St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
April 12, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 2008 at AT&T Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 8, San Francisco Giants 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker rf 3 0 0 0
  Ludwick ph,rf 2 1 1 2
Duncan lf 5 1 3 2
Pujols 1b 4 2 2 0
Ankiel cf 4 2 1 2
Glaus 3b 5 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 4 1 1 1
LaRue c 4 0 0 0
  Molina c 0 0 0 0
Wellemeyer p 2 0 0 0
  Washington ph 1 0 1 1
  Jimenez p 0 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Barton ph 1 0 0 0
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
  Miles ph 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Izturis ss 3 1 0 0
Totals 38 8 9 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lewis lf 4 1 3 1
Velez 2b 4 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Rowand ph 1 0 0 0
  Threets p 0 0 0 0
Winn cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Molina c 5 1 1 1
Castillo 3b 4 1 1 0
Bowker rf 3 1 2 3
  Taschner p 0 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Hennessey p 0 0 0 0
  Durham 2b 2 1 1 0
Ortmeier 1b 3 0 0 0
  Aurilia 1b 1 0 1 1
Bocock ss 4 0 0 0
Cain p 1 1 1 1
  Davis cf 2 1 0 0
Totals 39 7 10 7
St. Louis 000 000 232 1890
San Francisco 000 005 002 07100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wellemeyer  6 5.0 5 5 3 7 2
  Jimenez  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Franklin  1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Isringhausen  W (1-0) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Reyes  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
3
10
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Cain  6.2 3.0 2 2 3 5 0
  Taschner  0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Valdez  0.1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Walker  1 3.0 3 3 0 1 2
  Hennessey  0.1 2.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Wilson  0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Threets  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
8
8
7
7

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Pujols (4,off Cain); Duncan (1,off Hennessey)., San Francisco Lewis 2 (5,off Jimenez,off Isringhausen); Durham (2,off Isringhausen); Castillo (7,off Reyes)..  HR–St. Louis Duncan (1,8th inning off Walker 0 on 0 out); Ankiel (4,8th inning off Walker 1 on 0 out); Ludwick (2,9th inning off Hennessey 1 on 1 out), San Francisco Cain (1,6th inning off Wellemeyer 0 on 0 out); Bowker (1,6th inning off Wellemeyer 2 on 2 out)..  SH–Miles (1,off Threets).  HBP–Izturis (2,by Taschner); LaRue (1,by Threets).  IBB–Pujols (3,by Hennessey); Ludwick (1,by Threets).  Team LOB–10.  Team–5.  U-HP–Ron Kulpa, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Todd Tichenor, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:20.  A–35,717.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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