Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 28, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1983 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 1 1 0
Little 2b 4 0 4 0
Dawson cf 5 1 1 0
Oliver 1b 4 0 1 1
  Wohlford ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Francona rf,1b 5 1 2 0
Carter c 4 0 1 1
Wallach 3b 3 1 1 0
Salazar ss 4 0 1 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 3 0 0 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 1 0
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
Green rf 4 0 1 0
Van Slyke 3b 3 0 1 0
Adduci 1b 3 0 0 0
Quirk c 3 0 0 0
Lyons ss 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 1 0
  Sexton ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Montreal 010 001 1014120
St. Louis 000 000 000042
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (6-11) 9.0 4 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  L (3-6) 6.2 11 3 2 2 2
  Lahti   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Rucker   1.0 0 1 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
2
3
3

  E–L Smith (15), Quirk (7).  DP–Montreal 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–Montreal Francona (11,off Cox); Carter (37,off Cox); Raines (32,off Cox).  3B–St. Louis Doyle (2,off Smith).  SH–Smith (7,off Lahti).  SB–Dawson 2 (25,2nd base off Rucker/Quirk,3rd base off Rucker/Quirk); Van Slyke (19,2nd base off Smith/Carter).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:00.  A–13,944.
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