Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 5, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1983 at Busch Stadium II. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 10, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Gross lf 6 1 3 1
Rose 1b 6 2 2 1
Morgan 2b 6 2 3 4
  Garcia 2b 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 2 0 1
Lefebvre rf 5 1 3 0
Hayes cf 4 0 2 2
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 1
DeJesus ss 4 1 1 0
Denny p 3 1 1 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Dernier cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 42 10 16 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 5 2 2 0
Van Slyke lf 4 2 2 1
Herr 2b 4 1 3 5
Hendrick 1b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 1 1
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Ramsey 3b 2 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 1 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 2 0
Stuper p 1 0 0 0
  Lyons 3b 3 1 1 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Philadelphia 150 011 20010160
St. Louis 000 320 2007111
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (12-5) 5.0 8 5 5 0 3
  Hernandez   1.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Reed  SV (4) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
0
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stuper  L (7-8) 4.2 10 7 3 4 1
  Von Ohlen   2.0 5 3 3 3 0
  Rucker   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Forsch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
10
6
8
2

  E–Herr (6).  DP–Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Philadelphia Lefebvre (10,off Stuper); DeJesus (9,off Stuper), St. Louis Van Slyke (6,off Denny); Herr (14,off Denny).  3B–Philadelphia Lefebvre (5,off Von Ohlen), St. Louis Van Slyke (2,off Denny).  HR–Philadelphia Morgan 2 (10,2nd inning off Stuper 2 on, 2 out,7th inning off Von Ohlen 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–DeJesus (11,by Von Ohlen).  SB–Hayes (17,2nd base off Von Ohlen/Porter).  CS–Diaz (4,2nd base by Stuper/Porter).  WP–Stuper (7), Rucker (1).  IBB–Von Ohlen (6,DeJesus).  T–2:44.  A–32,903.
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