Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 25, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 2006 at Busch Stadium III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Duffy cf 3 1 0 0
Wilson J. ss 4 0 1 1
Bay lf 4 0 0 0
Wilson C. 1b 4 0 1 2
Burnitz rf 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
Paulino c 3 1 2 0
Santos p 1 1 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  McLouth ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 5 0 2 0
Luna 2b 4 1 3 0
Pujols 1b 3 2 1 0
Edmonds cf 3 1 2 1
Encarnacion rf 4 1 3 4
Spiezio 3b 4 1 1 1
Bennett c 3 0 0 0
Taguchi lf 4 0 0 0
Suppan p 3 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Pittsburgh 003 000 000341
St. Louis 202 010 10x6121
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Santos  L (1-4) 5.0 8 5 5 3 3
  Torres   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  W (1-2) 7.0 4 3 0 0 3
  Looper   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Isringhausen  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
3
0
1
4

  E–Castillo (2), Bennett (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Randa-Castillo-C. Wilson, St. Louis 1. Eckstein-Luna-Pujols.  PB–Paulino (1).  2B–St. Louis Encarnacion (2,off Santos).  3B–St. Louis Encarnacion (1,off Santos).  HR–St. Louis Encarnacion (1,3rd inning off Santos 1 on 2 out); Spiezio (2,7th inning off R. Hernandez 0 on 2 out).  SH–Santos (1,off Suppan).  HBP–Burnitz (2,by Suppan); Duffy (4,by Suppan)..  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Pujols (3,by Santos).  Team–7.  SB–Luna (2,2nd base off Santos/Paulino); Luna (2,2nd base off Santos/Paulino).  CS–Luna (1,2nd base by Santos/Paulino); Luna (1,2nd base by Santos/Paulino).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:39.  A–38,809.
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