St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
May 11, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1985 at Candlestick Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 9, San Francisco Giants 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 4 0 0 0
  Landrum ph,lf 1 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 1 1 0
Herr 2b 5 2 2 2
Clark 1b 4 2 2 2
Van Slyke rf 4 1 2 2
Pendleton 3b 5 1 2 0
Porter c 5 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 2 2 2 2
Cox p 3 0 1 1
Totals 37 9 12 9
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Leonard lf 3 1 2 0
  Deer lf 1 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 2 1 0
Brown 3b 4 1 2 2
Green 1b 4 0 0 0
Trevino c 4 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 0 1 0
Laskey p 1 0 0 0
  Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Kuiper ph 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 2
St. Louis 022 410 0009121
San Francisco 200 100 010460
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  W (3-1) 9.0 6 4 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
4
2
2
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Laskey  L (1-4) 3.2 9 7 7 1 2
  Blue   1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Williams   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Minton   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
4
4

  E–McGee (2).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis Van Slyke (7,off Laskey); Cox (1,off Blue), San Francisco Uribe (5,off Cox); C Davis (7,off Cox); Brown (3,off Cox).  HR–St. Louis Clark (6,4th inning off Blue 1 on, 2 out), San Francisco Brown (1,4th inning off Cox 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Cox (1,off Laskey).  HBP–Clark (1,by Williams).  IBB–C Davis (5,by Cox).  SB–McGee 2 (9,2nd base off Laskey/Trevino 2); Van Slyke (6,3rd base off Laskey/Trevino); Leonard (3,2nd base off Cox/Porter).  WP–Cox (1).  HBP–Williams (1,Clark).  IBB–Cox (1,C Davis).  T–2:47.  A–16,154.
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