St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 20, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 2008 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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, Chicago Cubs 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Izturis ss 4 1 2 0
Ludwick cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Pujols 1b 3 1 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 1 1 1
Glaus 3b 3 1 1 3
  Ryan pr 0 0 0 0
Kennedy rf 3 0 0 0
Barton lf 3 0 1 0
  Schumaker cf 1 0 0 0
Pineiro p 2 0 0 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Miles ph 1 0 0 0
LaRue c 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Soriano lf 4 0 1 2
Theriot ss 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 0
Edmonds cf 4 1 1 0
Soto c 2 1 1 0
DeRosa 2b 3 2 1 1
Fukudome rf 2 1 0 0
Lilly p 1 0 0 1
  Fontenot ph 1 0 0 0
  Marmol p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 4
St. Louis 000 004 000462
Chicago 030 200 00x560
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Pineiro  L(6-7) 6.0 6 5 3 2 3
  Franklin   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lilly  W(16-9) 7.0 6 4 4 2 5
  Marmol   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wood  SV(32) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
1

  E–Glaus (7), Barton (2).  DP–St. Louis 1. Lopez-Izturis-Pujols, Chicago 1. Theriot-DeRosa-Lee.  2B–St. Louis Ludwick (38,off Lilly), Chicago Lee (39,off Pineiro); Edmonds (19,off Pineiro); DeRosa (28,off Pineiro).  HR–St. Louis Glaus (25,6th inning off Lilly 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Lilly (12,off Pineiro).  Team–3.  SB–Izturis (20,3rd base off Lilly/Soto); Pujols (7,2nd base off Lilly/Soto).  CS–Soto (1,2nd base by Pineiro/LaRue).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–2:21.  A–41,597.
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