July 29, 2001 St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Box Score and Play by Play

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BAL 1
@ANA 0 BOS 4
CHW 3 DET 8
CLE 3 OAK 6
KCR 4 SEA 10
MIN 2 TEX 2
TBD 0 NYY 9
@TOR 3 SFG 4
@ARI 3 CHC 7
STL 5 CIN 8
FLA 4 COL 3
@LAD 2 SDP 12
@MIL 5 ATL 8
@MON 1 NYM 6
PHI 5 PIT 4
HOU 1

Standings at end of play this day

Wrigley Field, Attendance: 40,295

Sunday, July 29, 2001, 7:09PM
Time of Game: 2:58

Cardinals

52-51

Lost 1

3rd, 8½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  0  0   0  1  0   3  1  0    5  8  1
Cubs            0  4  2   0  0  0   0  1  X    7  9  0

W: J Tavarez (8-6), L: M Morris (12-7), S: T Gordon (21)

Cubs

61-43

Won 1

1st

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Vina 2B                     4   0   1   0    0   0  .303  .776   13    5   2   
P Polanco 3B                  3   1   1   0    1   0  .325  .772   10    0   2   GDP
A Pujols RF                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .319  .988   18    0   0   HBP
M McGwire 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   4  .198  .827   24    5   1   
J Edmonds CF                  4   1   2   1    0   2  .282  .875   16    4   0   2B
C Paquette LF                 4   1   2   0    0   1  .260  .744   20    2   0   
  S Kline P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
E Renteria SS                 3   2   1   3    0   0  .228  .617   17    2   4   HR,HBP
E Marrero C                   3   0   1   1    1   0  .270  .721   21    4   1   CS
M Morris P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .114  .269    2    1   0   SH
  S Clapp PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .176  .411    2    0   0   
  M Matthews P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .071  .142         1   0   
  K Robinson PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .299  .683    5    0   0   
  J Christiansen P            0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  L Hackman P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  B Bonilla LF                1   0   0   0    0   0  .237  .730    2    0   0   
Totals                       31   5   8   5    2   7              150   24  11

BATTING

2B: J Edmonds (21, off K Farnsworth).

HR: E Renteria (7, off J Tavarez; 7th inn, 2 on, 0 outs to LF-CF).

SH: M Morris (9, off J Tavarez).

HBP: A Pujols (8, by J Tavarez); E Renteria (1, by J Tavarez).

TB: E Renteria 4; J Edmonds 3; C Paquette 2; E Marrero; P Polanco; F Vina.

GIDP: P Polanco (14).

RBI: E Renteria 3 (32); E Marrero (14); J Edmonds (55).

2-out RBI: J Edmonds.

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 2 for 5.

FIELDING

DP: 1. F Vina-E Renteria-M McGwire.

E: A Pujols (16).

BASERUNNING

CS: E Marrero (3, 2nd base by J Tavarez/R Machado).

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeShields 2B                4   0   1   0    0   1  .219  .671   14    3   3   
M Tucker CF-LF                2   1   1   0    1   0  .243  .707   13    1   0   CS,HBP
S Sosa RF                     4   1   1   0    0   1  .300 1.101   12    3   0   
F McGriff 1B                  3   1   1   1    1   1  .318  .923   23    7   1   
R Coomer 3B                   4   1   2   1    0   0  .272  .729   10    0   2   2·2B
  M Cairo PR-3B               0   1   0   0    0   0  .288  .751         0   0   
M Stairs LF                   3   1   1   1    0   0  .255  .813   12    1   0   
  G Matthews CF               0   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .703    5    1   0   SH
R Machado C                   4   1   2   2    0   1  .257  .736   12    7   1   HR
A Ojeda SS                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .189  .475   15    2   1   GDP
J Tavarez P                   2   0   0   0    0   0  .161  .373    8    1   3   SH
  M Fyhrie P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  F Heredia P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  K Farnsworth P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  T Gordon P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       30   7   9   5    2   5              124   27  11

BATTING

2B: R Coomer 2 (13, off M Morris, off L Hackman).

HR: R Machado (2, off M Morris; 2nd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF).

SH: J Tavarez (9, off M Matthews); G Matthews (4, off S Kline).

HBP: M Tucker (2, by J Christiansen).

TB: R Machado 5; R Coomer 4; F McGriff; D DeShields; M Stairs; M Tucker; S Sosa.

GIDP: A Ojeda (1).

RBI: R Machado 2 (8); F McGriff (62); R Coomer (38); M Stairs (42).

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Tavarez-F McGriff; J Tavarez-D DeShields-F McGriff.

BASERUNNING

CS: M Tucker (6, 2nd base by L Hackman/E Marrero).

PITCHING

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Morris, L (12-7)             4     7   6   6    2   1   1   3.17   21   66-44   27· 7·10   10· 3· 4· 1     23    -     0.47  -0.31
M Matthews                     2     1   0   0    0   2   0   3.76    7   28-16    7· 5· 4    1· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.13   0.01
J Christiansen                 0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   4.66    3   13-6     1· 4· 1    0· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.57   0.01
L Hackman                      0.1   1   1   1    0   0   0   4.63    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    0· 0· 1· 0          1-0    0.51  -0.03
S Kline                        1     0   0   0    0   1   0   2.01    3   13-8     5· 2· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          1-1    0.67  -0.02
Totals                         8     9   7   7    2   5   1          35  121-75   41·18·16   13· 6· 7· 1          2-1

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Tavarez, W (8-6)             6     7   4   4    1   5   1   3.83   25  106-62   30·10·22    9· 4· 3· 1     46    -     0.61   0.02
M Fyhrie, H (5)                0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.20    2    9-6     2· 2· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.17   0.06
F Heredia, H (8)               0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.50    1    3-3     1· 1· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.56   0.01
K Farnsworth, H (21)           1     1   1   1    1   2   0   3.00    5   19-11    4· 3· 4    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.05   0.00
T Gordon, S (21)               1     0   0   0    0   0   0   3.24    3    9-5     3· 0· 2    0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    1.04   0.07
Totals                         9     8   5   5    2   7   1          36  146-87   40·16·31   12· 8· 4· 1           -

L Hackman faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
J Tavarez faced 3 batters in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: S Kline (1); J Tavarez (2).

IBB: None.

HBP: J Tavarez 2 (5; E Renteria, A Pujols); J Christiansen (1; M Tucker).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ron Kulpa, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Matt Hollowell, 3B - Mark Hirschbeck.

Time of Game: 2:58.

Attendance: 40,295.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 74° F, Wind 2mph from Left to Right, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Chicago Cubs                         
1. F Vina               2B    1. D DeShields          2B 
2. P Polanco            3B    2. M Tucker             CF 
3. A Pujols             RF    3. S Sosa               RF 
4. M McGwire            1B    4. F McGriff            1B 
5. J Edmonds            CF    5. R Coomer             3B 
6. C Paquette           LF    6. M Stairs             LF 
7. E Renteria           SS    7. R Machado            C  
8. E Marrero            C     8. A Ojeda              SS 
9. M Morris             P     9. J Tavarez            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 8   2  6-4  1--  1  -12%  79% J Edmonds       K Farnsworth    Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Polanco Scores
   b 2   0  0-0  1--  1   11%  70% R Coomer        M Morris        Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); McGriff to 3B
   t 7   0  6-1  12-  5  -10%  82% E Renteria      J Tavarez       Home Run (LF-CF); Edmonds Scores; Paquette Scores
   b 2   0  0-0  -23  3   10%  79% M Stairs        M Morris        Single to RF (Line Drive); McGriff Scores; Coomer Scores/Adv on E9; Stairs to 2B
   b 2   0  0-2  -2-  1    9%  88% R Machado       M Morris        Home Run; Stairs Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Julian Tavarez facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   52%  F Vina          Flyball: LF
          ---  2   50%  P Polanco       Single (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
   OO     1--  4   55%  A Pujols        Line Drive Double Play: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Morris facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   53%  D DeShields     Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   51%  M Tucker        Lineout: 1B
   O      ---  1   50%  S Sosa          Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Julian Tavarez facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   52%  M McGwire       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   54%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   53%  C Paquette      Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   55%  E Renteria      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Matt Morris facing 4-5-6
          ---  8   59%  F McGriff       Walk
          1--  1   70%  R Coomer        Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); McGriff to 3B
   RR     -23  3   79%  M Stairs        Single to RF (Line Drive); McGriff Scores; Coomer Scores/Adv on E9; Stairs to 2B
   RR     -2-  1   88%  R Machado       Home Run; Stairs Scores
   O      ---  4   87%  A Ojeda         Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  2   87%  J Tavarez       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   86%  D DeShields     Flyball: LF
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 4.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Julian Tavarez facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   83%  E Marrero       Walk
   O      1--  2   85%  M Morris        Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Marrero to 2B
   O      -2-  2   88%  F Vina          Flyball: RF
   O      -2-  1   90%  P Polanco       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Ahead 4-0, Matt Morris facing 2-3-4
          ---  7   91%  M Tucker        Walk
          1--  4   93%  S Sosa          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Tucker to 2B
   R      12-  5   96%  F McGriff       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Tucker Scores; Sosa to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   96%  R Coomer        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B; Sosa Scores
   O      1--  3   96%  M Stairs        Flyball: CF
   O      1--  3   95%  R Machado       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 6.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-6, Julian Tavarez facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   96%  A Pujols        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  8   97%  M McGwire       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   97%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-0, Matt Morris facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   97%  A Ojeda         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   97%  J Tavarez       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   97%  D DeShields     Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   97%  M Tucker        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); DeShields to 3B
   O      1-3  1   96%  S Sosa          Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 6.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-6, Julian Tavarez facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   97%  C Paquette      Flyball: RF
          ---  6   96%  E Renteria      Hit By Pitch
          1--      96%  E Marrero       Wild Pitch; Renteria to 2B
   R      -2-  5   94%  " "             Single to CF (Line Drive); Renteria Scores
                  Stubby Clapp pinch hits for Matt Morris batting 9th
   O      1--  2   95%  S Clapp         Flyball: CF
   O      1--  1   96%  F Vina          Marrero Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-1, Mike Matthews facing 4-5-6
                  Mike Matthews replaces Stubby Clapp pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  6   96%  F McGriff       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   96%  R Coomer        Popfly: SS
   O      ---  6   96%  M Stairs        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 6.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-6, Julian Tavarez facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   94%  F Vina          Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
   OO     1--  2   97%  P Polanco       Ground Ball Double Play: P-2B-1B
          ---  4   97%  A Pujols        Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  5   98%  M McGwire       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-1, Mike Matthews facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   98%  R Machado       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
   O      1--  5   98%  A Ojeda         Flyball: CF
   O      1--  1   97%  J Tavarez       Bunt Groundout: P unassisted/Sacrifice; Machado to 2B
   O      -2-  5   97%  D DeShields     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Cubs 6.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-6, Julian Tavarez facing 5-6-7
          ---  7   95%  J Edmonds       Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   92%  C Paquette      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Short CF); Edmonds to 2B
   RRR    12-  5   82%  E Renteria      Home Run (LF-CF); Edmonds Scores; Paquette Scores
                  Mike Fyhrie replaces Julian Tavarez pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   85%  E Marrero       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  Kerry Robinson pinch hits for Mike Matthews batting 9th
   O      ---  5   88%  K Robinson      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Felix Heredia replaces Mike Fyhrie pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   89%  F Vina          Groundout: 1B-P
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-4, Jason Christiansen facing 2-3-4
                  Jason Christiansen replaces Kerry Robinson pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   91%  M Tucker        Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  6   89%  S Sosa          Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   88%  F McGriff       Lineout: CF
                  Luther Hackman replaces Jason Christiansen pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  3   87%  R Coomer        Tucker Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 6.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-6, Kyle Farnsworth facing 2-3-4
                  Kyle Farnsworth replaces Felix Heredia pitching and batting 9th; Michael Tucker moves to LF; Gary Matthews replaces Matt Stairs playing CF batting 6th
          ---  5   80%  P Polanco       Walk
   O      1--  4   86%  A Pujols        Flyball: RF
   O      1--  5   91%  M McGwire       Strikeout Swinging
   R      1--  1   79%  J Edmonds       Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Polanco Scores
   O      -2-  4   87%  C Paquette      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-5, Luther Hackman facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   91%  R Coomer        Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
                  Steve Kline replaces Craig Paquette pitching and batting 6th; Bobby Bonilla replaces Luther Hackman playing LF batting 9th; Miguel Cairo pinch runs for Ron Coomer batting 5th
   O      -2-  5   90%  G Matthews      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Cairo to 3B
   R      --3  6   94%  R Machado       Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Cairo Scores/No RBI; Machado to 1B
   OO     1--  2   93%  A Ojeda         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 7.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-7, Tom Gordon facing 7-8-9
                  Tom Gordon replaces Kyle Farnsworth pitching and batting 9th; Miguel Cairo moves to 3B
   O      ---  3   97%  E Renteria      Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  4   99%  E Marrero       Popfly: SS
   O      ---  2  100%  B Bonilla       Flyball: CF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 7.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation