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June 20, 2001

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 9 13 0
Cardinals 4 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 9 13 0
Cardinals 4 11 0

Albert Pujols Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .346
OBP .500 .410
At Bats 3 257
Hits 1 89
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 20
Walks 1 27
RBI’s 0 62

Tom Gordon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 10
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Busch Stadium - June 20, 2001
Tom Gordon
Robert Machado
Ron Coomer
Eric Young
Miguel Cairo
Ricky Gutierrez
Todd Dunwoody
Gary Matthews
Sammy Sosa
Albert Pujols
Jim Edmonds

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 9 13 0 6
St. Louis Cardinals 4 11 0 10
Winning Pitcher Julian Tavarez
Losing Pitcher Mike Matthews
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gary Matthews
Attendance 41,968
Time of Game 3 hours 20 minutes
Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Pujols strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McGwire strikes out. There goes Edmonds. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 9 Edmonds hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Polanco scores.
Bottom 9 Polanco hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Matthews. Polanco reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Vina hits a fly ball into center field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Tom Gordon now pitching. Craig Paquette pinch hits for Steve Kline. Paquette hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Cairo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Vina reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Coomer hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Steve Kline now pitching. Dunwoody is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Sosa hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Gutierrez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Matheny strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Lankford. The throw from Machado and he is safe. Lankford steals second.
Bottom 8 Renteria is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Lankford is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Courtney Duncan now pitching. Pujols hits a fly ball into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Polanco fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Matt Stairs pinch hits for Julian Tavarez. Stairs hits a fly ball into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Machado bunts towards third. Polanco fields it and throws to first for the out. Matthews moves to third.
Top 8 Matthews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pujols. Matthews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 McGwire hits a fly ball into left field. Dunwoody settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Edmonds strikes out.
Bottom 7 Polanco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Todd Dunwoody now playing left field. Ron Coomer now playing first base. Miguel Cairo now playing third base. Vina hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coomer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vina for the out.
Top 7 Zuleta strikes out.
Top 7 Luther Hackman now pitching. Todd Dunwoody pinch runs for Rondell White. Coomer hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dunwoody moves to third.
Top 7 White hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Edmonds. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Sosa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 Jason Christiansen now pitching. Gutierrez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tavarez moves to third. Young moves to second.
Top 7 Young takes first base on ball four. Tavarez moves to second.
Top 7 Tavarez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Mike James now pitching. Machado hits a popup towards short. Renteria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stubby Clapp pinch hits for Gene Stechschulte. Clapp hits a line drive into right field. Sosa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Matheny hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Lankford moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Lankford. The throw from Machado and he is safe. Lankford steals second.
Bottom 6 Renteria strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lankford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pujols scores.
Bottom 6 Pujols hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of White who is chasing the ball. Pujols reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 6 Zuleta strikes out.
Top 6 Coomer hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Edmonds is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Polanco strikes out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Polanco fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sosa hits a fly ball into center field. Edmonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gutierrez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gene Stechschulte now pitching. Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stechschulte fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Vina hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kerry Robinson pinch hits for Mike Matthews. Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Matheny hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Gutierrez, and towards Young, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Renteria hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of White. Renteria reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tavarez bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 4 Machado is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Matthews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zuleta scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pujols for the out.
Bottom 3 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coomer fields it and throws to first for the out. Polanco moves to third.
Bottom 3 Machado fires to first and picks off Edmonds.
Bottom 3 Edmonds takes first base on ball four. Polanco moves to second.
Bottom 3 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Zuleta is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Coomer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gutierrez moves to second.
Top 3 White strikes out.
Top 3 Sosa hits a fly ball into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gutierrez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Vina hits a fly ball into center field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Matthews hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Machado fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Matheny hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Young hits a fly ball into left field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tavarez hits a popup towards third. Polanco catches it and throws to first to double up Machado.
Top 2 Machado is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Matthews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 2 Zuleta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Coomer moves to second.
Top 2 Coomer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lankford is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Pujols takes first base on ball four. Edmonds moves to second.
Bottom 1 McGwire hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Polanco tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Edmonds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Polanco moves to third.
Bottom 1 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tavarez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Vina hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 White hits a fly ball into right field. Pujols settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sosa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gutierrez hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Young hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Matheny settles under it and makes the catch for the out.