St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals
June 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 2008 at Nationals Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 6, Washington Nationals 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Barton lf 3 1 0 0
Mather rf,1b 2 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 2 1 0 0
  Ankiel pr,cf 2 0 0 0
Ludwick cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Glaus 3b 4 1 1 0
Molina c 5 1 2 3
Miles 2b 4 0 2 0
Lohse p 3 0 1 1
  McClellan p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Izturis ss 4 1 3 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Guzman ss 4 0 1 0
Milledge cf 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Boone 3b 3 0 0 0
Flores c 4 1 1 0
Casto rf 3 0 1 0
Langerhans lf 3 0 1 1
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph 1 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
  Sanches p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
  Manning p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Dukes ph 0 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
St. Louis 400 110 0006110
Washington 000 010 000161
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lohse  W (6-2) 5.0 4 1 1 0 2
  McClellan  1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Springer  1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Villone  1 0.0 0 0 1 1 0
  Worrell  1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals
7.0
6
1
1
2
5
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (2-5) 3.0 5 4 1 2 0
  Colome  1 3.0 2 2 0 1 0
  Sanches  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Manning  1 1.0 0 0 1 1 0
  Rivera  2 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Rauch  1 0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
3
4
4

  E–Lopez (5).  DP–St. Louis 2. Miles-Izturis-Pujols, Miles-Izturis-Mather, Washington 3. Casto-Young, Guzman-Lopez-Young, Rivera-Guzman-Young.  2B–St. Louis Ludwick 2 (15,off Perez,off Manning); Izturis (6,off Colome)., Washington Guzman (19,off Lohse); Flores (11,off Lohse).  HR–St. Louis Molina (3,1st inning off Perez 2 on 2 out).  SH–Barton (3,off Colome).  HBP–Barton (1,by Perez); Pujols (3,by Colome)..  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  SB–Izturis (6,Home off Colome/Flores); Ankiel (1,2nd base off Colome/Flores).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–2:27.  A–26,875.
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