Game Story


CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The wild start to the game between the
Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field had no
conclusion.

St. Louis led Chicago, 11-9, when the game was postponed due to
heavy rains in the top of the fifth inning.

No makeup date has been announced.

The wind was blowing about 40 miles per hour out to right, and
pop-ups to center or right field would blow over the wall.  The
teams combined for seven home runs, with Tino Martinez hitting
two and Albert Pujols a grand slam for St. Louis.

Moises Alou and Troy O'Leary smacked two-run homers and Corey
Patterson a solo shot for Chicago, but none of them will count.

Cardinals starter Brett Tomko surrendered nine runs and nine
hits in just 3 2/3 frames - but he was marginally sharper than
Chicago's Matt Clement, who was roughed up for 11 runs and 11
hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Cardinals right fielder J.D. Drew left in the second inning with
stiffness in his back and was replaced by Eli Marrero.

Marrero then suffered a severe right ankle sprain trying to
avoid a collision with Jim Edmonds on a fly ball to right-center
in the fourth, getting his foot caught up on the grass while
the rest of his body kept moving forward.  He rolled around in
agony and had to be helped off the field on a stretcher.