Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2009 at Busch Stadium III. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Morgan lf 6 1 2 1
Sanchez 2b 5 1 4 1
McLouth cf 4 1 1 2
Doumit c 5 0 2 1
LaRoche A. 1b 5 0 0 0
Moss rf 4 2 3 0
  Monroe ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Vazquez 3b 4 1 0 0
Wilson ss 5 1 4 2
Duke p 2 0 1 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche A. ph 0 0 0 0
  Hinske ph 1 0 0 0
  Yates p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 17 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Rasmus lf 3 0 0 0
Greene ss 4 1 0 0
Pujols 1b 3 0 1 0
Ludwick rf 3 1 1 0
Molina c 3 0 0 1
Ankiel cf 4 1 1 1
Freese 3b 4 1 2 0
Wellemeyer p 1 0 0 0
  Thurston ph,2b 3 0 2 1
Ryan 2b 1 0 0 1
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Barden ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Pittsburgh 041 002 0007171
St. Louis 010 011 001470
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Duke  W(1-0) 6.1 5 3 1 2 4
  Grabow   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Yates   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Capps  SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
5
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wellemeyer  L(0-1) 5.0 12 5 5 2 3
  Thompson   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Miller   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Franklin   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
7
7
2
7

  E–Doumit (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Vazquez-Sanchez-Adam LaRoche, Wilson-Sanchez-Adam LaRoche.  PB–Doumit (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Doumit (1,off Wellemeyer); Moss (1,off Wellemeyer); Sanchez (2,off Thompson); Duke (1,off Thompson), St. Louis Thurston 2 (3,off Duke,off Yates); Freese (1,off Yates).  HR–Pittsburgh McLouth (1,6th inning off Thompson 1 on 0 out).  SH–Duke 2 (2,off Wellemeyer 2).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Ryan (1,off Duke); Molina (1,off Duke).  Team–7.  SB–Ludwick (1,2nd base off Duke/Doumit).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Marvin Hudson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:57.  A–35,535.
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