April 9, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score

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

Standings at end of play this day

Wrigley Field, Attendance: 39,839

Sunday, April 9, 2006, 7:10PM
Time of Game: 2:57

Cardinals

3-3

Lost 3

5th, 2 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       2  0  0   0  2  0   0  0  0    4  9  0
Cubs            0  0  0   3  0  0   0  5  X    8 12  0

W: S Williamson (1-0), L: J Isringhausen (0-1)

Cubs

4-1

Won 3

2nd, ½ GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Eckstein SS                 3   0   1   0    0   0  .200  .476    8    1   2   HBP
J Encarnacion RF              4   0   0   0    0   1  .174  .382   20    1   0   
A Pujols 1B                   3   1   1   2    1   1  .300 1.194   20   11   0   
S Rolen 3B                    4   1   3   2    0   0  .375 1.090   12    0   2   HR,SB,CS
J Edmonds CF                  4   0   1   0    0   1  .174  .644   23    2   0   
  J Isringhausen P            0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Hancock P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Y Molina C                    4   0   0   0    0   1  .227  .454   17    4   0   
S Taguchi LF-CF               2   1   1   0    1   0  .182  .614   12    1   0   2B
  A Miles PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .389 1.111    4    0   0   
H Luna 2B                     3   1   2   0    0   1  .667 1.334    7    4   8   
  S Spiezio PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250    2    0   0   
S Ponson P                    1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    6    0   0   SH
  J Rodriguez PH              1   0   0   0    0   0  .400 1.100    1    0   0   GDP
  A Wainwright P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  R Rincon P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Schumaker LF              1   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .945    3    0   0   
Totals                       32   4   9   4    2   6              135   24  12

BATTING

2B: S Taguchi (2, off S Marshall).

HR: S Rolen (2, off S Marshall; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF).

SH: S Ponson (1, off S Marshall).

HBP: D Eckstein (2, by S Marshall).

TB: S Rolen 6; S Taguchi 2; H Luna 2; D Eckstein; A Pujols; J Edmonds.

GIDP: J Rodriguez (1).

RBI: A Pujols 2 (8); S Rolen 2 (7).

2-out RBI: A Pujols 2; S Rolen 2.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 2. H Luna-A Pujols; S Rolen-H Luna-A Pujols.

PB: Y Molina (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: S Rolen (2, 2nd base off S Williamson/M Barrett).

CS: S Rolen (1, 3rd base by S Williamson/M Barrett).

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Pierre CF                   5   0   0   0    0   1  .273  .713   32    1   0   
T Walker 2B                   3   0   2   0    1   0  .429 1.071   12    2   3   
  J Hairston PR-2B            0   1   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
D Lee 1B                      3   1   0   0    1   1  .375 1.500   13   12   0   2·GDP
A Ramirez 3B                  3   2   1   0    1   0  .211  .686   11    2   5   
M Barrett C                   4   2   2   4    0   0  .316 1.087   22    6   0   HR
J Jones RF                    4   2   2   3    0   0  .125  .524   19    1   0   HR
M Murton LF                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .211  .686   15    1   0   
R Cedeno SS                   4   0   4   0    0   0  .556 1.445   19    1   2   2B
S Marshall P                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   1   
  M Wuertz P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  F Bynum PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    6    0   0   
  J Williams P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Mabry PH                  1   0   1   0    0   0  .667 2.334    1    0   0   
  S Williamson P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  A Pagan PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .800    1    0   0   
  R Dempster P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
Totals                       34   8  12   7    3   4              155   27  12

BATTING

2B: R Cedeno (4, off S Ponson).

HR: J Jones (1, off S Ponson; 4th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to CF); M Barrett (2, off J Isringhausen; 8th inn, 3 on, 0 outs to LF).

TB: J Jones 5; R Cedeno 5; M Barrett 5; T Walker 2; J Mabry; A Ramirez.

GIDP: D Lee 2 (3).

RBI: M Barrett 4 (9); J Jones 3 (4).

2-out RBI: J Jones 3.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 2. T Walker-D Lee; T Walker-R Cedeno-D Lee.

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
S Ponson                       5     7   3   3    0   1   1   5.40   20   82-54   36· 3·15   13· 4· 2· 0     42    -     1.17  -0.06
A Wainwright, H (1)            1.2   2   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    7   23-14    8· 1· 5    2· 3· 1· 0          0-0    1.37   0.09
R Rincon, H (2)                0.1   0   1   1    1   1   0  13.50    2   12-5     2· 1· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    3.17   0.01
J Isringhausen, BS (1), L (0-1)
                            0     2   4   4    2   0   1  18.00    4   20-8     6· 1· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          1-1    3.13  -0.55
J Hancock                      1     1   0   0    0   1   0   4.91    4   13-9     4· 0· 5    3· 0· 0· 0          1-1    0.19  -0.01
Totals                         8    12   8   8    3   4   2          37  150-90   56· 6·28   19· 8· 3· 0          4-2

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Marshall                     4.1   4   4   4    1   2   1   8.31   19   65-42   26· 4·12    8· 6· 1· 0     40    -     0.83  -0.14
M Wuertz                       0.2   2   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    4   22-13    9· 2· 2    3· 0· 0· 0          3-2    3.05  -0.07
J Williams                     2     2   0   0    1   1   0   6.00    7   23-13    8· 1· 4    4· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.19   0.12
S Williamson, W (1-0)          1     1   0   0    0   2   0   2.70    3   11-7     3· 3· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.08   0.06
R Dempster                     1     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    3    9-6     5· 0· 1    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.21   0.02
Totals                         9     9   4   4    2   6   1          36  130-81   51·10·20   18· 6· 3· 0          3-2

R Rincon faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
J Isringhausen faced 4 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Hancock (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: S Marshall (1; D Eckstein).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Terry Craft, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Dale Scott.

Time of Game: 2:57.

Attendance: 39,839.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 43° F, Wind 8mph in from Leftfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Chicago Cubs                         
1. D Eckstein           SS    1. J Pierre             CF 
2. J Encarnacion        RF    2. T Walker             2B 
3. A Pujols             1B    3. D Lee                1B 
4. S Rolen              3B    4. A Ramirez            3B 
5. J Edmonds            CF    5. M Barrett            C  
6. Y Molina             C     6. J Jones              RF 
7. S Taguchi            LF    7. M Murton             LF 
8. H Luna               2B    8. R Cedeno             SS 
9. S Ponson             P     9. S Marshall           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   2  2-0  1-3  6   32%  64% J Jones         S Ponson        Home Run (Fly Ball); Ramirez Scores; Barrett Scores
   b 8   0  4-3  123  6   25%  97% M Barrett       J Isringhausen  Home Run (Fly Ball); Hairston Scores; Lee Scores; Ramirez Scores
   t 5   2  3-2  123  6  -22%  38% A Pujols        M Wuertz        Single to LF (Ground Ball); Taguchi Scores; Luna Scores; Eckstein to 2B
   t 1   2  0-0  1--  6  -17%  35% S Rolen         S Marshall      Home Run (Fly Ball); Pujols Scores
   b 8   0  4-3  12-  4   16%  72% A Ramirez       J Isringhausen  Walk; Hairston to 3B; Lee to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Sean Marshall facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   52%  D Eckstein      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   54%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   53%  A Pujols        Walk
   RR     1--  6   35%  S Rolen         Home Run (Fly Ball); Pujols Scores
   O      ---  5   36%  J Edmonds       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-2, Sidney Ponson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   34%  J Pierre        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   36%  T Walker        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   OO     1--  2   31%  D Lee           Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Sean Marshall facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   33%  Y Molina        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   34%  S Taguchi       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  5   35%  H Luna          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-2, Sidney Ponson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   33%  A Ramirez       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  7   31%  M Barrett       Lineout: SS
   O      ---  2   30%  J Jones         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Sean Marshall facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   32%  S Ponson        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   33%  D Eckstein      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  3   34%  J Encarnacion   Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-2, Sidney Ponson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   31%  M Murton        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   36%  R Cedeno        Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  4   32%  S Marshall      Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  9   28%  J Pierre        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Sean Marshall facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5   30%  A Pujols        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1   31%  S Rolen         Flyball: CF
          ---  6   30%  J Edmonds       Single to LF (Fly Ball)
   O      1--  4   32%  Y Molina        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-2, Sidney Ponson facing 2-3-4
          ---  3   37%  T Walker        Single to LF (Fly Ball)
   OO     1--  2   27%  D Lee           Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
          ---  3   29%  A Ramirez       Single to SS (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   32%  M Barrett       Single to RF (Ground Ball); Ramirez to 3B
   RRR    1-3  6   64%  J Jones         Home Run (Fly Ball); Ramirez Scores; Barrett Scores
   O      ---  4   63%  M Murton        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 3.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 2-3, Sean Marshall facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   55%  S Taguchi       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
          -2-  1   46%  H Luna          Single to CF (Line Drive); Taguchi to 3B
   O      1-3  1   51%  S Ponson        Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Luna to 2B
          -23  1   50%  D Eckstein      Hit By Pitch
                  Michael Wuertz replaces Sean Marshall pitching and batting 9th
   O      123  9   60%  J Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
   RR     123  6   38%  A Pujols        Single to LF (Ground Ball); Taguchi Scores; Luna Scores; Eckstein to 2B
          12-  4   35%  S Rolen         Single to SS (Ground Ball); Eckstein to 3B; Pujols to 2B
   O      123  3   43%  J Edmonds       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Behind 3-4, Sidney Ponson facing 8-9-1
          ---  8   48%  R Cedeno        Single to SS (Ground Ball)
                  Freddie Bynum pinch hits for Michael Wuertz batting 9th
   O      1--  6   43%  F Bynum         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  2   40%  J Pierre        Groundout: 2B-1B; Bynum to 2B
   O      -2-  1   35%  T Walker        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 3.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Jerome Williams facing 6-7-8
                  Jerome Williams replaces Freddie Bynum pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   38%  Y Molina        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   35%  S Taguchi       Walk
          1--  1   31%  H Luna          Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Short RF); Taguchi to 2B
                  John Rodriguez pinch hits for Sidney Ponson batting 9th
   OO     12-  1   41%  J Rodriguez     Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Behind 3-4, Adam Wainwright facing 3-4-5
                  Adam Wainwright replaces John Rodriguez pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   37%  D Lee           Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   34%  A Ramirez       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   32%  M Barrett       Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 3.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Jerome Williams facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   28%  D Eckstein      Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  6   37%  J Encarnacion   Line Drive Double Play: 2B; Eckstein out at 1B/2B-1B
   O      ---  4   38%  A Pujols        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Behind 3-4, Adam Wainwright facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   33%  J Jones         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   29%  M Murton        Flyball: RF
          ---  4   32%  R Cedeno        Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  John Mabry pinch hits for Jerome Williams batting 9th
          1--  1   38%  J Mabry         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Cedeno to 3B
                  Ricardo Rincon replaces Adam Wainwright pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3  8   27%  J Pierre        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 3.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 4-3, Scott Williamson facing 4-5-6
                  Scott Williamson replaces John Mabry pitching and batting 9th
          ---  1   23%  S Rolen         Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--      20%  J Edmonds       Rolen Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   25%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-      31%  Y Molina        Rolen Caught Stealing 3B (P-3B)
   O      ---  5   33%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Behind 3-4, Ricardo Rincon facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   42%  T Walker        Walk
                  Jason Isringhausen replaces Jim Edmonds pitching and batting 5th; Skip Schumaker replaces Ricardo Rincon playing LF batting 9th; So Taguchi moves to CF; Jerry Hairston pinch runs for Todd Walker batting 2nd
          1--      49%  D Lee           Passed Ball; Hairston to 2B
          -2-  4   56%  " "             Walk
          12-  4   72%  A Ramirez       Walk; Hairston to 3B; Lee to 2B
   RRRR   123  6   97%  M Barrett       Home Run (Fly Ball); Hairston Scores; Lee Scores; Ramirez Scores
          ---  6   97%  J Jones         Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
                  Josh Hancock replaces Jason Isringhausen pitching and batting 5th
   O      1--  3   97%  M Murton        Strikeout Looking
          1--  3   97%  R Cedeno        Single to LF (Ground Ball); Jones to 2B
                  Angel Pagan pinch hits for Scott Williamson batting 9th
   O      12-  1   97%  A Pagan         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Jones to 3B
   R      1-3      99%  J Pierre        Wild Pitch; Jones Scores; Pagan to 2B
   O      -2-  6   98%  " "             Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 8.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-8, Ryan Dempster facing 7-8-9
                  Ryan Dempster replaces Angel Pagan pitching and batting 9th; Jerry Hairston moves to 2B; Aaron Miles pinch hits for So Taguchi batting 7th
   O      ---  4   99%  A Miles         Lineout: LF
                  Scott Spiezio pinch hits for Hector Luna batting 8th
   O      ---  2  100%  S Spiezio       Groundout: P unassisted
   O      ---  3  100%  S Schumaker     Groundout: 1B unassisted
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Cubs 8.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation