St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 18, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2009 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schumaker 2b 3 0 0 1
  DeRosa ph 1 0 0 0
  Hawksworth p 0 0 0 0
Ryan ss 3 0 1 1
Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0
Holliday lf 4 0 0 0
Ludwick rf 3 1 1 0
Ankiel cf 4 0 1 0
Greene 3b 4 0 1 1
LaRue c 2 1 0 0
Boggs p 1 0 0 0
  Motte p 0 0 0 0
  Thurston ph 1 1 1 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Lugo ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 5 0 1 1
Pierre cf 5 1 1 0
Ethier rf 4 1 3 1
Ramirez lf 4 1 1 1
Blake 3b 4 1 1 0
Loney 1b 2 1 1 1
  Broxton p 0 0 0 0
Martin c 4 1 2 1
Hudson 2b 4 1 3 1
Billingsley p 3 0 1 1
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Sherrill p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 14 7
St. Louis 000 002 100350
Los Angeles 000 230 11x7140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs  L(1-2) 4.0 9 5 5 3 3
  Motte   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Thompson   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Hawksworth   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
4
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingsley  W(12-6) 6.0 3 2 2 0 1
  McDonald   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Sherrill   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Broxton  SV(26) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
3

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2. Ludwick-Ryan, Ryan-Schumaker-Pujols, Los Angeles 1. Blake-Hudson-Loney.  2B–St. Louis Thurston (16,off Billingsley), Los Angeles Martin 2 (15,off Boggs,off Thompson); Pierre (16,off Hawksworth); Ethier (31,off Hawksworth).  3B–Los Angeles Ethier (3,off Boggs).  HBP–LaRue (4,by Billingsley).  Team LOB–4.  Team–9.  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:50.  A–49,052.
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