St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
July 30, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1985 at Wrigley Field. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 11, Chicago Cubs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 2 2 2
McGee cf 6 3 5 2
Herr 2b 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 2 2 4
Landrum rf 2 1 1 0
  Van Slyke ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 5 0 3 0
Smith ss 3 1 1 1
  DeJesus ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Nieto c 3 0 0 1
Kepshire p 4 1 1 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 17 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 3 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 1 3 0
Moreland rf 4 1 1 0
Durham 1b 4 0 1 1
Davis c 3 0 0 0
  Ruthven p 0 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 1 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 1 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Engel p 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 1 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
  Lake c 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 1
St. Louis 310 310 03011171
Chicago 000 010 002370
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kepshire  W (8-6) 8.0 7 3 2 3 4
  Campbell   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
3
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Engel  L (0-1) 3.0 6 6 6 5 1
  Brusstar   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Meridith   2.1 5 3 3 0 1
  Ruthven   1.2 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
11
6
3

  E–Pendleton (12).  DP–St. Louis 2, Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Kepshire (3,off Engel); McGee (17,off Brusstar); Pendleton (10,off Meridith), Chicago Matthews (5,off Kepshire).  3B–St. Louis Coleman (7,off Engel).  HR–St. Louis McGee (5,1st inning off Engel 0 on, 1 out); Clark (20,8th inning off Meridith 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Kepshire (5,off Brusstar).  SF–Clark (4,off Engel); Coleman (1,off Brusstar).  HBP–Nieto (3,by Brusstar).  SB–Coleman (70,3rd base off Engel/Davis); McGee (39,2nd base off Engel/Davis); Sandberg (30,2nd base off Kepshire/Nieto).  WP–Kepshire (6).  HBP–Brusstar (3,Nieto).  T–3:01.  A–33,083.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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