Box score

St. Louis 6, Cubs 4

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 7 0 St. Louis « 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 X 6 9 1 W:R.King(4-2) L:R.Novoa(3-5) S:J.Tavarez (4) HR: CHC- None STL- J.Edmonds (25), A.Pujols (36)

Cubs	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	W	K	AVG
Jerry Hairston Jr. LF	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.261
Ronny Cedeno SS	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.296
&nbsp Jose Macias PH	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.271
Derrek Lee 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.343
Jeromy Burnitz RF	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.265
Nomar Garciaparra 3B	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.271
Todd Walker 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.304
&nbsp Roberto Novoa P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp Will Ohman P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp Sergio Mitre P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364
Henry Blanco C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Corey Patterson CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222
Mark Prior P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195
&nbsp Scott McClain PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
&nbsp Michael Wuertz P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp Neifi Perez 2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283
Totals	31	4	7	4	1	0	0	5	3	&nbsp
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St. Louis	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR	W	K	AVG
David Eckstein SS	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.284
Abraham Nunez 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.300
Albert Pujols 1B	3	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	.336
Jim Edmonds CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	.269
Larry Walker RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270
Mark Grudzielanek 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293
John Rodriguez LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.295
&nbsp So Taguchi LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296
Einar Diaz C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.198
Jeff Suppan P	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184
&nbsp Al Reyes P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp Scott Seabol PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207
&nbsp Brad Thompson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
&nbsp Ray King P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp Hector Luna PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.284
&nbsp Jason Isringhausen P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
&nbsp Julian Tavarez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	32	6	9	5	1	0	2	3	8	&nbsp

E_A.Nunez. LOB_Cubs 8, St. Louis 6. 2B_N.Garciaparra, D.Eckstein.
HR_A.Pujols (36) off R.Novoa, J.Edmonds (25) off W.Ohman. SF_J.Macias.
S_R.Cedeno. CS_T.Walker. GIDP_D.Lee. DP_St. Louis 1 (M.Grudzielanek and A.
Pujols)

Cubs	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Mark Prior	6.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	104-66	3.69
Michael Wuertz	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	4.02
Roberto Novoa (L 3-5)	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	12-6	4.17
Will Ohman	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2-0	2.43
Sergio Mitre	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-3	5.63
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St. Louis	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Jeff Suppan	6.0	4	2	0	2	3	0	94-50	3.76
Al Reyes	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-8	2.52
Brad Thompson	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6-1	2.93
Ray King (W 4-2)	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	10-5	2.95
Jason Isringhausen	0.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	17-11	2.39
Julian Tavarez (S 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	3.00

R. Novoa pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

HBP_by W.Ohman (E.Diaz), by B.Thompson (J.Hairston Jr.).
WP_M.Prior, J.Suppan.
T_3:01. A_49646.
Umpires_Home,Wally Bell; First, John Hirschbeck; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Jim Reynolds.

How they scored

Cardinals fifth. Rodriguez grounded out, third baseman Garciaparra to first baseman Lee. Diaz struck out. Suppan singled to center. Eckstein singled to left, Suppan to second. Nunez singled to center, Suppan scored, Eckstein to third. Nunez to second. Pujols was intentionally walked. On Prior’s wild pitch, Eckstein scored, Nunez to third, Pujols to second. Nunez was out advancing, shortstop Cedeno to pitcher Prior, Nunez out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Cubs sixth. Prior grounded out, third baseman Nunez to first baseman Pujols. Hairston Jr. grounded out, third baseman Nunez to first baseman Pujols. Cedeno walked on a full count. Lee safe on Nunez’s error, Cedeno to second. On Suppan’s wild pitch, Cedeno to third, Lee to second. Burnitz singled to center, Cedeno scored, Lee scored. Garciaparra singled to center, Burnitz to second. Walker grounded out, shortstop Eckstein to first baseman Pujols. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Cardinals 2, Cubs 2.

Cardinals eighth. Novoa pitching. Perez in as second baseman. Eckstein walked. Nunez infield single to third, Eckstein to second. Pujols homered to left on a 2-2 count, Eckstein scored, Nunez scored. Ohman pitching. Edmonds homered to left on a 0-1 count. Walker grounded out, second baseman Perez to first baseman Lee. Grudzielanek grounded out, third baseman Garciaparra to first baseman Lee. Taguchi singled to center. Diaz was hit by a pitch, Taguchi to second. Luna pinch-hitting for King. Mitre pitching. Luna struck out. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Cardinals 6, Cubs 2.

Cubs ninth. Isringhausen pitching. Blanco singled to left. Patterson singled to right, Blanco to second. Perez infield single to short, Blanco to third, Patterson to second. Hairston Jr. walked on a full count, Blanco scored, Patterson to third, Perez to second. Tavarez pitching. Macias pinch-hitting for Cedeno. Macias hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Edmonds, Patterson scored. Lee grounded into a double play, second baseman Grudzielanek to first baseman Pujols, Hairston Jr. out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Cardinals 6, Cubs 4.