St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 12, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1983 at Veteran's Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Philadelphia Phillies 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 3 0 1 0
Smith O. ss 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf,3b 2 1 1 0
Hendrick 1b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 1 0
Green rf 4 1 2 1
Oberkfell 3b 1 0 0 1
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Rayford ph 1 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
Ramsey 2b 4 0 0 0
Allen p 2 0 0 0
  McGee cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Gross lf 5 1 3 2
Rose 1b 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 0 1
Schmidt 3b 2 0 0 0
  Garcia 3b 1 0 0 0
Lefebvre rf 3 1 2 0
Hayes cf 4 1 1 1
  Dernier cf 0 0 0 0
Virgil c 2 0 1 0
DeJesus ss 4 2 2 1
Bystrom p 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
St. Louis 000 100 010251
Philadelphia 001 301 00x5102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Allen  L (7-12) 5.1 8 5 5 4 3
  Rucker   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Lahti   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bystrom  W (5-7) 6.0 3 1 0 4 8
  Hernandez  SV (8) 3.0 2 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
5
12

  E–O Smith (14), Virgil 2 (5).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Green (11,off Hernandez), Philadelphia G Gross (7,off Allen).  3B–Philadelphia Hayes (5,off Allen).  SF–Oberkfell (2,off Bystrom).  HBP–Virgil (2,by Rucker).  SB–Green 2 (25,2nd base off Bystrom/Virgil 2); L Smith 2 (29,2nd base off Bystrom/Virgil,2nd base off Hernandez/Virgil).  HBP–Rucker (1,Virgil).  U–Frank Pulli, Jerry Crawford, Eric Gregg.  T–2:37.  A–33,521.
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