St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals
May 1, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 2009 at Nationals Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Washington Nationals 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker 2b,lf 5 0 0 0
Thurston 3b,2b 4 1 1 1
Pujols 1b 4 3 3 1
Duncan lf 4 1 3 2
  Motte p 0 0 0 0
  Boyer p 0 0 0 0
Ludwick rf 4 1 1 2
Ankiel cf 4 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 1 0
Greene ss 4 0 0 0
Wellemeyer p 3 0 1 0
  Barden 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Guzman ss 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 2 0
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 2 0
Dunn lf 3 0 0 0
Dukes rf 4 0 1 0
Flores c 4 1 2 0
Harris cf 4 1 1 2
Hernandez 2b 4 0 0 0
Zimmermann p 2 0 0 0
  Kensing p 0 0 0 0
  Cintron ph 1 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis 100 202 1006100
Washington 000 000 200280
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wellemeyer  W(2-2) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Motte   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Boyer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
5
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Zimmermann  L(2-1) 5.2 8 5 5 0 6
  Kensing   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Rivera   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hanrahan   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
0
10

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2. T. Greene-Schumaker-Pujols, Schumaker-T. Greene-Pujols.  2B–St. Louis Pujols (5,off Zimmermann); Duncan (8,off Rivera), Washington Dukes (5,off Wellemeyer); Johnson (3,off Motte).  3B–Washington Flores (2,off Wellemeyer).  HR–St. Louis Pujols (9,1st inning off Zimmermann 0 on 2 out); Duncan (3,4th inning off Zimmermann 1 on 0 out); Ludwick (6,6th inning off Zimmermann 1 on 1 out); Thurston (1,7th inning off Kensing 0 on 2 out), Washington Harris (1,7th inning off Wellemeyer 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Kevin Causey.  T–2:31.  A–20,697.
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