Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 4, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1983 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 3 1 0 0
Redus lf 4 0 1 0
Williams rf 3 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 1 1 3
  Hayes p 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 0 0
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
Esasky 3b 3 0 2 1
Christmas c 4 0 1 0
  Paris pr 0 0 0 0
  Knicely c 0 0 0 0
Foley ss 4 0 0 0
Price p 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 1 0
  Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Householder ph,rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 5 2 2 0
Smith O. ss 3 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 1 2 2
Hendrick 1b 4 1 2 2
Green rf 4 1 3 0
Rayford 3b 4 0 2 0
Lyons 2b 3 0 1 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 2b 0 0 0 0
Brummer c 1 0 0 1
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
Andujar p 2 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 12 5
Cincinnati 000 000 130470
St. Louis 020 010 1015122
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Price   4.1 7 3 3 2 3
  Hume   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gale   2.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Hayes  L (4-3) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   7.1 5 3 3 4 1
  Sutter   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Lahti  W (3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
3

  E–O Smith (19), Andujar (4).  DP–Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis McGee (19,off Price); Hendrick (29,off Gale); L Smith (23,off Hayes).  3B–Cincinnati Esasky (5,off Andujar), St. Louis Green (8,off Gale).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (11,8th inning off Sutter 2 on, 2 out), St. Louis Hendrick (16,2nd inning off Price 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Brummer (2,off Price).  IBB–Brummer (1,by Gale); O Smith (8,by Hayes).  SB–L Smith (35,2nd base off Price/Christmas); Green (27,2nd base off Gale/Christmas).  CS–Andujar (1,2nd base by Price/Christmas).  IBB–Gale (8,Brummer); Hayes (5,O Smith).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:28.  A–35,255.
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