Washington Nationals vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 27, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 2006 at Busch Stadium III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Washington Nationals 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 4 0 2 0
Vidro 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Church cf 4 0 1 0
Zimmerman 3b 3 1 0 0
Schneider c 3 0 1 2
Clayton ss 2 0 1 0
O'Connor p 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Bergmann p 0 0 0 0
  Byrd ph 1 0 0 0
  Majewski p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Eischen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 3 1 1 0
Luna 2b 3 0 0 0
  Miles ph,2b 0 0 0 1
Pujols 1b 3 1 0 0
Encarnacion rf 5 2 0 0
Edmonds cf 5 1 1 3
Spiezio 3b 3 0 2 2
Molina c 4 0 0 0
Taguchi lf 3 1 2 0
Ponson p 1 0 1 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 1 0
  Hancock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Washington 000 000 200261
St. Louis 300 000 21x680
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
O'Connor  L (0-1) 5.0 3 3 0 4 2
  Bergmann   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Majewski   1.0 3 3 3 2 1
  Rodriguez   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Eischen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
3
7
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  W (3-0) 6.2 5 2 2 2 4
  Thompson   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Hancock   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
5

  E–Zimmerman (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Pujols-Eckstein-Pujols.  2B–Washington Church (3,off Ponson); Johnson (6,off Ponson); Schneider (2,off Ponson)., St. Louis Spiezio (2,off Majewski); Taguchi (4,off Majewski); Rodriguez (2,off Majewski)..  3B–St. Louis Spiezio (1,off O'Connor).  HR–St. Louis Edmonds (4,1st inning off O'Connor 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Ponson (3,off O'Connor).  SF–Miles (1,off Rodriguez).  HBP–Eckstein (4,by Rodriguez).  Team–11.  CS–Soriano (3,2nd base by Ponson/Molina).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:46.  A–39,515.
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