380
Chicago 100 120 10x591
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (14-9) 6.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Thompson   0.2 0 1 1 2 0
  King   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Flores   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch  W (7-8) 6.2 7 3 3 2 4
  Wuertz   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Novoa   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Dempster  SV (28) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
6

  E–Walker (6).  DP–St. Louis 1. Pujols-Eckstein-Pujols, Chicago 1. Perez-Lee.  2B–Chicago Patterson (11,off Morris); Walker (24,off Flores).  HR–St. Louis Edmonds (28,1st inning off Rusch 0 on 1 out), Chicago Lee (44,1st inning off Morris 0 on 2 out).  SH–Morris (8,off Rusch); Perez (11,off Morris).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Rusch (1,by Morris).  IBB–Lee (21,by Morris).  Team–6.  SB–Pujols (16,2nd base off Wuertz/Blanco).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:28.  A–38,080.
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