St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 2
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 1
St. Louis 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X 4 7 0
WP: M. Mulder (11-5) S: J. Isringhausen (27)
LP: B. Sheets (5-7)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: St. Louis
- J. Rodriguez homered to deep right center
Bot 3rd: St. Louis
- A. Pujols homered to deep center, D. Eckstein scored
Top 4th: Milwaukee
- J.J. Hardy homered to deep left
Top 8th: Milwaukee
- B. Hall hit sacrifice fly to center, R. Weeks scored
Bot 8th: St. Louis
- J. Edmonds singled to center, D. Eckstein scored, A. Pujols to third
 Milwaukee
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
B. Clark cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 .312
R. Weeks 2b 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 .271
L. Overbay 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .276
C. Lee lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .261
B. Hall 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 .276
C. Magruder rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .224
J.J. Hardy ss 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .213
C. Moeller c 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .215
    G. Jenkins ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273
B. Sheets p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
    W. Helms ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286
    R. Bottalico p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    D. Eveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    R. Branyan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .270
 Totals 33 2 8 2 3 5 16  
 Batting
2B - R Weeks 2 (5, M Mulder 2); B Hall (21, M Mulder); J Hardy (14, M Mulder); L Overbay (20, J Tavarez).
HR - J Hardy (2, 4th inning off M Mulder 0 on, 2 Out).
SF - B Hall.
RBI - J Hardy (22), B Hall (43).
2-out RBI - J Hardy.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Magruder 1, C Lee 2, B Clark 2, B Sheets 1.
GIDP - C Magruder.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
E - B Hall (12, ground ball).
DP - 2 (J Hardy-R Weeks-L Overbay, R Weeks-J Hardy-L Overbay).
 St. Louis
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. Eckstein ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .279
J. Rodriguez lf 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 .364
    S. Taguchi ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .270
A. Pujols 1b 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 .338
J. Edmonds cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .271
L. Walker rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .275
S. Rolen 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238
A. Nunez 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .302
E. Diaz c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .230
M. Mulder p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .108
    J. Mabry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
    J. Tavarez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Isringhausen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 31 4 7 4 1 7 10  
 Batting
3B - D Eckstein (5, D Eveland).
HR - J Rodriguez (1, 1st inning off B Sheets 0 on, 1 Out), A Pujols (26, 3rd inning off B Sheets 1 on, 2 Out).
RBI - J Rodriguez (1), A Pujols 2 (77), J Edmonds (53).
2-out RBI - A Pujols 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Pujols 1.
GIDP - S Rolen, L Walker.
Team LOB - 4.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (D Eckstein-A Nunez-A Pujols).
 Milwaukee
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Sheets (L, 5-7) 6.0 5 3 3 0 7 2 3.51
R. Bottalico 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.98
D. Eveland 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1.93
 St. Louis
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
M. Mulder (W, 11-5) 7.0 5 1 1 3 3 1 3.98
J. Tavarez (H, 21) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.70
J. Isringhausen (S, 27) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.89
WP - B Sheets 2.
IBB - A Pujols (by D Eveland).
Pitches-strikes - B Sheets 79-58; R Bottalico 11-7; D Eveland 17-11; M Mulder 93-57; J Tavarez 16-11; J Isringhausen 13-8.
Ground balls-fly balls - B Sheets 7-5; R Bottalico 2-1; D Eveland 3-0; M Mulder 11-7; J Tavarez 0-2; J Isringhausen 0-2.
Batters faced - B Sheets 24; R Bottalico 3; D Eveland 5; M Mulder 28; J Tavarez 5; J Isringhausen 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Tony Randazzo. 1B--Ed Montague. 2B--Jerry Layne. 3B--Paul Emmel.
Time: 2:22.
Attendance: 40,904.
Weather: 92 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, right to left.
Game Notes
THE HOME RUN BY ST. LOUIS' JOHN RODRIGUEZ IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING WAS THE FIRST OF HIS CAREER.

Updated on Thursday, Jul 21, 2005 4:26 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Milwaukee
J.J. Hardy J.J. Hardy
2-3, 1 HR
1 RBI
 St. Louis
A. Pujols A. Pujols
1-3, 1 HR
2 RBI