San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 20, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1983 at Busch Stadium II. The San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Salazar 3b 4 2 2 1
Wiggins lf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 0 1
Lezcano rf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy c 4 0 1 0
  Richards pr 0 1 0 0
  Gwosdz c 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 4 1 3 3
Bonilla 2b 4 0 0 0
Dravecky p 0 0 0 0
  Gwynn ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 1 0
  Montefusco p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 1 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 3 1 3 2
  Van Slyke lf 1 0 1 0
McGee cf 4 0 0 1
Green rf 5 0 1 1
Hendrick 1b 4 0 0 0
Rayford 3b 2 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 3b 1 0 1 0
Herr 2b 3 1 2 0
  Ramsey pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 2 2 1 0
LaPoint p 2 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 0 0 0 0
  Lyons ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
San Diego 000 100 013580
St. Louis 120 000 001491
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Dravecky   2.0 3 3 3 2 2
  Sosa   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Montefusco   3.0 2 0 0 2 1
  DeLeon  W (1-3) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Monge  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint   7.1 5 2 1 1 4
  Sutter  L (7-6) 1.2 3 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
1
6

  E–O Smith (11).  DP–San Diego 2, St. Louis 1.  PB–Porter (9).  2B–St. Louis L Smith (14,off Dravecky).  HR–San Diego Salazar (4,8th inning off LaPoint 0 on, 1 out); Jones (5,9th inning off Sutter 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Garvey (5,off LaPoint); McGee (2,off Monge).  SH–LaPoint (4,off Dravecky).  SB–L Smith 2 (16,2nd base off Dravecky/Kennedy,2nd base off Montefusco/Kennedy); Green (16,2nd base off Dravecky/Kennedy); O Smith (19,2nd base off Sosa/Kennedy).  U–Gerry Davis, Harry Wendelstedt, Charlie Williams.  T–2:29.  A–23,671.
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