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ST LOUIS (1) VS CHICAGO CUBS (2) - FINAL

ST LOUIS               ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
F Vina 2b               4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .296
J Drew rf               4  1  1  1   0  1   0  .271
A Pujols 3b             4  0  0  0   0  1   1  .285
J Edmonds cf            3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .330
T Martinez 1b           3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .239
E Renteria ss           3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .286
E Marrero lf-c          3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .275
M Matheny c             2  0  0  0   0  0   0  .230
 a-K Robinson ph-lf     1  0  0  0   0  1   0  .247
W Williams p            2  0  0  0   0  1   0  .200
 b-E Perez ph           1  0  0  0   0  1   0  .129
 D Veres p              0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .500

Totals                 30  1  3  1   0  7   1

a-struck out looking for M Matheny in the 8th;  b-struck out swinging for W
Williams in the 8th.

BATTING: HR - J Drew (11, 1st inning off J Lieber 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - J Drew
(34). Team LOB - 2.


CHICAGO CUBS           ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
C Patterson cf          3  0  0  0   0  2   0  .286
D Deshields 2b          3  0  0  0   0  0   1  .197
S Sosa rf               3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .313
F McGriff 1b            3  2  2  2   0  1   0  .256
R Brown lf              3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .159
 D Lewis lf             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .262
A Gonzalez ss           3  0  0  0   0  2   0  .233
B Mueller 3b            3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .213
J Girardi c             3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .235
J Lieber p              3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .207

Totals                 27  2  3  2   0  6   1

BATTING: HR - F Mcgriff 2 (13, 5th inning off W Williams 0 on, 0 Out, 7th
inning off W Williams 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - F Mcgriff 2 (46). Team LOB - 1.


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    ST LOUIS        - 100 000 000   --   1
    CHICAGO CUBS    - 000 010 10x   --   2
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ST LOUIS                     ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
W Williams (L, 4-3)           7       3   2   2   0   6   2   2.25
D Veres                       1       0   0   0   0   0   0   3.32

CHICAGO CUBS                 ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
J Lieber (W, 6-4)             9       3   1   1   0   7   1   3.25

Pitches-strikes: W Williams 82-54; D Veres 10-7; J Lieber 108-80. Ground
balls-fly balls: W Williams 7-8; D Veres 2-1; J Lieber 9-11. Batters faced: W
Williams 24; D Veres 3; J Lieber 30.

UMPIRES: HP--Mark Hirschbeck. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Jim Reynolds. 3B--Matt
Hollowell.

T--1:49. Att--38,486.
Weather: 79 degrees, sunny. Wind: 14 mph, in from
right.
 

How They Scored

ST LOUIS 1ST:   F Vina bunt grounded out to second.  J Drew homered to
center.  A Pujols struck out swinging.  J Edmonds flied out to deep right
center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)  ST LOUIS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH:   F McGriff homered to right center.  R Brown popped out to
shallow right center.  A Gonzalez struck out looking.  B Mueller grounded out
to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)  ST LOUIS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 1.

CHICAGO CUBS 7TH:   S Sosa lined out to first.  F McGriff homered to right.
R Brown flied out to left.  A Gonzalez struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors)  ST LOUIS 1, CHICAGO CUBS 2.

Game Story

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Jon Lieber pitched a three-hitter and
Fred McGriff carried the offense with a pair of solo home runs
as the Chicago Cubs posted a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis
Cardinals.

Lieber (6-4) yielded a home run to J.D. Drew with one out in the
first inning and just two singles in his 21st career complete
game.  The righthander did not walk a batter, struck out seven
and posted his fourth straight start.

St. Louis starter Woody Williams retired the first 12 batters
he faced before McGriff belted a 3-1 pitch over the wall in
right-center field.

"He was down to me 3-1," McGriff said. "I was looking for
something I could drive.  I hit a fastball that was going away
from me."

McGriff came to the plate with one out in the seventh and belted
his 13th homer of the season over the right field fence.  It
marked his 39th career multi-homer game.

"He came down and in and I was looking for something inside,"
McGriff said.

Williams (4-3) allowed two runs and three hits in seven innings.
He struck out six without surrendering a walk.

"I think Woody and I both built some energy off of each other,"
Lieber said. "When you throw quickly and throw strikes, you
sometimes can keep the hitters off balance.  We both seemed to
have a good thing going today."

"It was a fun game to pitch in until Fred took me out a couple
of times," Williams said. "I thought I made some good pitches
and he beat me on them."

Earlier on Friday, former Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck was
laid to rest in a ceremony in St. Louis, a gathering
attended by Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.

"It's been a very difficult day all the way around," La Russa
said. "Burying a close friend and a great baseball man like
Jack Buck is tough enough.  That's what dominates my thoughts,
really.  Jack had transcended baseball.  He was a great man
and left a tremendous legacy behind.

"It was an old-time baseball game.  Two pitchers throwing
strikes and throwing quality pitches.  Unfortunately, we came
up on the short end but Woody and Lieber pitched great games."

Jim Edmonds singled with two outs in the fourth but Lieber
induced Tino Martinez to ground out.  Two innings later,
Fernando Vina singled with one out but Drew struck out and
Albert Pujols grounded out to shortstop.

"We're finally seeing a healthy Jon Lieber again," Cubs
manager Don Baylor said. "We all know his arm was killing
him early in the year (but) now we're seeing the 20-game
winner come out in him again."

Lieber had the only other hit off Williams, a one-out
single in the sixth.

"He's never pitched a bad game against any team I've been
on," Williams said. "He was very impressive today."