Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 15, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 2006 at Busch Stadium III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel cf 4 0 1 0
Lopez ss 4 0 1 0
  Hammond p 0 0 0 0
Dunn lf 4 1 1 1
Aurilia 2b 3 1 1 0
Hatteberg 1b 3 0 0 0
Encarnacion 3b 3 1 1 0
Kearns rf 4 0 2 2
Valentin c 4 0 0 0
Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Belisle p 1 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 1 2 0
Taguchi cf 5 1 1 0
Pujols 1b 4 2 2 2
Rolen 3b 2 1 0 0
Encarnacion rf 4 1 1 0
Molina c 3 0 1 2
Luna 2b 4 2 3 3
Schumaker lf 4 0 0 0
Ponson p 2 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 1 1 2
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Hancock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 11 9
Cincinnati 100 000 101371
St. Louis 321 000 30x9110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (0-2) 3.0 6 6 6 3 2
  Belisle   3.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Burns   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Hammond   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
5
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  W (1-0) 6.1 5 2 2 1 4
  Thompson   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Looper   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rincon   0.2 1 1 1 1 2
  Hancock   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
7

  E–Encarnacion (6).  DP–St. Louis 2. Eckstein-Luna-Pujols, Pujols.  2B–Cincinnati Lopez (2,off Ponson); Aurilia (1,off Ponson); Encarnacion (4,off Ponson); Kearns (6,off Rincon), St. Louis Taguchi (3,off Williams); Pujols (1,off Belisle); Encarnacion (1,off Burns).  HR–Cincinnati Dunn (6,1st inning off Ponson 0 on 2 out), St. Louis Pujols (5,2nd inning off Williams 1 on 2 out); Luna (1,3rd inning off Williams 0 on 1 out); Spiezio (1,7th inning off Burns 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Encarnacion (1,by Rincon).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Molina (1,off Burns).  Team–7.  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–2:29.  A–40,752.
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