St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 10, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1983 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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 5, Chicago Cubs 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 5 1 1 0
Smith O. ss 5 1 1 0
McGee cf 4 1 2 2
Hendrick 1b 4 0 1 1
Van Slyke rf 3 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 1
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Ramsey 2b 2 1 1 1
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Sandberg 2b 5 1 1 0
Buckner lf,1b 5 1 2 0
Hall cf 5 3 4 4
Moreland rf 3 1 3 0
Cey 3b 3 1 0 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 1 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Davis c 4 1 1 0
Bowa ss 2 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 0 0 0 0
  Owen ss 1 0 0 0
Rainey p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Rohn ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Morales ph 0 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 1 2
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Grant lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 8
St. Louis 013 010 000581
Chicago 101 003 30x8130
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   5.2 7 5 5 2 4
  Von Ohlen   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lahti  L (3-2) 0.2 5 3 3 0 1
  Baker   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
3
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rainey   4.1 8 5 5 0 6
  Johnson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lefferts   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Campbell  W (5-8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (25) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
11

  E–Porter (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis McGee (21,off Rainey); Hendrick (30,off Rainey), Chicago Hall (20,off Forsch); Moreland (24,off Forsch); Davis (24,off Forsch); Martinez (1,off Lahti).  3B–St. Louis O Smith (5,off Rainey).  HR–St. Louis Oberkfell (3,2nd inning off Rainey 0 on, 2 out); Ramsey (1,3rd inning off Rainey 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Hall 2 (16,3rd inning off Forsch 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Lahti 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Woods (2,by Von Ohlen).  SB–Sandberg (33,2nd base off Forsch/Porter).  WP–Lahti (1), Smith (5).  IBB–Von Ohlen (8,Woods).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:51.  A–26,388.
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