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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

2001-06-06 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 34484 · 62°F, overcast · Wind 8 mph from CF · 2:41

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–1. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 3rd. Kerry Wood earned the win and Tom Gordon picked up the save. Sammy Sosa went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
CHN	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0		4	10

W: Kerry Wood L: Darryl Kile SV: Tom Gordon

Umpires — HP: Ed Rapuano · 1B: Paul Emmel · 2B: Lance Barksdale · 3B: Tim McClelland · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kerry Robinson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Edmonds	2	0	0	0	2	1
Placido Polanco	4	0	2	0	0	0
J. D. Drew	4	0	0	0	0	1
Albert Pujols	3	0	0	1	1	0
Ray Lankford	4	0	0	0	0	3
Edgar Renteria	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Matheny	3	0	0	0	0	1
Darryl Kile	1	0	0	0	1	1
Bobby Bonilla	1	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Paquette	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Young	4	0	2	0	1	0
Ricky Gutierrez	3	1	2	0	0	0
Sammy Sosa	3	1	1	2	1	0
Matt Stairs	4	1	1	1	0	0
Rondell White	3	1	2	1	1	0
Ron Coomer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gary Matthews	2	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Girardi	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kerry Wood	3	0	1	0	0	1
Miguel Cairo	0	0	0	0	1	0
Augie Ojeda	1	0	0	0	0	1
Julio Zuleta	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	6.0	7	3	4
Gene Stechschulte	1.1	3	1	0
Steve Kline	0.1	0	1	1
Dave Veres	0.1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kerry Wood	7.0	2	5	6
Jeff Fassero	1.0	1	0	1
Tom Gordon	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kerry Robinson: K/C
Jim Edmonds: 8/F78D
Placido Polanco: 8/F8LD+

Bot 1

Eric Young: 8/F8RS-
Ricky Gutierrez: S/G56
Sammy Sosa: 64(1)/FO/G6-
Matt Stairs: 8/F8LS

Top 2

J. D. Drew: K
Albert Pujols: 63/G6
Ray Lankford: 3/P34S

Bot 2

Rondell White: 43/G4
Ron Coomer: S7/L78S+
Gary Matthews: HP.1-2
Joe Girardi: E6/G6+.2-3;1-2
Kerry Wood: K
Eric Young: 8/F89M

Top 3

Edgar Renteria: 7/F78M
Mike Matheny: 8/F8RM-
Darryl Kile: W
Kerry Robinson: 7/L78M

Bot 3

Ricky Gutierrez: T/F89D+
Sammy Sosa: 8/SF/F8LXD+.3-H
Matt Stairs: 31/G34S
Rondell White: HR/F89D+
Ron Coomer: K

Top 4

Jim Edmonds: W
Placido Polanco: WP.1-2
Placido Polanco: 43/G4.2-3
J. D. Drew: FC4/G4+.3XH(42);B-1
Albert Pujols: W.1-2
Ray Lankford: K/C

Bot 4

Gary Matthews: 31/G34S
Joe Girardi: K/C
Kerry Wood: S8/F8RS-
Eric Young: BK.1-2
Eric Young: S9/G34.2-3
Ricky Gutierrez: HP.1-2
Sammy Sosa: 13/G13-

Top 5

Edgar Renteria: 5/P5
Mike Matheny: 9/FL/F9LMF
Darryl Kile: K

Bot 5

Matt Stairs: HR/L78D+
Rondell White: W
Ron Coomer: 6(1)3/GDP/G6
Gary Matthews: W
Joe Girardi: CS2(26)

Top 6

Kerry Robinson: S7/L78S+
Jim Edmonds: W.1-2
Placido Polanco: S8/G4M+.2-3;1-2
J. D. Drew: 1/P1
Albert Pujols: 63/G6S-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ray Lankford: K

Bot 6

Joe Girardi: K
Kerry Wood: 8/L8RM
Eric Young: W
Ricky Gutierrez: 6/L6

Top 7

Edgar Renteria: W
Mike Matheny: K+SB2
Bobby Bonilla: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Kerry Robinson: 63/G6

Bot 7

Sammy Sosa: HR/F8LXD+
Matt Stairs: 7/F7M
Rondell White: S8/G6M
Ron Coomer: 8/F8RD
Gary Matthews: 3/G3+

Top 8

Jim Edmonds: K
Placido Polanco: S8/L8RS
J. D. Drew: 8/F8LM
Albert Pujols: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 8

Joe Girardi: 43/G4
Miguel Cairo: W
Eric Young: S9/G4+.1-3
Augie Ojeda: K/C
Sammy Sosa: IW.1-2
Julio Zuleta: 4/P34D

Top 9

Ray Lankford: K
Edgar Renteria: K/C
Craig Paquette: 53/G5

Notes & reviews

Edmonds missed plate, catcher missed tag, finally out near dugout
Edmonds not at 1B and Kile didn't throw the ball
fourth game in a row with homer for Stairs
Gutierrez left the game after taking elbow to the forehead from Renteria; Gutierrez was dizzy

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