St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 8, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2006 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 2, Chicago Cubs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 3 0 2 0
  Taguchi lf,rf 1 0 0 0
  Encarnacion ph 1 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 3 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 3 1 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 1 0 0
Schumaker rf 3 0 2 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 1 1
Miles 2b 3 0 0 0
Carpenter p 3 0 0 0
  Hancock p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 3 0 1 0
Walker 2b 3 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Howry p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ss 0 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 1 3 1
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 0 0 0
Murton lf 3 1 1 0
Cedeno ss 4 0 1 0
  Dempster p 0 0 0 0
Blanco c 2 0 0 0
  Barrett ph,c 2 1 1 2
Zambrano p 2 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 0 0 0
  Hairston 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
St. Louis 000 002 000250
Chicago 000 000 21x373
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter   6.0 4 0 0 1 9
  Hancock   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Flores   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Thompson  L (1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
10
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Zambrano   6.0 4 2 0 4 5
  Williamson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ohman   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Howry  W (1-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Dempster  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
0
5
8

  E–Lee (2), Cedeno 2 (2), Lee (2), Cedeno 2 (2).  2B–St. Louis Rodriguez (1,off Zambrano), Chicago Cedeno (3,off Carpenter).  HR–Chicago Barrett (1,7th inning off Hancock 1 on 1 out); Lee (3,8th inning off Thompson 0 on 0 out)..  IBB–Miles (1,by Zambrano).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Edmonds (1,2nd base off Zambrano/Blanco); Lee (1,2nd base off Carpenter/Molina).  CS–Schumaker (1,2nd base by Zambrano/Blanco).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–2:35.  A–40,182.
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