Minnesota Twins vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 16, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 2001 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Rivas 2b 5 1 2 1
Hocking ss 4 0 0 0
  Mientkiewicz ph 1 0 1 0
Allen lf,rf 5 2 2 2
Buchanan rf 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 1 0 1 0
  Koskie ph 1 0 0 0
Hunter cf 3 0 0 0
Blake 1b 3 0 2 0
Pierzynski c 4 0 0 0
Maxwell 3b 2 0 0 0
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Lawton ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 0 2 0
Polanco 3b 4 1 1 2
Edmonds cf 2 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 1 0
Pujols rf 4 0 2 1
Lankford lf 4 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 1 2 1
Marrero c 3 1 1 0
Smith p 2 0 1 0
  Bonilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Stechschulte p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 4
Minnesota 001 000 110380
St. Louis 002 100 01x4102
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   6.0 7 3 3 1 5
  Miller  L (1-3) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Carrasco   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
2
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   7.0 4 2 2 2 4
  Stechschulte   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Kline  W (2-3) 1.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Timlin   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
6

  E–Pujols (15), Renteria (15).  DP–Minnesota 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Minnesota Mientkiewicz (23,off Timlin), St. Louis Marrero (5,off Johnson).  HR–Minnesota Allen 2 (4,3rd inning off Smith 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Stechschulte 0 on, 0 out); Rivas (5,7th inning off Smith 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Polanco (1,3rd inning off Johnson 1 on, 2 out); Renteria (6,4th inning off Johnson 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hunter (5,by Smith).  IBB–Maxwell 2 (2,by Smith 2); Blake (1,by Kline).  SB–J Jones (5,2nd base off Kline/Marrero).  HBP–Smith (1,Hunter).  IBB–Smith 2 (2,Maxwell 2); Kline (5,Blake).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–2:59.  A–40,042.
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