St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 23, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 2000 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Polanco 2b 4 1 2 4
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
Paquette lf 4 0 0 1
Davis rf 4 0 2 0
  Drew pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 1 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Vina 2b 1 0 0 0
Renteria ss 2 1 1 0
Hernandez c 3 2 2 1
Saturria cf 3 0 0 0
  Edmonds ph,cf 0 1 0 0
Reames p 2 1 2 0
  Sutton ph 1 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Clark 1b 0 0 0 0
  McGwire ph 0 0 0 0
  Marrero pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 2 1
  Meyers pr 0 0 0 0
Brown lf 2 0 0 0
  Zuleta ph 1 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Rain p 0 0 0 0
  Nieves 2b 0 0 0 0
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 1 1 1
Patterson cf 4 0 0 0
Buford rf 4 1 0 0
Girardi c 3 1 1 0
  Reed ph,c 1 0 0 0
Nation p 2 0 1 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Gload ph 1 0 0 0
  Matthews, Jr. lf 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 5 7 3
St. Louis 040 001 0106105
Chicago 200 000 120570
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reames  W (2-1) 5.0 2 2 0 2 2
  James   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Timlin   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Christiansen   0.2 1 1 0 0 2
  Morris  SV (4) 1.2 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
1
4
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nation  L (0-1) 5.1 6 5 5 6 6
  Spradlin   1.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Farnsworth   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Ohman   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Rain   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
8
7

  E–Paquette (15), Renteria 3 (27), Hernandez (9).  DP–Chicago 4.  PB–Hernandez (5).  2B–St. Louis Renteria (30,off Nation); Hernandez (14,off Farnsworth), Chicago Gutierrez (19,off Reames); Grace (37,off Morris).  HR–St. Louis Polanco (5,2nd inning off Nation 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Perez (3,by Nation).  IBB–McGwire (12,by Ohman).  SF–Andrews (1,off Reames).  SB–Hernandez (2,2nd base off Spradlin/Girardi); Matthews (3,2nd base off Morris/Hernandez).  CS–Polanco (4,2nd base by Nation/Girardi).  WP–Ohman (1).  HBP–Nation (1,Perez).  IBB–Ohman (1,McGwire).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:33.  A–38,168.
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