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

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

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker 2b 3 1 1 0
Rasmus cf 4 2 2 1
Pujols 1b 5 0 1 3
Holliday lf 5 0 2 1
Ludwick rf 4 0 1 0
  McClellan p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Thurston ph 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Motte p 0 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
DeRosa 3b 4 0 1 0
Molina c 4 1 2 0
Lugo ss 2 1 0 0
  Ryan ss 0 0 0 0
Wainwright p 2 0 0 0
  Ankiel rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McCutchen cf 4 0 2 0
Milledge lf 4 1 1 0
Jones 1b 4 0 2 0
Doumit c 4 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 0 1 1
Moss rf 3 0 0 0
  Pearce ph 0 1 0 0
LaRoche 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 4 1 2 2
Morton p 1 0 0 0
  Salazar ph 1 0 0 0
  Bootcheck p 0 0 0 0
  Meek p 0 0 0 0
  Vazquez ph 1 0 1 0
  Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
St. Louis 000 014 0005100
Pittsburgh 000 001 002390
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wainwright  W(13-7) 6.2 7 1 1 0 6
  McClellan   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reyes   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Motte   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Franklin  SV(26) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  L(2-5) 5.0 7 1 1 2 3
  Bootcheck   1.0 2 4 4 3 0
  Meek   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hanrahan   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
9

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Ryan-Schumaker-Pujols, Pittsburgh 1. Andy LaRoche-Jones.  2B–St. Louis Pujols (28,off Bootcheck); Holliday (7,off Hanrahan), Pittsburgh Vazquez (3,off Wainwright).  HR–Pittsburgh Cedeno (2,9th inning off Motte 1 on 2 out).  SH–Wainwright (6,off Bootcheck).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Mike Estabrook, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:07.  A–38,593.
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