St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
August 18, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2006 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 11, Chicago Cubs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Eckstein ss 2 1 1 0
  Miles ss 3 0 0 0
Duncan lf 4 2 2 2
Pujols 1b 5 2 3 3
Rolen 3b 4 1 1 1
Encarnacion cf 5 1 2 0
  Taguchi cf 0 0 0 0
Wilson rf 5 1 2 1
Belliard 2b 5 1 1 2
Bennett c 4 1 2 1
Marquis p 2 1 1 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Wainwright p 1 0 0 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hancock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 15 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 4 0 1 0
Izturis ss 3 0 0 0
  Perez ss 1 0 0 0
Barrett c 3 2 2 1
  Blanco c 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 1 2
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
Jones rf 4 0 1 0
Pagan lf 3 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
  Theriot 3b 1 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno 2b 4 0 0 0
Marmol p 1 0 0 0
  Novoa p 1 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Murton lf 2 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
St. Louis 103 002 50011151
Chicago 100 200 000373
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis  W (13-11) 5.0 3 3 3 1 4
  Wainwright   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Looper   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Johnson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hancock   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Marmol  L (5-6) 3.0 6 4 3 0 0
  Novoa   2.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Aardsma   1.0 5 5 5 0 0
  Wuertz   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Ohman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
11
10
0
2

  E–Miles (11), Ramirez (9), Marmol 2 (3).  2B–Chicago Barrett (23,off Looper); Mabry (8,off Hancock).  3B–Chicago Pierre (11,off Marquis).  HR–St. Louis Duncan (12,1st inning off Marmol 0 on 1 out); Wilson (10,6th inning off Novoa 0 on 0 out); Bennett (1,6th inning off Novoa 0 on 1 out); Pujols (36,7th inning off Aardsma 1 on 0 out); Rolen (18,7th inning off Aardsma 0 on 0 out); Belliard (1,7th inning off Aardsma 1 on 1 out)., Chicago Barrett (15,1st inning off Marquis 0 on 2 out); Ramirez (29,4th inning off Marquis 1 on 1 out).  SF–Duncan (2,off Marmol).  HBP–Rolen (8,by Marmol).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  SB–Wilson (7,2nd base off Marmol/Barrett).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Rob Drake, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:52.  A–40,346.
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