St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 18, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2006 at PNC Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 12

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 3 0 2 1
Taguchi cf 4 0 1 1
Pujols 1b 3 1 1 1
  Rodriguez lf 1 1 1 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0
  Spiezio 3b 1 0 1 1
Encarnacion rf 3 0 0 0
  Schumaker rf 1 0 0 0
Molina c 3 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Edmonds ph 1 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Luna lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Miles 2b 4 1 2 0
Suppan p 0 1 0 0
  Hancock p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett c 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Duffy cf 5 2 2 2
Wilson J. ss 5 2 2 1
Bay lf 2 2 2 3
  Edwards 3b 0 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 3 1 2 3
  McLouth rf 1 0 0 0
Wilson C. 1b 4 2 3 0
Randa 3b 4 1 2 2
  Sanchez 3b,2b 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 2b,lf 4 1 1 1
Cota c 4 1 1 0
Perez p 4 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 15 12
St. Louis 001 110 010480
Pittsburgh 332 103 00x12150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (0-2) 2.0 8 8 8 3 1
  Hancock   3.2 1 2 2 3 1
  Rincon   1.1 5 2 2 1 1
  Thompson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
12
12
7
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  W (1-2) 6.2 5 3 3 4 2
  Capps   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Grabow   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
3

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Rolen-Miles-Pujols, Pittsburgh 2. J. Hernandez-J. Wilson-C. Wilson, J. Wilson-Sanchez-C. Wilson.  2B–St. Louis Eckstein (2,off O. Perez); Miles (3,off O. Perez); Spiezio (1,off Capps)., Pittsburgh Cota (1,off Suppan); Duffy (5,off Suppan); C. Wilson 3 (4,off Suppan,off Rincon,off Thompson); Randa (4,off Suppan)..  HR–St. Louis Pujols (10,4th inning off O. Perez 0 on 0 out), Pittsburgh Bay (3,1st inning off Suppan 2 on 0 out); J. Wilson (4,4th inning off Hancock 0 on 1 out); Burnitz (4,6th inning off Rincon 1 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Bay (3,2nd base off Hancock/Molina); Bay (3,2nd base off Hancock/Molina).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Greg Gibson, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–2:46.  A–16,682.
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