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ST LOUIS (5) VS CHICAGO CUBS (4) - FINAL

ST LOUIS               ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
T Womack 2b             3  1  0  0   2  1   1  .305
E Renteria ss           3  1  1  1   0  0   0  .291
A Pujols 1b             3  0  0  0   1  1   1  .311
S Rolen 3b              4  2  2  2   0  1   2  .335
J Edmonds cf            2  1  1  2   0  1   0  .287
R Lankford lf           4  0  0  0   0  0   4  .259
R Sanders rf            4  0  1  0   0  1   0  .257
 J Isringhausen p       0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .500
M Matheny c             4  0  1  0   0  2   1  .264
C Carpenter p           3  0  0  0   0  2   0  .125
 a-R Cedeno ph          1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .276
 S Taguchi rf           0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .258

Totals                 31  5  6  5   3 10  10

a-struck out swinging for C Carpenter in the 9th.

BATTING: HR - J Edmonds (22, 4th inning off C Zambrano 1 on, 0 Out), E Renteria
(8, 5th inning off C Zambrano 0 on, 2 Out), S Rolen (20, 8th inning off C
Zambrano 1 on, 2 Out). S - E Renteria. RBI - J Edmonds 2 (61), E Renteria (42),
S Rolen 2 (86). 2-out RBI - E Renteria, S Rolen 2. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - T Womack 1, R Lankford 2. GIDP - M Matheny. Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: E - R Lankford (3, bobble). Outfield assists - R Sanders (A Ramirez
at Home). DP: 3 (T Womack-E Renteria-A Pujols 2, E Renteria-T Womack-A Pujols).



CHICAGO CUBS           ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
M Grudzielanek 2b       3  0  0  1   0  0   2  .265
C Patterson cf          4  1  2  0   0  0   1  .279
S Sosa rf               4  0  1  0   0  0   1  .273
M Alou lf               4  1  2  3   0  1   1  .276
D Lee 1b                4  0  1  0   0  1   2  .301
A Ramirez 3b            4  0  1  0   0  2   1  .322
M Barrett c             4  0  2  0   0  1   0  .293
A Gonzalez ss           3  1  1  0   1  0   2  .247
C Zambrano p            3  1  2  0   0  0   0  .190
 M Remlinger p          0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 L Hawkins p            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
 a-T Walker ph          1  0  0  0   0  0   1  .280

Totals                 34  4 12  4   1  5  11

a-grounded to shortstop for L Hawkins in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - C Patterson (16, C Carpenter); A Gonzalez (7, C Carpenter); A
Ramirez (23, C Carpenter). HR - M Alou (21, 8th inning off C Carpenter 0 on, 1
Out). SF - M Grudzielanek. RBI - M Grudzielanek (6), M Alou 3 (54). 2-out RBI -
M Alou 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Alou 1, D Lee 1. GIDP - C
Patterson, A Gonzalez, T Walker. Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: E - A Ramirez (7, throw); A Gonzalez (5, throw). PB - M Barrett 2.
DP: 1 (M Grudzielanek-A Gonzalez-D Lee).


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    ST LOUIS        - 000 210 020   --   5
    CHICAGO CUBS    - 000 030 010   --   4
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ST LOUIS                     ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
C Carpenter (W, 10-4)         8      12   4   4   0   5   1   3.91
J Isringhausen (S, 23)        1       0   0   0   1   0   0   2.64

CHICAGO CUBS                 ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
C Zambrano (L, 9-5)           7 2/3   5   5   5   3   8   3   2.81
M Remlinger                     1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.23
L Hawkins                     1       1   0   0   0   2   0   2.37

HBP - J Edmonds 2 (by C Zambrano 2). Pitches-strikes: C Carpenter 97-74; J
Isringhausen 11-4; C Zambrano 108-68; M Remlinger 3-1; L Hawkins 13-10. Ground
balls-fly balls: C Carpenter 14-4; J Isringhausen 3-0; C Zambrano 12-3; M
Remlinger 0-1; L Hawkins 0-1. Batters faced: C Carpenter 33; J Isringhausen 3;
C Zambrano 32; M Remlinger 1; L Hawkins 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Joe Brinkman. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Jeff Nelson. 3B--Marty
Foster.
EJECTIONS:  CHICAGO CUBS' Zambrano by Brinkman (8th).
T--2:22. Att--40,033.
Weather: 81 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, out to
center.
 

How They Scored

ST LOUIS 4TH:   S Rolen reached on infield single to third, S Rolen to second
on throwing error by third baseman A Ramirez. J Edmonds homered to right
center, S Rolen scored.  R Lankford grounded out to shortstop.  R Sanders
grounded out to shortstop.  M Matheny struck out looking. (2 Runs, 2 Hits,
1 Error)  ST LOUIS 2, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

ST LOUIS 5TH:   C Carpenter struck out swinging.  T Womack flied out to
center.  E Renteria homered to center.  A Pujols flied out to right. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors)  ST LOUIS 3, CHICAGO CUBS 0.

CHICAGO CUBS 5TH:   M Barrett struck out swinging.  A Gonzalez doubled to
deep left.  C Zambrano singled to left, A Gonzalez to third.  M Grudzielanek
hit sacrifice fly to center, A Gonzalez scored.  C Patterson singled to left
center, C Zambrano to second.  S Sosa singled to right, C Zambrano to third,
C Patterson to second.  M Alou singled to center, C Zambrano and C Patterson
scored, S Sosa to third.  D Lee grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
M Alou out at second. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors)  ST LOUIS 3, CHICAGO CUBS 3.

ST LOUIS 8TH:   T Womack walked.  T Womack to second on passed ball by
M Barrett. E Renteria sacrificed to catcher, T Womack to third.  A Pujols struck
out swinging.  S Rolen homered to left center, T Womack scored.  J Edmonds hit
by pitch.  Chicago Cubs's C Zambrano ejected by J Brinkman. Chicago Cubs's Manager
D Baker ejected by J Brinkman. M Remlinger relieved C Zambrano. R Lankford flied
out to center. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)  ST LOUIS 5, CHICAGO CUBS 3.

CHICAGO CUBS 8TH:   S Sosa grounded out to shortstop.  M Alou homered to
center.  D Lee struck out looking.  A Ramirez struck out swinging. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors)  ST LOUIS 5, CHICAGO CUBS 4.

Game Story

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Jim Edmonds and Scott Rolen were mixing it
up with Carlos Zambrano all night but were happy to let their
bats do the talking.

Edmonds and Rolen hit two-run homers off Zambrano, lifting the
St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory over the rival Chicago
Cubs.

The benches emptied twice, once after Edmonds finished his home
run trot in the fourth and again after the St. Louis center
fielder was hit by a pitch from Zambrano following Rolen's
tie-breaking blast in the eighth.

"I don't care what the rivalry is or what the circumstances
are," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said.  "You are not
allowed to cross the line in this game, and their pitcher
crossed it twice."

Edgar Renteria added a solo shot in the fifth for the Cardinals,
who have won 12 of their last 14 games and clinched the season
series with Chicago.  St. Louis takes a 10-8 edge into the
finale between the teams Tuesday afternoon.

The homers helped Chris Carpenter (10-4) beat the Cubs for the
fourth time this year and reach double figures in wins for the
first time since 2001.  Carpenter allowed four runs and
scattered 12 hits over eight innings.

"It was an emotional game to begin with, just with who we are
playing," said Carpenter.  "But my job is to go out there and
make pitches, and I think for the most part I was able to go out
there and do that."

Jason Isringhausen notched his 23rd save with a scoreless ninth.

Zambrano (9-5) gave up five runs and five hits while striking
out eight in 7 2/3 innings.  The three home runs allowed was a
season high for the 6-5 righthander.

Moises Alou had a two-run single and solo homer to pace the
Cubs, who have lost seven of 10.

After tying the game at 3-3 in the fifth and starting the sixth
with a leadoff double by Aramis Ramirez, Chicago wasted its last
scoring opportunity.  Ramirez was thrown out easily at home on
a single by Michael Barrett and Alex Gonzalez hit into an
inning-ending double play.

"I screwed up," Cubs third base coach Wendell Kim said.  "I
thought I let the city of Chicago down, because it's a game
where we can pick up two games on St.Louis.  I feel bad I got
aggressive at the wrong time.  I caused the loss."