San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 2, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 2009 at Busch Stadium III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rowand cf 4 1 1 2
Winn rf,lf 4 0 2 0
Sandoval 3b 4 0 0 0
Molina c 4 0 2 0
  Whiteside pr,c 0 0 0 0
Lewis lf 4 0 0 0
  Medders p 0 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 0 1 0
Ishikawa 1b 4 0 1 0
Downs 2b 3 0 0 0
Zito p 1 0 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Schierholtz ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Ryan ss 4 2 2 0
Schumaker 2b,lf 4 1 2 1
Pujols 1b 2 1 0 0
Ludwick rf 4 0 2 2
Molina c 3 0 1 1
Duncan lf 4 0 0 1
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
Greene 3b 3 0 0 0
Wellemeyer p 3 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  McClellan p 0 0 0 0
  Thurston 2b 0 0 0 0
Rasmus cf 3 1 1 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
San Francisco 000 000 020290
St. Louis 300 020 00x580
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Zito  L(4-8) 4.1 5 5 5 3 7
  Miller   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Valdez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Medders   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wellemeyer  W(7-7) 7.1 7 2 2 1 6
  Reyes   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McClellan   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Franklin  SV(19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
8

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1. Downs-Uribe-Ishikawa, St. Louis 2. Ryan-Schumaker-Pujols, Ryan-Pujols.  2B–San Francisco Winn (21,off Wellemeyer), St. Louis Schumaker (16,off Zito); Ryan (9,off Zito).  HR–San Francisco Rowand (9,8th inning off Wellemeyer 1 on 1 out).  SH–Zito (6,off Wellemeyer).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Pujols 2 (28,by Zito 2).  Team–4.  U-HP–Todd Tichenor, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:35.  A–41,875.
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