St. Louis Cardinals vs Boston Red Sox
October 23, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 23, 2004 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"I think we forget that the mind is a powerful thing and sometimes we just lose our confidence. You know, these games, you want to win so bad that you sometimes put too much pressure on yourself, and that's when you start to struggle. You just got to battle through it, and that's kind of what I did." - Mark Bellhorn in Lindy's Sports Presents World Champs! (J. Lindy Davis, 2004)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 9, Boston Red Sox 11

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Renteria ss 4 1 2 1
Walker rf 5 1 4 2
Pujols 1b 3 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 5 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 4 2 1 0
Sanders dh 3 1 0 0
Womack 2b 1 1 0 0
  Anderson 2b 2 0 1 0
Matheny c 2 0 1 2
  Marquis pr 0 1 0 0
  Molina c 1 0 0 0
Taguchi lf 3 1 1 1
  Cedeno ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Haren p 0 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Eldred p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 6 1 2 1
Cabrera ss 4 2 1 1
Ramirez lf 5 0 3 2
Ortiz dh 3 1 2 4
Millar 1b 5 1 1 0
  Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0
Nixon rf 3 0 0 0
  Kapler ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 3 1 1 1
Mirabelli c 3 1 1 0
  Varitek ph,c 2 1 0 0
Bellhorn 2b 3 3 2 2
  Reese 2b 0 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 13 11
St. Louis 011 302 0209111
Boston 403 000 22x11134
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   2.1 8 7 7 3 1
  Haren   3.2 2 0 0 3 1
  Calero   0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  King   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Eldred   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Tavarez  L (0-1) 1.0 1 2 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
11
10
8
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   3.2 3 5 5 5 2
  Arroyo   2.1 4 2 2 0 4
  Timlin   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Embree   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Foulke  W (1-0) 1.2 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
6
9

  E–Renteria (1), Ramirez 2 (2), Millar (1), Arroyo (1).  DP–Boston 1.  PB–Mirabelli (1).  2B–St. Louis Walker 2 (2,off Wakefield,off Arroyo); Renteria (1,off Arroyo); Anderson (1,off Foulke), Boston Damon (1,off Williams); Millar (1,off Williams).  HR–St. Louis Walker (1,3rd inning off Wakefield 0 on, 1 out), Boston Ortiz (1,1st inning off Williams 2 on, 1 out); Bellhorn (1,8th inning off Tavarez 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Womack (1,off Wakefield).  SF–Matheny 2 (2,off Wakefield 2).  HBP–Pujols (1,by Wakefield); Cabrera (1,by Williams).  IBB–Pujols (1,by Foulke).  Team LOB–9.  Team–12.  HBP–Williams (1,Cabrera); Wakefield (1,Pujols).  IBB–Foulke (1,Pujols).  U–Ed Montague, Dale Scott, Brian Gorman, Chuck Meriwether, Charlie Reliford, Gerry Davis.  T–4:00.  A–35,035.
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