Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 1, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 2012 at Busch Stadium III. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Presley lf 5 0 0 0
Tabata rf 4 2 1 2
McCutchen cf 3 1 1 0
Jones 1b 4 1 1 2
Walker 2b 3 1 2 0
Alvarez 3b 4 1 2 3
Barmes ss 2 0 0 0
  Watson p 0 0 0 0
  McLouth ph 1 0 0 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
Barajas c 4 1 1 0
Morton p 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Navarro ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 5 2 2 2
Jay cf 4 0 2 0
Holliday lf 5 2 3 2
Beltran rf 3 1 0 0
Freese 3b 5 1 1 3
Molina c 5 3 2 0
Craig 1b 4 1 2 1
  Salas p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
  Motte p 0 0 0 0
Schumaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Wainwright p 3 0 1 0
  Carpenter ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 13 8
Pittsburgh 002 000 230794
St. Louis 100 141 30x10130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  L(1-2) 4.1 8 6 5 2 5
  Hughes   2.0 3 3 1 0 1
  Watson   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Lincoln   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wainwright  W(1-3) 7.0 5 4 4 1 6
  Salas   0.2 2 3 3 2 1
  Romero   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Marte   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Motte  SV(4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–Jones (1), Alvarez (4), Barmes (5), Barajas (1).  DP–St. Louis 2. Schumaker-Furcal-Craig, Freese-Schumaker-Craig.  2B–Pittsburgh Barajas (3,off Wainwright), St. Louis Furcal (9,off Morton); Molina (10,off Morton).  3B–Pittsburgh A. McCutchen (1,off Wainwright).  HR–Pittsburgh Tabata (1,3rd inning off Wainwright 1 on 2 out); Alvarez (6,7th inning off Wainwright 1 on 1 out), St. Louis Freese (6,5th inning off Morton 2 on 1 out); Holliday (5,6th inning off Hughes 0 on 1 out); Furcal (1,7th inning off Watson 1 on 2 out).  SH–Morton (2,off Wainwright); Jay (2,off Morton).  HBP–Barmes (3,by Wainwright).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  SB–Holliday (1,2nd base off Morton/Barajas); Molina 2 (4,2nd base off Morton/Barajas,3rd base off Watson/Barajas); Craig (1,2nd base off Watson/Barajas).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Angel Campos, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:04.  A–36,345.
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