Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 10, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 2003 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 5 1 2 0
Giles 2b 4 0 2 0
Sheffield rf 3 1 3 2
Jones C. lf 3 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 4 0 0 0
Fick 1b 4 0 1 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
Lopez c 2 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Ramirez p 3 0 0 0
  Franco 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hart 2b 4 0 1 0
Perez rf 3 1 1 1
  Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 1 1
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 0
Renteria ss 1 0 0 0
Cairo lf 3 0 0 0
Matheny c 3 1 2 1
Palmeiro cf 2 0 0 0
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson rf 0 0 0 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Edmonds cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
Atlanta 000 100 100280
St. Louis 010 000 02x360
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ramirez   7.2 5 2 2 3 4
  Smoltz  L (0-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   7.0 8 2 2 3 4
  Eldred  W (5-4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Isringhausen  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1.  TP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Furcal (26,off Williams).  HR–Atlanta Sheffield (29,4th inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Matheny (5,2nd inning off Ramirez 0 on, 2 out); Perez (9,8th inning off Ramirez 0 on, 2 out); Pujols (31,8th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Sheffield (5,off Williams).  SH–Palmeiro (5,off Ramirez).  CS–Giles (2,2nd base by Williams/Matheny).  SB–Perez (4,2nd base off Ramirez/Lopez).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–2:33.  A–39,320.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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