Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 18, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 2001 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 1 1
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 1 1 1
Stairs 1b 4 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 3 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
  Girardi c 1 0 0 0
Coomer 3b 3 0 0 0
Matthews, Jr. cf 3 0 0 0
Tapani p 1 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 5 1 3 1
Polanco 3b 3 1 2 0
Edmonds cf 3 2 1 2
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 3
Pujols rf 4 0 1 0
Lankford lf 3 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 4 1 2 0
Kile p 3 0 1 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Clapp ph 1 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Chicago 001 001 000252
St. Louis 010 030 20x6110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Tapani  L (8-3) 6.0 7 4 4 1 5
  Heredia   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Van Poppel   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (8-6) 7.0 5 2 2 1 11
  Timlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Veres   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
12

  E–Young (6), Matthews (3).  PB–Girardi (2).  2B–Chicago White 2 (13,off Kile 2).  HR–Chicago Young (6,3rd inning off Kile 0 on, 2 out); Sosa (21,6th inning off Kile 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis McGwire (6,5th inning off Tapani 2 on, 2 out); Edmonds (10,7th inning off Heredia 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Polanco (8,off Heredia).  HBP–Edmonds (3,by Tapani).  WP–Tapani (1).  HBP–Tapani (3,Edmonds).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Bill Welke, 2B–Mike Fichter, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–2:33.  A–40,016.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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