Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 21, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1984 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 0, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 3 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Durham 1b 4 0 0 0
Moreland rf 3 0 1 0
Cey 3b 3 0 1 0
  Veryzer 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 1 0
  Lake c 0 0 0 0
Bowa ss 3 0 2 0
Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Rohn ph 1 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 7 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 4 2 1 0
Smith O. ss 5 2 2 2
Pendleton 3b 3 2 1 1
Van Slyke rf 5 0 3 3
Smith L. lf 4 0 2 1
  Landrum lf 0 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 3 1 1 0
Lyons 2b 3 1 1 0
Kepshire p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 7
Chicago 000 000 000071
St. Louis 100 025 00x8110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  L (8-5) 4.1 7 3 3 2 4
  Brusstar   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bordi   0.1 2 4 3 1 0
  Meridith   1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
7
4
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kepshire  W (5-5) 9.0 7 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
1
4

  E–Bowa (15).  DP–St. Louis 3.  PB–Davis (10).  2B–St. Louis McGee (18,off Sanderson); Van Slyke (15,off Sanderson).  3B–St. Louis Van Slyke (4,off Meridith).  SH–Kepshire (5,off Bordi).  SF–Pendleton (5,off Sanderson).  IBB–Porter (11,by Sanderson); McGee (1,by Bordi); Pendleton (3,by Meridith).  SB–Sandberg (30,2nd base off Kepshire/Porter); O Smith (31,2nd base off Sanderson/Davis); Pendleton (19,2nd base off Meridith/Davis).  CS–Dernier (17,2nd base by Kepshire/Porter).  WP–Sanderson (3), Meridith (1), Kepshire (5).  IBB–Sanderson (3,Porter); Bordi (4,McGee); Meridith (1,Pendleton).  T–2:24.  A–36,847.
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