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Cardinals defeat Cubs despite seven runs in second inning
Cubs fall to ten games under Cardinals in NL Central series
The Associated Press
Issue date: 7/21/04 Section: Sports
Glendon Rusch, filling in for Mark Prior, allowed five runs in five-plus innings.
Rusch left in the sixth after Pujols, Scott Rolen and Edmonds hit consecutive singles to pull the Cardinals to 8-3.
Reliever Francis Beltran walked the first two batters he faced, forcing in a run, and Taguchi's infield single off Beltran's glove made it 8-5. Pinch-hitter Ray Lankford hit a sacrifice fly off Kent Mercker to cut it to two.
Derrek Lee's two-run homer after Moises Alou led off the second with a walk got the Cubs going against Morris.
Ramirez doubled to right-center and Michael Barrett - who had been jawing with the Cardinals' dugout and had to be restrained Monday night - followed with another two-run homer to right.
Even Rusch got to Morris, hitting a long drive off the ivy in left-center. After Todd Walker walked, Patterson hit a two-run double, moved up on a wild pitch and scored on Alou's single that finished Morris.
Ramirez homered off Cal Eldred in the third to make it 8-2.
In his shortest outing of the season, Morris gave up six hits and seven runs in 1 2-3 innings, including the two homers that ran his NL-leading total to 26.
Rusch left in the sixth after Pujols, Scott Rolen and Edmonds hit consecutive singles to pull the Cardinals to 8-3.
Reliever Francis Beltran walked the first two batters he faced, forcing in a run, and Taguchi's infield single off Beltran's glove made it 8-5. Pinch-hitter Ray Lankford hit a sacrifice fly off Kent Mercker to cut it to two.
Derrek Lee's two-run homer after Moises Alou led off the second with a walk got the Cubs going against Morris.
Ramirez doubled to right-center and Michael Barrett - who had been jawing with the Cardinals' dugout and had to be restrained Monday night - followed with another two-run homer to right.
Even Rusch got to Morris, hitting a long drive off the ivy in left-center. After Todd Walker walked, Patterson hit a two-run double, moved up on a wild pitch and scored on Alou's single that finished Morris.
Ramirez homered off Cal Eldred in the third to make it 8-2.
In his shortest outing of the season, Morris gave up six hits and seven runs in 1 2-3 innings, including the two homers that ran his NL-leading total to 26.
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