Final
St. Louis won 3-1
| Game 1: Thursday, July 15 | ||
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| St. Louis | 7 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 2 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, July 16 | ||
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| St. Louis | 7 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 5 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, July 17 | ||
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| St. Louis | 5 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 7 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, July 18 | ||
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| St. Louis | 10 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 4 | |
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1:15 PM ET, July 18, 2004
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
W: J. Suppan (9-5)
L: J. Acevedo (4-8)
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| M Anderson 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .248 | ||
| E Renteria SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .290 | ||
| A Pujols 1B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .314 | ||
| S Rolen 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | ||
| J Edmonds CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .286 | ||
| R Sanders RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .257 | ||
| J Mabry LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .283 | ||
| S Kline P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| K Calero P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| R King P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-R Lankford PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 | ||
| C Eldred P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| M Matheny C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 | ||
| J Suppan P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | ||
| S Taguchi LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .258 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| a-popped out to second for R King in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: J Mabry (5, J Acevedo); J Edmonds 2 (26, J Riedling, J Acevedo); M Matheny (14, J Acevedo); S Rolen (20, R Wagner) HR: E Renteria (7, 3rd inning off J Acevedo 0 on, 0 Out); R Sanders (15, 5th inning off T Van Poppel 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: M Matheny 3 (29), E Renteria (41), J Edmonds 2 (59), J Mabry (21), R Sanders (46), S Rolen 2 (84) S: J Suppan SF: J Mabry 2-out RBI: S Rolen 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Edmonds 1, R Lankford 1, M Anderson 3 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (S Rolen-M Anderson-A Pujols, A Pujols-E Renteria-A Pujols). Outfield Assist: J Edmonds (D Jimenez at Home). | ||||||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Suppan (W, 16-9) | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 96-59 | 3.48 | |
| S Kline | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-4 | 2.34 | |
| K Calero | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-7 | 3.08 | |
| R King | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14-7 | 1.32 | |
| C Eldred | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-7 | 4.96 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 136-84 | ||
| PITCHING Batters faced: J Suppan 24; S Kline 1; K Calero 2; R King 5; C Eldred 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Suppan 11-5; S Kline 0-0; K Calero 0-0; R King 1-2; C Eldred 0-2 Game Scores: J Suppan 43 | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| R Freel 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 | ||
| B Larkin SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 | ||
| P Norton P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| c-J Valentin PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | ||
| J Riedling P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| S Casey 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .341 | ||
| A Dunn LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .264 | ||
| D Jimenez 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .269 | ||
| W Pena CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .289 | ||
| J Vander Wal RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | ||
| b-J Romano PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .056 | ||
| J LaRue C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .229 | ||
| J Acevedo P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .065 | ||
| T Van Poppel P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | ||
| a-T Hummel PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 | ||
| R Wagner P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| J Castro SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |||
| a-grounded to shortstop for T Van Poppel in the 5th b-struck out swinging for J Vander Wal in the 7th c-lined out to right for P Norton in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: S Casey (27, J Suppan); A Dunn (17, J Suppan) HR: J Vander Wal (1, 2nd inning off J Suppan 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Vander Wal 2 (2), D Jimenez (29), W Pena (34) 2-out RBI: J Vander Wal 2 GIDP: W Pena, T Hummel Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Jimenez 1 Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: A Dunn (4, 2nd base off J Suppan/M Matheny) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING Outfield Assist: J Vander Wal (J Mabry at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati Reds | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Acevedo (L, 5-12) | 2.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 51-27 | 5.77 | |
| T Van Poppel | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 35-21 | 5.62 | |
| R Wagner | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25-14 | 6.41 | |
| P Norton | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20-14 | 5.35 | |
| J Riedling | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18-11 | 4.20 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 149-87 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: R Sanders (By J Acevedo) Batters faced: J Acevedo 17; T Van Poppel 9; R Wagner 6; P Norton 6; J Riedling 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Acevedo 2-4; T Van Poppel 2-3; R Wagner 1-1; P Norton 3-1; J Riedling 1-2 Game Scores: J Acevedo 17 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| STL | CIN | |||
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| 2nd | M Matheny singled to shallow right, J Edmonds scored, J Mabry to third. | 1 | 0 | |
| 2nd | J Vander Wal homered to right, A Dunn scored. | 1 | 2 | |
| 3rd | E Renteria homered to left. | 2 | 2 | |
| 3rd | J Edmonds doubled to deep right, A Pujols scored, S Rolen to third. | 3 | 2 | |
| 3rd | J Mabry hit sacrifice fly to center, S Rolen scored. | 4 | 2 | |
| 3rd | M Matheny doubled to deep right, J Edmonds and R Sanders scored. | 6 | 2 | |
| 4th | D Jimenez singled to right, S Casey scored. | 6 | 3 | |
| 5th | R Sanders homered to center. | 7 | 3 | |
| 6th | S Rolen doubled to deep left, E Renteria and A Pujols scored, S Rolen to third advancing on throw. | 9 | 3 | |
| 7th | W Pena singled to right, A Dunn scored, D Jimenez to second. | 9 | 4 | |
| 9th | J Edmonds doubled to deep center, A Pujols scored. | 10 | 4 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, OH |
| Attendance | 31,699 (74.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:00 |
| Weather | 73 degrees, overcast |
| Wind | 10 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Greg Gibson, First Base - Gerry Davis, Second Base - Bruce Dreckman, Third Base - Larry Poncino |