St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
May 2, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 2006 at Great American Ball Park. The Cincinnati Reds 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, Cincinnati Reds 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 4 1 2 0
Gall lf,1b 5 0 1 0
Luna 3b 2 0 1 0
  Edmonds ph,1b,cf 1 0 0 0
Encarnacion rf 4 1 1 1
Spiezio 1b,3b 4 0 1 1
Taguchi cf 4 0 0 0
  Falkenborg p 0 0 0 0
Molina c 3 0 1 0
Miles 2b 4 0 2 0
Ponson p 1 0 0 0
  Marquis ph 0 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 10 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel cf 4 0 1 0
Lopez ss 4 0 0 0
Dunn lf 4 1 1 1
Encarnacion 3b 3 1 2 1
Hatteberg 1b 2 0 0 0
Kearns rf 4 1 2 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
LaRue c 3 0 1 0
Williams p 2 0 1 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 0 0 0 0
  Coffey p 0 0 0 0
  Valentin ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 30 3 9 3
St. Louis 101 000 0002100
Cincinnati 000 002 001390
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson   6.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Looper   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Flores   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Falkenborg  L (0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
9
3
3
3
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   6.2 8 2 2 2 2
  White   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Coffey  W (2-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
3

  E–None.  HR–St. Louis Encarnacion (4,3rd inning off Williams 0 on 2 out), Cincinnati Dunn (10,6th inning off Ponson 0 on 1 out); Encarnacion (4,6th inning off Ponson 0 on 1 out).  SH–Ponson (4,off Williams); Marquis (2,off Williams); McCracken (2,off Looper); LaRue (1,off Falkenborg)..  HBP–Eckstein (6,by Williams); Phillips (1,by Falkenborg).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Adam Dowdy, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:35.  A–25,127.
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