July 28, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score

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CHW 6
@BAL 4 LAA 8
@BOS 3 CLE 1
SEA 0 DET 3
@MIN 2
(10) NYY 6
TBD 0 TOR 4
@OAK 3 KCR 11
@TEX 3 NYM 6
@ATL 4 CHC 6
STL 5 COL 3
SDP 1 ARI 8
@HOU 7
(11) LAD 13
WSN 1 CIN 4
@MIL 3 FLA 4
@PHI 1 PIT 3
SFG 0

Standings at end of play this day

Wrigley Field, Attendance: 40,420

Friday, July 28, 2006, 1:22PM
Time of Game: 3:01

Cardinals

58-44

Lost 2

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  0  2   1  0  0   2  0  0    5  6  1
Cubs            0  0  0   6  0  0   0  0  X    6 11  1

W: C Marmol (4-4), L: J Marquis (12-8), S: R Dempster (19)

Cubs

41-61

Won 2

5th, 17 GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Eckstein SS                 5   2   1   0    0   0  .299  .699   17    1   4   
C Duncan LF                   3   1   1   0    1   0  .291  .863   19    2   0   
  B Looper P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.500         0   0   
  A Miles PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .260  .666    4    0   0   
A Pujols 1B                   5   0   1   1    0   2  .320 1.137   20   11   1   2B
S Rolen 3B                    3   0   0   0    0   2  .316  .925   13    0   3   HBP
J Encarnacion RF              2   1   1   2    2   1  .291  .805   19    1   0   2B,SB
J Edmonds CF                  4   0   1   0    0   1  .264  .839   16    1   0   2B
H Luna 2B                     3   0   1   1    1   1  .295  .783   22    2   2   
G Bennett C                   1   0   0   0    2   0  .208  .516   17    4   0   GDP
  S Spiezio PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .272  .804    4    0   0   
  Y Molina C                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .219  .584         1   1   
J Marquis P                   1   1   0   0    1   0  .179  .488    6    0   1   
  J Kinney P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Rodriguez PH-LF           2   0   0   0    0   1  .305  .819    9    1   0   
Totals                       31   5   6   4    7   9              166   24  12

BATTING

2B: J Encarnacion (18, off R Novoa); A Pujols (17, off C Marmol); J Edmonds (15, off C Marmol).

HBP: S Rolen (6, by R Novoa).

TB: J Edmonds 2; A Pujols 2; J Encarnacion 2; D Eckstein; C Duncan; H Luna.

GIDP: G Bennett (3).

RBI: J Encarnacion 2 (57); A Pujols (87); H Luna (21).

2-out RBI: J Encarnacion 2; A Pujols.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 2. A Pujols-Y Molina-A Pujols; J Marquis-D Eckstein-A Pujols.

PB: G Bennett (1).

E: S Rolen (9).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Encarnacion (4, 2nd base off C Marmol/M Barrett).

Chicago Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Pierre CF                   4   0   2   3    1   0  .281  .703   14    3   0   3B,2B
T Walker 2B                   4   1   1   0    1   0  .278  .747   17    2   2   2B,GDP
  R Dempster P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
M Barrett C                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .327  .930   11    9   0   
A Ramirez 3B                  3   1   1   1    0   0  .269  .854   11    1   1   3B,HBP
J Jones RF                    4   0   2   0    0   0  .291  .814   12    1   0   
J Mabry 1B                    3   1   1   2    0   1  .217  .672   10    3   0   HR
  R Novoa P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .750         0   0   
  S Eyre P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  M Murton PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .284  .728    2    0   0   
  B Howry P                   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  N Perez 2B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .262  .636         0   0   
A Pagan LF                    4   1   3   0    0   0  .262  .761   10    3   1   SB,GDP
R Cedeno SS                   3   1   1   0    0   1  .246  .597   14    1   3   SH
C Marmol P                    2   1   0   0    0   1  .143  .286   11    0   1   
  P Nevin 1B                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .227  .758    7    4   0   
Totals                       34   6  11   6    2   4              119   27   9

BATTING

2B: T Walker (16, off J Marquis); J Pierre (22, off J Marquis).

3B: A Ramirez (3, off J Marquis); J Pierre (8, off J Marquis).

HR: J Mabry (3, off J Marquis; 4th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF-CF).

SH: R Cedeno (12, off B Looper).

HBP: A Ramirez (6, by B Looper).

TB: J Pierre 5; J Mabry 4; A Ramirez 3; A Pagan 3; J Jones 2; T Walker 2; R Cedeno.

GIDP: A Pagan (3); T Walker (7).

RBI: J Pierre 3 (23); J Mabry 2 (10); A Ramirez (67).

2-out RBI: J Pierre 3; J Mabry 2.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 14.

FIELDING

DP: 1. R Cedeno-T Walker-P Nevin.

E: A Ramirez (7).

BASERUNNING

SB: A Pagan (1, 2nd base off J Kinney/G Bennett).

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
J Marquis, L (12-8)            3.2   8   6   3    1   1   1   5.67   20   56-37   24· 3·10   11· 5· 2· 0     27    -     1.24  -0.46
J Kinney                       2.1   1   0   0    0   3   0   5.40    8   31-20    9· 4· 6    1· 2· 2· 0          2-0    0.45   0.07
B Looper                       2     2   0   0    1   0   0   3.69   10   30-18   14· 0· 4    6· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.89   0.08
Totals                         8    11   6   3    2   4   1          38  117-75   47· 7·20   18· 7· 6· 0          2-0

Chicago Cubs                  IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Marmol, W (4-4)              5.1   3   3   2    7   5   0   4.39   25  111-57   29·15·13    5· 7· 1· 0     50    -     0.97  -0.10
R Novoa, H (3)                 1.1   3   2   2    0   2   0   5.25    7   27-18   11· 3· 4    2· 0· 2· 0          2-0    1.78  -0.12
S Eyre, H (14)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   2.11    1    5-3     1· 0· 2    0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    3.86   0.12
B Howry, H (16)                1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.42    3   12-7     4· 0· 3    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.61   0.13
R Dempster, S (19)             1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.18    3    9-7     5· 1· 1    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    2.22   0.17
Totals                         9     6   5   4    7   9   0          39  164-92   50·19·23   10· 9· 3· 0          4-0

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: B Looper (2; A Ramirez); R Novoa (4; S Rolen).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Jerry Layne.

Time of Game: 3:01.

Attendance: 40,420.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 88° F, Wind 6mph in from Leftfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Chicago Cubs                         
1. D Eckstein           SS    1. J Pierre             CF 
2. C Duncan             LF    2. T Walker             2B 
3. A Pujols             1B    3. M Barrett            C  
4. S Rolen              3B    4. A Ramirez            3B 
5. J Encarnacion        RF    5. J Jones              RF 
6. J Edmonds            CF    6. J Mabry              1B 
7. H Luna               2B    7. A Pagan              LF 
8. G Bennett            C     8. R Cedeno             SS 
9. J Marquis            P     9. C Marmol             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   2  3-3  123  3   26%  85% J Pierre        J Marquis       Triple to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep RF Line); Pagan Scores/unER; Cedeno Scores/unER; Marmol Scores/unER
   b 4   2  3-1  --3  2   21%  51% J Mabry         J Marquis       Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Ramirez Scores
   t 7   2  6-3  123  2  -18%  66% J Encarnacion   R Novoa         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Eckstein Scores; Duncan Scores; Rolen to 3B
   t 7   2  6-5  -23  5   12%  78% J Edmonds       S Eyre          Strikeout Looking
   b 4   1  3-0  --3  1   10%  37% A Ramirez       J Marquis       Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Walker Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Carlos Marmol facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  6   52%  D Eckstein      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   54%  C Duncan        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   55%  A Pujols        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Jason Marquis facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   61%  J Pierre        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
   O      -2-  2   57%  T Walker        Flyball: LF
          -2-      59%  M Barrett       Passed Ball; Pierre to 3B
   O      --3  4   54%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      --3  5   50%  A Ramirez       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Carlos Marmol facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   52%  S Rolen         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   54%  J Encarnacion   Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   52%  J Edmonds       Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball)
   O      -2-  6   55%  H Luna          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Cubs Batting, Tied 0-0, Jason Marquis facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   59%  J Jones         Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   56%  J Mabry         Flyball: LF
   OO     1--  3   50%  A Pagan         Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Carlos Marmol facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   46%  G Bennett       Walk
          1--  4   40%  J Marquis       Walk; Bennett to 2B
   RO     12-  1   38%  D Eckstein      Bunt Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; Marquis Scores/Adv on E5 (throw)/No RBI; Eckstein to 2B
   O      -2-  3   41%  C Duncan        Groundout: 2B-1B; Eckstein to 3B
   R      --3  6   31%  A Pujols        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Eckstein Scores/unER
   O      -2-  3   34%  S Rolen         Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-2, Jason Marquis facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   31%  R Cedeno        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  7   29%  C Marmol        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   28%  J Pierre        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Carlos Marmol facing 5-6-7
          ---  5   25%  J Encarnacion   Walk
          1--      23%  J Edmonds       Encarnacion Steals 2B
   O      -2-  7   24%  " "             Flyball: RF; Encarnacion to 3B
   RO     --3  6   22%  H Luna          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru LF Line); Encarnacion Scores; Luna out at 2B/LF-2B
          ---  8   21%  G Bennett       Walk
   O      1--  2   23%  J Marquis       Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Cubs Batting, Behind 0-3, Jason Marquis facing 2-3-4
          ---  1   29%  T Walker        Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      -2-  2   27%  M Barrett       Groundout: 2B-1B; Walker to 3B
   R      --3  1   37%  A Ramirez       Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Walker Scores
   O      --3  1   30%  J Jones         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   RR     --3  2   51%  J Mabry         Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Ramirez Scores
          ---  1   53%  A Pagan         Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  2   55%  R Cedeno        Single to CF (Ground Ball); Pagan to 2B
          12-  4   59%  C Marmol        Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball); Pagan to 3B; Cedeno to 2B; Marmol to 1B
   RRR    123  3   85%  J Pierre        Triple to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep RF Line); Pagan Scores/unER; Cedeno Scores/unER; Marmol Scores/unER
          --3  5   85%  T Walker        Walk
                  Josh Kinney replaces Jason Marquis pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3  1   83%  M Barrett       Flyball: CF
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 6.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-6, Carlos Marmol facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   85%  D Eckstein      Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  4   82%  C Duncan        Walk
   O      1--  5   85%  A Pujols        Popfly: SS (Short CF)
   O      1--  1   88%  S Rolen         Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-3, Josh Kinney facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   87%  A Ramirez       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  4   86%  J Jones         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   85%  J Mabry         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 6.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-6, Carlos Marmol facing 5-6-7
          ---  6   81%  J Encarnacion   Walk
   O      1--  1   85%  J Edmonds       Flyball: LF (LF Line)
          1--  5   81%  H Luna          Walk; Encarnacion to 2B
                  Roberto Novoa replaces John Mabry pitching and batting 6th; Phil Nevin replaces Carlos Marmol playing 1B batting 9th
   OO     12-  4   90%  G Bennett       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 6th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-3, Josh Kinney facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   92%  A Pagan         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   90%  R Cedeno        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  5   90%  P Nevin         Strikeout Swinging, Pagan Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   88%  J Pierre        Lineout: 1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Cubs 6.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-6, Roberto Novoa facing 9-1-2
                  John Rodriguez pinch hits for Josh Kinney batting 9th
   O      ---  6   91%  J Rodriguez     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   88%  D Eckstein      Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  7   84%  C Duncan        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Eckstein to 2B
   O      12-  3   89%  A Pujols        Strikeout Swinging
          12-  4   85%  S Rolen         Hit By Pitch; Eckstein to 3B; Duncan to 2B
   RR     123  2   66%  J Encarnacion   Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Eckstein Scores; Duncan Scores; Rolen to 3B
                  Scott Eyre replaces Roberto Novoa pitching and batting 6th
   O      -23  5   78%  J Edmonds       Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-5, Braden Looper facing 2-3-4
                  Braden Looper replaces Chris Duncan pitching and batting 2nd; John Rodriguez moves to LF
   O      ---  6   76%  T Walker        Lineout: LF
   O      ---  2   75%  M Barrett       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1   76%  A Ramirez       Hit By Pitch
          1--  5   77%  J Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive); Ramirez to 2B
                  Matt Murton pinch hits for Scott Eyre batting 6th
   O      12-  2   73%  M Murton        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 6.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-6, Bobby Howry facing 7-8-9
                  Bobby Howry replaces Matt Murton pitching and batting 6th
   O      ---  5   79%  H Luna          Flyball: CF
                  Scott Spiezio pinch hits for Gary Bennett batting 8th
   O      ---  4   83%  S Spiezio       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   86%  J Rodriguez     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 6.

Bottom of the 8th, Cubs Batting, Ahead 6-5, Braden Looper facing 7-8-9
                  Yadier Molina replaces Scott Spiezio playing C batting 8th
          ---  1   88%  A Pagan         Single to C/Bunt (Bunt to Front of Home)
   O      1--  3   87%  R Cedeno        Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice; Pagan to 2B
          -2-  2   90%  P Nevin         Fielder's Choice SS; Pagan to 3B; Nevin to 1B
          1-3  5   91%  J Pierre        Walk; Nevin to 2B
   OO     123  3   83%  T Walker        Ground Ball Double Play: 1B-C-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 6.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 5-6, Ryan Dempster facing 1-2-3
                  Ryan Dempster replaces Todd Walker pitching and batting 2nd; Neifi Perez replaces Bobby Howry playing 2B batting 6th
   O      ---  3   90%  D Eckstein      Groundout: SS-1B
                  Aaron Miles pinch hits for Braden Looper batting 2nd
   O      ---  4   96%  A Miles         Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  2  100%  A Pujols        Groundout: SS-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Cubs 6.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation