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CHICAGO CUBS (1) VS ST LOUIS (6) - FINAL

CHICAGO CUBS           ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
M Grudzielanek 2b       4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .292
R Ordonez ss            4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .154
S Sosa rf               3  0  2  0   1  0   1  .271
M Alou lf               3  0  0  0   1  1   3  .276
C Patterson cf          4  0  1  0   0  0   1  .278
D Lee 1b                4  1  2  1   0  0   1  .302
R Martinez 3b           4  0  2  0   0  0   1  .263
P Bako c                3  0  0  0   0  1   3  .186
G Maddux p              2  0  0  0   0  0   1  .125
 a-T Goodwin ph         1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .203
 J Leicester p          0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 K Mercker p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 M Wuertz p             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 32  1  9  1   2  2  11

a-lined out to center for G Maddux in the 7th.

BATTING: HR - D Lee (12, 2nd inning off J Marquis 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - D Lee (48).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Maddux 1. GIDP - P Bako, C Patterson. 
Team LOB - 6. 
 
BASERUNNING: CS - M Grudzielanek (1, 2nd base by J Marquis/Y Molina). 
 

ST LOUIS               ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
T Womack 2b             4  2  2  1   0  0   0  .314
E Renteria ss           4  1  2  1   0  0   1  .284
A Pujols 1b             3  1  1  2   0  0   1  .307
S Rolen 3b              4  1  1  0   0  1   1  .346
J Edmonds cf            4  1  2  1   0  1   1  .278
J Mabry lf-rf           4  0  1  1   0  0   0  .280
R Sanders rf            3  0  1  0   1  1   0  .258
 S Taguchi lf           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .256
Y Molina c              4  0  2  0   0  1   3  .254
J Marquis p             3  0  0  0   0  2   2  .270
 J Tavarez p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000

Totals                 33  6 12  6   1  6   9

BATTING: 2B - Y Molina (2, G Maddux); S Rolen (19, J Leicester). HR - E Renteria (6, 
1st inning off G Maddux 0 on, 1 Out), A Pujols (22, 6th inning off G Maddux 0 on, 
0 Out), J Edmonds (19, 6th inning off G Maddux 0 on, 1 Out), T Womack (4, 7th inning 
off J Leicester 0 on, 2 Out). SF - A Pujols. RBI - E Renteria (40), A Pujols 2 (59), 
J Edmonds (53), T Womack (24), J Mabry (20). 2-out RBI - T Womack, J Mabry. Runners 
left in scoring position, 2 out - E Renteria 1, S Rolen 1, Y Molina 2. Team LOB - 5. 
 
BASERUNNING: SB - R Sanders (13, 2nd base off G Maddux/P Bako), E Renteria (10,
2nd base off G Maddux/P Bako), S Rolen (3, 3rd base off K Mercker/P Bako). 
CS - J Edmonds (2, 2nd base by G Maddux/P Bako), Y Molina (1, 2nd base by 
J Leicester/P Bako). 
 
FIELDING: DP: 3 (T Womack-E Renteria-A Pujols, T Womack-A Pujols, A Pujols). 

 

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    CHICAGO CUBS    - 010 000 000   --   1
    ST LOUIS        - 101 002 11x   --   6
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CHICAGO CUBS                 ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
G Maddux (L, 7-7)             6       8   4   4   0   4   3   4.51
J Leicester                   1 1/3   3   2   2   0   1   1   2.63
K Mercker                       1/3   1   0   0   1   1   0   2.45
M Wuertz                        1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6.75

ST LOUIS                     ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Marquis (W, 9-4)            8       9   1   1   2   2   1   3.88
J Tavarez                     1       0   0   0   0   0   0   3.12

J Marquis pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

WP - J Marquis. Pitches-strikes: G Maddux 86-56; J Leicester 33-21; K Mercker 10-6; 
M Wuertz 3-3; J Marquis 105-67; J Tavarez 4-4. Ground balls-fly balls: G Maddux 6-7; 
J Leicester 1-1; K Mercker 0-0; M Wuertz 1-0; J Marquis 15-6; J Tavarez 1-1. 
Batters faced: G Maddux 25; J Leicester 6; K Mercker 3; M Wuertz 1; J Marquis 32; 
J Tavarez 2. 
 
UMPIRES: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Jerry Meals. 3B--Ed Montague. 
EJECTIONS: ST LOUIS' La Russa by Cousins (3rd). 
T--2:23. Att--49,675. 
Weather: 89 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, swirling.
 

How They Scored

ST LOUIS 1ST:   T Womack grounded out to second.  E Renteria homered to left 
center.  A Pujols grounded out to second.  S Rolen flied out to center. (1 Run, 
1 Hit, 0 Errors)  CHICAGO CUBS 0, ST LOUIS 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 2ND:   C Patterson lined out to first.  D Lee homered to left 
center.  R Martinez singled to right.  R Martinez to second on wild pitch by 
J Marquis. P Bako struck out looking.  G Maddux grounded out to third. (1 Run, 
2 Hits, 0 Errors)  CHICAGO CUBS 1, ST LOUIS 1.

ST LOUIS 3RD:   J Marquis grounded out to second.  T Womack singled to 
center.  E Renteria singled to right, T Womack to third.  A Pujols hit 
sacrifice fly to center, T Womack scored.  E Renteria stole second. 
S Rolen struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  CHICAGO CUBS 1, 
ST LOUIS 2.

ST LOUIS 6TH:   A Pujols homered to left.  S Rolen grounded out to third.  
J Edmonds homered to left center.  J Mabry fouled out to catcher.  R Sanders 
struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  CHICAGO CUBS 1, ST LOUIS 4.

ST LOUIS 7TH:   J Leicester relieved G Maddux. Y Molina singled to shallow 
right center.  Y Molina caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop to first. 
J Marquis struck out swinging.  T Womack homered to right.  E Renteria grounded 
out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  CHICAGO CUBS 1, ST LOUIS 5.

ST LOUIS 8TH:   A Pujols flied out to right.  S Rolen doubled to deep right 
center.  K Mercker relieved J Leicester. S Rolen stole third. J Edmonds struck 
out swinging.  J Mabry singled to center, S Rolen scored.  R Sanders walked, 
J Mabry to second.  M Wuertz relieved K Mercker. Y Molina grounded out to 
shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)  CHICAGO CUBS 1, ST LOUIS 6.

Game Story

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The St. Louis Cardinals are distancing 
themselves from the Chicago Cubs and the rest of the National
League Central Division.

Jason Marquis came within three outs of his first career
complete game and Albert Pujols homered as the Cardinals
extended their winning streak to seven games with a 6-1
victory. 
A surprise since coming over in an offseason trade from Atlanta
that included J.D. Drew, Marquis (9-4) gave up one run and nine
hits in eight-plus innings to match the longest outing of his
career. He walked two and struck out two in improving to 6-0 in
his last seven starts.

"My mechanics have been where I want them to be," Marquis said.
"I'm just keeping the ball down. Our defense is making some good
plays for me. I just feel real comfortable with my mechanics.
I'm getting on the same page as the catchers the last month.

Marquis last worked into the ninth inning on October 6, 2001
while with Atlanta.

"He kept the ball down pretty good," said Cubs pitcher Greg
Maddux, who was a teammate of Marquis in Atlanta. "It seemed
like he was getting a lot of ground balls. He has a good sinker
now. He didn't throw that, that much in Atlanta. I think he
threw it every pitch now. It's a good pitch.

The Cardinals ran their home winning streak to nine games for
the first time since 2001 and opened a seven-game lead over the
second-place Cubs in the NL Central. The teams meet just four
more times, none after July 20.

"I wouldn't say we're feeling pressure from them," Cubs first
baseman Derrek Lee said. "We don't want to be seven games back.
There's still a lot of games to play."

"It's still July. It's nice that everybody is hyping this series
up, said Cardinals outfielder Jim Edmonds, who homered for the
third consecutive game. "You have to stay focused and keep
playing. That's a good team over there and they're not going
away.

Pujols, Edgar Renteria, Edmonds and Tony Womack all hit solo
homers for the Cardinals, who have outscored the opposition by a
lopsided 40-11 in winning the first seven games of their
nine-game home stand.

"We played good baseball," Cardinal manager Tony La Russa said.
"That's one thing about baseball. It's meant to be played right
and we're doing a lot of things right. We just have to keep
playing because you can't lose that edge."

Maddux (7-7) gave up four runs and eight hits - three homers -
in six innings. Maddux allowed three homers in a game for the
third time this season and ran his season total to 20.

"Renteria, Edmonds, I tip my hat. They got me," Maddux said.
Man, I didn't think they were that bad of pitches. Pujols'
pitch I left that up. It's not surprising that he hit that out.

The Cubs have scored just three runs during a four-game losing
streak. 
"There's not a whole bunch to say," Cubs manager Dusty Baker
said. "It's kind of like Groundhog day, it was like the day
before and the day before that too. We just have to keep
battling."