St. Louis Cardinals vs. Florida Marlins - Box Score - August 31, 2005

Scores for Aug 31, 2005

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

St. Louis won 2-1

(85-49, 44-24 away)

(70-63, 39-30 home)

7:05 PM ET, August 31, 2005

Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida

W: J. Suppan (13-10)

St. Louis Cardinals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D Eckstein SS	5	1	3	3	0	0	1	.283
S Taguchi CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	.295
A Pujols 1B	5	2	3	1	0	2	1	.332
Y Molina C	4	0	1	2	0	0	3	.253
M Grudzielanek 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	.301
S Seabol LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.209
J Mabry LF	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.259
H Luna RF	5	3	3	3	0	1	0	.301
A Nunez 3B	5	0	1	1	0	1	2	.294
J Suppan P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170
a-J Marquis PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351
B Thompson P	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167
A Reyes P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R King P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J Isringhausen P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	41	10	15	10	1	6	14
a-grounded to first for J Suppan in the 6th
BATTING 2B: A Pujols 2 (33, B Moehler, J Vargas); Y Molina (14, J Vargas); H Luna (5, B Moehler) 3B: H Luna (2, J Vargas); A Pujols (2, J Vargas) HR: D Eckstein (7, 3rd inning off J Vargas 0 on, 1 Out); H Luna (1, 5th inning off J Vargas 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: D Eckstein 3 (53), Y Molina 2 (40), A Nunez (40), A Pujols (100), H Luna 3 (9) S: J Suppan SF: Y Molina 2-out RBI: Y Molina, H Luna 2, D Eckstein 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Eckstein 1, M Grudzielanek 2, S Taguchi 1, Y Molina 2 Team LOB: 7
FIELDING E: Y Molina (6, throw); M Grudzielanek (6, catch); A Nunez (9, ground ball) DP: 1 (D Eckstein-M Grudzielanek-A Pujols).

St. Louis Cardinals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Suppan (W, 16-10)	5.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	91-61	3.90
B Thompson	1.0	2	3	2	1	0	0	19-11	2.96
A Reyes	1.2	3	2	2	1	1	2	27-16	2.58
R King	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-5	3.00
J Isringhausen	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	18-12	1.72
Totals	9.0	8	5	4	4	7	2	164-105
PITCHING Batters faced: J Suppan 19; B Thompson 7; A Reyes 9; R King 2; J Isringhausen 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Suppan 7-4; B Thompson 3-0; A Reyes 1-3; R King 0-1; J Isringhausen 1-0 Game Scores: J Suppan 63

Florida Marlins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Pierre CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	.267
L Castillo 2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.297
M Cabrera LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.331
R Messenger P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
R Villone P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
d-C Aguila PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206
C Delgado 1B	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	.290
J Encarnacion RF	4	1	1	1	0	2	2	.297
M Lowell 3B	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.236
A Gonzalez SS	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	.263
D Easley SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.229
M Treanor C	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	.211
J Vargas P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316
a-L Harris PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.293
B Moehler P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086
b-J Hermida PH-LF	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	1.000
c-J Conine PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.307
Totals	36	5	8	5	4	7	12
a-singled to left for J Vargas in the 5th b-homered to right for B Moehler in the 7th c-struck out swinging for J Hermida in the 8th d-reached on error for R Villone in the 9th
BATTING 2B: D Easley (16, A Reyes) HR: J Hermida (1, 7th inning off A Reyes 3 on, 0 Out); J Encarnacion (16, 8th inning off A Reyes 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Hermida 4 (4), J Encarnacion (70) GIDP: L Castillo Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Encarnacion 1, J Conine 1, C Delgado 1, L Castillo 1, J Pierre 1 Team LOB: 8
FIELDING E: C Delgado (12, catch)

Florida Marlins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Vargas (L, 5-5)	5.0	10	7	7	0	2	2	91-60	4.15
B Moehler	2.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	42-30	3.98
R Messenger	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-8	4.37
R Villone	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-10	6.17
Totals	9.0	15	10	10	1	6	2	154-108
PITCHING Batters faced: J Vargas 26; B Moehler 12; R Messenger 3; R Villone 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Vargas 5-8; B Moehler 1-2; R Messenger 1-1; R Villone 2-1 Game Scores: J Vargas 21

			STL	FLA
	3rd	D Eckstein homered to left.	1	0
	3rd	Y Molina doubled to deep left, A Pujols scored.	2	0
	4th	A Nunez singled to center, H Luna scored.	3	0
	5th	A Pujols tripled to deep right center, S Taguchi scored.	4	0
	5th	Y Molina hit sacrifice fly to left, A Pujols scored.	5	0
	5th	H Luna homered to left, S Seabol scored.	7	0
	7th	H Luna doubled to left, M Grudzielanek scored, J Mabry to third.	8	0
	7th	D Eckstein singled to left, J Mabry and H Luna scored.	10	0
FLA	7th	J Hermida homered to right, M Lowell, A Gonzalez and M Treanor scored.	10	4
FLA	8th	J Encarnacion homered to left.	10	4
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THE GAME HAS RESUMED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING AFTER A 35 MINUTE DELAY.
THE HOME RUN BY FLORIDA'S JEREMY HERMIDA WAS THE FIRST OF HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER.

Stadium	Sun Life Stadium, Miami, FL
Attendance	20,656 (53.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:08
Weather	87 degrees, clear
Wind	3 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Alfonso Marquez, First Base - Chris Guccione, Second Base - Rick Reed, Third Base - Ted Barrett

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