St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
July 31, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 2008 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 4, Atlanta Braves 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Izturis 3b,ss 5 1 3 0
Mather cf 4 2 1 0
Pujols 1b 4 0 1 2
Ludwick rf 2 0 1 1
Stavinoha lf 3 1 1 0
Miles 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
LaRue c 4 0 0 0
Pineiro p 3 0 1 1
  Kennedy 2b 1 0 0 0
Ryan ss 3 0 0 0
  Jimenez p 0 0 0 0
  Molina ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Blanco lf 5 0 1 0
Escobar ss 5 1 2 1
Kotsay cf 5 1 2 1
Kotchman 1b 4 0 0 0
Infante 3b 4 2 3 2
Johnson 2b 4 2 2 0
Francoeur rf 4 1 1 0
Sammons c 4 2 3 3
Hampton p 2 0 1 2
  Bennett p 1 0 0 0
  Soriano p 0 0 0 0
  Norton ph 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 9
St. Louis 200 110 000480
Atlanta 020 202 21x9150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pineiro  L(3-5) 6.0 10 6 6 0 2
  Jimenez   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
1
1
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton   5.0 7 4 4 4 0
  Bennett  W(2-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Soriano   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gonzalez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Izturis-Kennedy-Pujols, Atlanta 2. Infante-Johnson-Kotchman, Infante-Kotchman.  2B–St. Louis Pujols (26,off Hampton); Pineiro (2,off Hampton), Atlanta Kotsay 2 (11,off Pineiro,off Jimenez); Hampton (1,off Pineiro); Blanco (8,off Pineiro); Infante (10,off Jimenez).  HR–Atlanta Infante (3,2nd inning off Pineiro 0 on 0 out); Sammons (1,6th inning off Pineiro 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Ludwick (5,by Soriano).  IBB–Miles (2,by Hampton).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  SB–Izturis (11,2nd base off Hampton/Sammons).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Adrian Johnson, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:44.  A–40,653.
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