Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 26, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 2004 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 11, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 5 3 3 0
Wilson J. ss 6 3 4 1
Ward 1b 5 3 4 6
Wilson C. rf 4 0 1 1
  Redman pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Mackowiak cf,rf 6 0 1 1
Bay lf 2 0 1 1
Hill 3b 5 0 2 1
  Johnston p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 5 1 2 0
Benson p 3 0 1 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Stynes ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 11 19 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 1 2 0
Edmonds cf 5 1 3 1
Pujols 1b 5 1 1 0
Rolen 3b 4 0 1 2
Mabry lf 4 2 2 0
Renteria ss 5 3 3 1
Sanders rf 5 0 2 1
Matheny c 5 0 1 2
Marquis p 1 0 1 1
  Lankford ph 1 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  McKay ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 16 8
Pittsburgh 202 240 01011191
St. Louis 011 001 4018160
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson  W (4-3) 6.1 11 7 7 2 5
  Torres   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Grabow   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnston   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Meadows   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mesa   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Marquis  L (3-4) 4.0 9 6 6 4 5
  Calero   2.0 5 4 4 0 3
  King   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Kline   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
11
11
4
8

  E–Kendall (5).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Ward (4,off Marquis); J Wilson (13,off Marquis); C Wilson (13,off Marquis); Bay (3,off Calero), St. Louis Edmonds (16,off Benson); Mabry (1,off Benson); Pujols (14,off Benson); Sanders (8,off Mesa).  3B–Pittsburgh Ward (1,off Marquis).  HR–Pittsburgh Ward (6,5th inning off Calero 2 on, 2 out), St. Louis Edmonds (11,3rd inning off Benson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Benson (7,off Calero).  SF–Bay (1,off Tavarez).  HBP–C Wilson (6,by Tavarez).  Team LOB–12.  Team–10.  SB–Redman (3,2nd base off Tavarez/Matheny); Renteria (5,2nd base off Benson/Kendall); Womack (11,2nd base off Benson/Kendall).  HBP–Tavarez (1,C Wilson).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:37.  A–29,526.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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