St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
July 31, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1985 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Chicago Cubs 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 2 0 1 0
McGee cf 4 1 1 0
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 1
Landrum rf 3 1 1 0
  Van Slyke ph 1 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 1
Nieto c 3 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  DeJesus ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 3 1 0 0
  Woods lf 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 2 3 0
Lopes rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Matthews lf 2 1 1 3
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Durham 1b 4 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 1 0
  Speier 3b 1 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 2 0
Fontenot p 3 0 0 0
  Moreland rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
St. Louis 000 100 100261
Chicago 400 010 00x591
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (17-5) 5.0 5 5 4 2 3
  Forsch   1.2 3 0 0 2 0
  Horton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Boever   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Fontenot  W (4-5) 7.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Smith  SV (23) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
5

  E–Clark (11), Davis (5).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis McGee (18,off Fontenot); Landrum (4,off Fontenot); O Smith (14,off Fontenot), Chicago Durham (20,off Andujar); Sandberg (18,off Andujar).  HR–Chicago Matthews (7,1st inning off Andujar 2 on, 0 out).  IBB–Matthews (1,by Forsch).  SB–Coleman 2 (72,2nd base off Fontenot/Davis 2); Van Slyke (18,2nd base off Smith/Davis); Lopes (38,2nd base off Andujar/Nieto); Sandberg (31,2nd base off Forsch/Nieto); Bowa (4,2nd base off Boever/Nieto).  CS–Coleman (18,2nd base by Fontenot/Davis).  IBB–Forsch (4,Matthews).  T–2:33.  A–31,417.
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