Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 24, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 0 0 0
Rose 1b 4 2 2 1
Schmidt 3b 5 2 3 2
Lezcano rf 2 1 1 1
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Lefebvre ph,rf 2 0 2 0
Matthews lf 3 1 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 1
Virgil c 3 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 1 1 0
  Diaz c 0 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 2 0 0 1
  Matuszek ph 1 0 1 1
  Dernier pr 0 1 0 0
  Garcia ss 0 0 0 0
Bystrom p 2 0 1 1
  Gross rf,lf 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 4 2 3 0
  Van Slyke lf 1 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 4 1 2 1
McGee cf 5 0 0 1
Hendrick 1b 5 1 1 1
Porter c 5 2 3 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 2 1
Green rf 4 0 1 1
Doyle 2b 4 0 1 0
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Citarella p 1 0 0 0
  Brummer ph 1 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 5
Philadelphia 400 000 0059121
St. Louis 021 000 1116131
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Bystrom   4.1 6 3 1 0 1
  Hernandez   2.2 3 1 1 0 3
  Reed  W (9-1) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Holland   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
4
1
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint   2.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Citarella   5.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Baker   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Sutter  L (9-10) 1.0 4 5 4 0 1
  Rucker   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
4
6

  E–DeJesus (21), Doyle (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Philadelphia Schmidt (16,off Citarella); Matuszek (5,off Sutter), St. Louis Porter (23,off Hernandez); O Smith (29,off Hernandez).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (39,9th inning off Sutter 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Rose (7,2nd base by LaPoint/Porter); O Smith (7,2nd base by Bystrom/Virgil).  WP–Bystrom (2).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:48.  A–27,441.
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