St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
July 3, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 2006 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves 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 3, Atlanta Braves 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 4 0 2 0
Duncan lf 3 0 1 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 2 1
Rolen 3b 4 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 4 1 2 0
Encarnacion rf 4 1 1 0
Molina c 4 0 0 0
Miles 2b 4 0 1 2
Reyes p 2 0 0 0
  Flores p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Giles 2b 3 1 2 1
Renteria ss 3 1 1 1
Betemit 3b 4 0 1 0
Jones cf 2 1 0 0
McCann c 4 1 2 2
Francoeur rf 3 1 2 0
Thorman 1b 4 0 1 1
Langerhans lf 3 1 1 1
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Paronto p 0 0 0 0
  Orr ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 10 6
St. Louis 021 000 000390
Atlanta 005 000 10x6100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reyes  L (1-3) 5.0 6 5 5 3 5
  Flores   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kinney   2.0 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (5-5) 6.0 7 3 3 0 7
  Paronto   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Ray   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Sosa  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
10

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 4. Miles-Eckstein-Pujols, Molina-Eckstein, Eckstein-Miles-Pujols, Eckstein-Miles-Pujols, Atlanta 1. Betemit-Giles-Thorman.  2B–St. Louis Pujols (10,off Smoltz); Miles (12,off Smoltz); Eckstein (13,off Paronto), Atlanta Francoeur (12,off Reyes); McCann (13,off Kinney).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (28,3rd inning off Smoltz 0 on 1 out), Atlanta Giles (6,3rd inning off Reyes 0 on 1 out); Renteria (9,3rd inning off Reyes 0 on 1 out); McCann (6,3rd inning off Reyes 1 on 2 out); Langerhans (6,7th inning off Kinney 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Duncan (2,by Smoltz); Giles (2,by Reyes); Francoeur (4,by Reyes).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  CS–Francoeur (6,2nd base by Reyes/Molina); Francoeur (6,2nd base by Reyes/Molina).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–2:28.  A–40,011.
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