Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 26, 2004 Box Score

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

"I thought coming to their ball park, I thought we really played a good game tonight. We caught a break in the third inning when they had a mishap on the bases and not only did we come out of that inning unscathed, but we tacked on a run in the next inning. We knew we would jave to play good." Boston Red Sox Manager Terry Francon in Lindy's Sports Presents World Champs! (J. Lindy Davis, 2004)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 1 1 0
Cabrera ss 4 1 2 0
Ramirez lf 4 1 2 2
Ortiz 1b 4 0 1 0
  Mientkiewicz 1b 0 0 0 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 4 1 2 1
Nixon rf 3 0 1 1
  Kapler ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bellhorn 2b 3 0 0 0
  Reese 2b 0 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Millar ph 1 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Foulke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Renteria ss 4 0 1 0
Walker rf 3 1 1 1
Pujols 1b 4 0 1 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 0
Sanders lf 3 0 0 0
Womack 2b 3 0 0 0
Matheny c 2 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Suppan p 1 0 1 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph 1 0 0 0
  Molina c 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Boston 100 120 000490
St. Louis 000 000 001140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (1-0) 7.0 3 0 0 2 6
  Timlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Foulke   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (0-1) 4.2 8 4 4 1 4
  Reyes   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Calero   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  King   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Tavarez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Boston 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–Boston Mueller (2,off Suppan); Damon (2,off Suppan); Cabrera (1,off Calero), St. Louis Renteria (2,off Martinez).  HR–Boston Ramirez (1,1st inning off Suppan 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Walker (2,9th inning off Foulke 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bellhorn (1,by Suppan).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  HBP–Suppan (1,Bellhorn).  U–Brian Gorman, Chuck Meriwether, Gerry Davis, Charlie Reliford, Dale Scott, Ed Montague.  T–2:58.  A–52,015.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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