Arizona Diamondbacks vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 23, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 2008 at Busch Stadium III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Arizona Diamondbacks 4, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Drew ss 5 0 1 0
Ojeda 3b 4 0 1 0
Jackson lf 4 1 3 0
Dunn 1b 3 0 0 0
Upton rf 3 1 1 0
Young cf 3 1 1 3
Montero c 4 1 1 1
Eckstein 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Salazar ph 1 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
  Slaten p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Izturis ss 4 2 2 0
Lopez 2b,3b 4 2 3 1
Pujols 1b 3 1 2 2
Glaus 3b 4 0 1 1
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
Ludwick cf,rf 3 1 1 3
Stavinoha rf 2 0 1 0
  Schumaker cf 1 0 0 0
Barton lf 4 0 0 0
Lohse p 2 1 1 0
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
  Motte p 0 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Miles 2b 1 0 0 0
LaRue c 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 11 7
Arizona 000 201 010480
St. Louis 400 010 20x7111
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L(10-10) 6.0 7 5 5 2 1
  Rauch   1.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Slaten   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Pena   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lohse  W(15-6) 6.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Motte   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Villone   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Perez   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Franklin  SV(16) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Ludwick (3).  DP–Arizona 2. Drew-Eckstein-Dunn, Montero-Ojeda.  2B–Arizona Upton (18,off Lohse), St. Louis Lopez (26,off Johnson).  HR–Arizona Young (21,4th inning off Lohse 1 on 0 out); Montero (5,6th inning off Lohse 0 on 2 out), St. Louis Ludwick (35,1st inning off Johnson 2 on 1 out).  SF–Young (5,off Perez).  IBB–Dunn (13,by Lohse); Pujols (33,by Johnson).  Team LOB–6.  SH–LaRue (3,off Johnson); Stavinoha (1,off Johnson).  Team–4.  SB–Jackson (10,2nd base off Perez/LaRue); Izturis (23,2nd base off Johnson/Montero).  CS–Pujols (3,3rd base by Rauch/Montero).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–CB Bucknor, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:29.  A–40,013.
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