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								| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CHICAGO CUBS 08/17/2049 |  |  
								
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					| MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL |  
					| ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT CHICAGO CUBS |  
					| GAME ID: 2363 - TUESDAY, AUGUST 17TH , 2049 - GAME LOG |  
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								|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |  
								| St. Louis Cardinals (56-66) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |  
								| Chicago Cubs (50-69) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 |  |  |  |  | 
	
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					| Cubs Lose, 8-5 |  
					| The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs by a score of 8-5. St. Louis designated hitter Billy Guzman deserved the lion's share of the credit. Guzman went 2 for 5 with a home run. He scored 2 runs and drove in 3 for the Cardinals. The Cardinals  raised their record to 56-66. 
 With St. Louis leading 1-0 in the top of the third, Guzman hit a changeup from Edwin Rivera for a 3-run  home run. It was his 14th home run of the season and put the Cardinals ahead, 4-0.
 
 "The boys were really swinging the bats today," winning manager Jeff Jones Jr. said.
 
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					| ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE |  | CHICAGO BATTING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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		| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |  
		| M. Bates 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .256 | 20 | 59 |  
		| P. Sutton LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .267 | 19 | 49 |  
		| H. Hoop C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .257 | 17 | 50 |  
		| B. Guzman DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .258 | 14 | 35 |  
		| A. Carbajal 1B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .227 | 9 | 35 |  
		| C. Blue SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .232 | 14 | 56 |  
		| I. Toyota CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .205 | 7 | 39 |  
		| K. Meij 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .194 | 2 | 10 |  
		| D. Gallo RF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .277 | 13 | 47 |  
		| Totals | 39 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 |  |  |  |  
							
								| BATTING Doubles: 
A. Carbajal
 (16, 3rd Inning off E. Rivera, 0 on, 2 outs)
 Home Runs: 
B. Guzman
 (14, 3rd Inning off E. Rivera, 2 on, 2 outs) 
, 
C. Blue
 (14, 5th Inning off E. Rivera, 2 on, 2 outs)
 Total Bases: 
M. Bates
, 
H. Hoop
 2
, 
B. Guzman
 5
, 
A. Carbajal
 5
, 
C. Blue
 4
, 
I. Toyota
, 
D. Gallo
 2
 2-out RBI: 
H. Hoop
, 
B. Guzman
, 
C. Blue
 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: 
B. Guzman
, 
C. Blue
 2
, 
K. Meij
 Sac Bunt: 
C. Blue
 Team LOB: 
9
 
 FIELDING
 Double Plays: 
1 (Meij-Blue-Carbajal)
 OF assists: 
1 (Toyota(Lester at home))
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								| a - F. Ramirez pinch hit for K. Norton in the 7th 
 BATTING
 Doubles: 
M. Lester
 (17, 3rd Inning off N. Crow, 1 on, 0 outs)
 Total Bases: 
M. Lester
 3
, 
S. Bartman Jr.
 3
, 
J. Kalman
 2
, 
J. Balderrama
, 
H. Harted
, 
J. Schick
 2
 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: 
J. Balderrama
, 
G. Cruz
, 
H. Harted
, 
J. Schick
 GIDP: 
H. Harted
 Team LOB: 
10
 
 FIELDING
 Errors: 
J. Schick
 (1)
 PB: 
G. Cruz
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					| ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE |  | CHICAGO PITCHING LINESCORE |  | 
	
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		| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA |  
	| N. Crow | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 5.47 |  
	| D. Murphy W (3-4) | 1.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4.74 |  
	| D. Rivera H (3) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 5.08 |  
	| N. Mistretta SV (8) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5.62 |  
							
								| PITCHING Game Score: 
N. Crow
 51
 Batters Faced: 
N. Crow
 21, 
D. Murphy
 10, 
D. Rivera
 8, 
N. Mistretta
 3
 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: 
N. Crow
 3-5, 
D. Murphy
 3-1, 
D. Rivera
 1-1, 
N. Mistretta
 3-0
 Pitches - Strikes: 
N. Crow
 100-55, 
D. Murphy
 30-19, 
D. Rivera
 35-21, 
N. Mistretta
 9-6
 Inherited Runners - Scored: 
D. Murphy
 1-0
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D. Rivera
 3-1
 WP: 
N. Crow
, 
D. Rivera
 
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		| GAME NOTES | 
	
		| Player of the Game: 
Billy Guzman Ballpark: 
Wrigley Field
 Weather: 
Clear skies (80 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 11 mph
 Start Time: 
1:20 PM CT
 Time: 
3:59
 Attendance: 
37842
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