Boston Red Sox v St Louis Cardinals – Spring Training Box Score -Thursday, March 21, 2002

Thursday, March 21, 2002
Boston 9, St. Louis 6

 ST LOUIS       AB  R  H BI    BOSTON         AB  R  H BI
 Robinson lf     5  3  3  0    Henderson dh    3  1  0  0 
 Polanco ss      2  1  0  0    Baerga dh       1  1  1  0 
 Coolbaugh ss    2  0  1  0    Damon cf        4  2  3  2 
 Drew rf         2  0  1  2    Garciaparra ss  2  0  1  3 
 Perez rf        2  1  2  3    Merloni ss      1  1  1  3 
 Pujols 3b       4  0  0  0    Ramirez lf      3  0  1  0 
 Difelice c      1  0  0  0    Stenson lf      1  0  0  0 
 Edmonds cf      3  0  0  0    Diaz 1b         2  0  1  0 
 Taguchi cf      1  0  0  0    Daubach 1b      1  0  0  0 
 TMartinez 1b    3  0  1  0    Varitek c       2  0  0  0 
 Ortega rf       1  1  1  1    LRodriguez c    1  0  0  0 
 Martin dh       4  0  0  0    Hillenbrand 3b  3  0  0  0 
 Matheny c       3  0  1  0    WVeras 3b       1  0  0  0 
 Marrero 1b      1  0  0  0    Coleman rf      3  1  1  0 
 Cairo 2b        4  0  0  0    Buford rf       1  0  0  0 
                               RSanchez 2b     3  3  3  1 
                               QVeras 2b       1  0  0  0 
 TOTALS         38  6 10  6    TOTALS         33  9 12  9
 ST LOUIS                  002 020 011 --  6  10  0
 BOSTON                    101 034 00x --  9  12  2
 E: Hillenbrand, PMartinez. DP: St. Louis 1. LOB: St. Louis 7,
 Boston 5. 2B: RSanchez, Coleman, Drew. HR: Damon (3) (off Smith),
 Merloni (2) (off Joseph), Ortega (1) (off Garces), Perez (2)
 (off PMartinez). SB: Damon (3), Garciaparra (3), Robinson (3).
 S: Damon. SF: Garciaparra.
                             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
 ST LOUIS
 Smith (L,3-1)                4 2-3   8   5   5   1   3   1
 Joseph                       1 1-3   4   4   4   1   0   1
 Kline                        1       0   0   0   0   1   0
 Stechschulte                 1       0   0   0   0   1   0
 BOSTON
 PMartinez (W,2-1)            5       6   4   4   1   8   1
 Urbina                       1       0   0   0   0   2   0
 Garces                       2       2   1   1   1   2   1
 Fossum                       1       2   1   1   0   2   0
 WP: Garces. HBP: Baerga by Stechschulte. 
 Time: 2:32. Att: 8,098.

Partial play-by-play:
(b - ball; c - called strike; s - swinging strike; f - foul; F - foul bunt; t - throw to 1B)

 

[Pitch-by-pitch will be not be posted;
MLB.com is not archiving spring training games;
I was able to fill out the play-by-play a little more, however.]

 

St. Louis 1st — Robinson struck out [changeup]. Polanco safe at first on 3B’s fielding error. Drew struck out [3 straight changeups]. Pujols (0-1) popped out to third.

Boston 1st — Henderson struck out. Damon homered to ____. Garciaparra popped out to second. Ramirez singled to right-center. Diaz popped out to ___ in PF.

St. Louis 2nd — Edmonds popped out to second. TMartinez singled. Martin struck out. Matheny singled, Martinez to ____. Cairo grounded out shortstop to first.

Boston 2nd — Varitek [3-2] walked. Hillenbrand (b) grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first. Coleman struck out.

St. Louis 3rd — Robinson lined a single to center. Robinson to second on P’s throwing error [pickoff attempt]. Polanco (bbb) walked. Drew doubled into right field corner, Robinson and Polanco scored. Pujols (0-1/f) struck out swinging. Edmonds lined out to right, Drew to third. TMartinez (b now 1-2 – b) struck out looking.

Boston 3rd — RSanchez doubled into ___ field corner. Henderson grounded out shortstop to first. Damon [1-1/bfb) lined a single to Drew/LF, RSanchez to third. Garciaparra hit sacrifice fly to right [popup wind blown], RSanchez scored. Ramirez (b – Damon stole second – ff) struck out swinging.

St. Louis 4th — Martin (csb) struck out swinging. Matheny (cb/2-2/) grounded out third to first. Cairo [3-2] flied out to center.

Boston 4th — 

St. Louis 5th — Robinson ____. Polanco _____. Pedro gave up a 2-run homer to Perez. Pujols ____. Edmonds _____.

Boston 5th — [with 2 outs, Joseph relieved Smith]

St. Louis 6th — Urbina relieved PMartinez. TMartinez lined out to center. Martin struck out. Matheny struck out swinging.

Boston 6th —  Back to back to back 2 out hits……Damon with the 3rd to score a run. Merloni homered to left, 3 runs scored. Stenson out.

St. Louis 7th — Garces relieved Urbina. 2 outs. ____ singled to ____. Perez ([0-2]bbb) walked, Pujlos (_____ to third Perez to second on wild pitch — ??b) struck out looking.

Boston 7th — Kline relieved Joseph. Daubach (bb[2-2]f??) struck out looking. LRodriguez popped out to third. Veras grounded out third to first.

St. Louis 8th — Takuchi flied out to right. Ortega homered to left. Martin struck out swinging. Marrero (b) lined out to left.

Boston 8th — Stechschulte relieved Kline. Buford struck out. QVeras (cb) grounded out second to first. Baerga hit by pitch. Damon flied out to center.

St. Louis 9th — Fossum relieved Garces. 1st OUT? Robinson singled. _____ flied out to deep left-center, Robinson to second. Perez (b) singled to right [fell in front of RF], Robinson scored. DeFelice (bfc) struck out swinging.

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