St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
August 1, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 8, Chicago Cubs 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf,cf 7 3 4 0
McGee cf 2 1 0 1
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph,lf 3 1 1 0
Herr 2b 7 1 2 1
Clark 1b 5 2 3 3
Porter c 6 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 1
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Lawless ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf 6 0 2 1
Smith ss 6 0 1 0
Cox p 1 0 1 0
  Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  DeJesus 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 53 8 16 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Lopes cf 4 1 1 1
Sandberg 2b 5 1 1 0
Matthews lf 5 1 1 1
  Woods lf 2 0 0 0
Durham 1b 1 0 1 1
  Hebner pr,1b 5 1 0 0
Moreland rf 7 2 4 1
Davis c 5 1 1 0
Cey 3b 3 2 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 1 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
  Lake ph 1 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Dernier ph 0 0 0 0
Bowa ss 6 0 2 4
Sanderson p 3 0 1 1
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  Speier 3b 3 0 0 0
Totals 51 9 14 9
St. Louis 200 001 113 000 008162
Chicago 123 200 000 000 019140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox   3.0 6 6 6 4 2
  Forsch   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Boever   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Horton   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Lahti   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Dayley  L (3-1) 2.1 2 1 1 2 5
Totals
13.1
14
9
9
9
14
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   7.0 8 4 4 3 5
  Sorensen   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Smith   1.2 4 3 3 0 0
  Meridith   3.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Frazier  W (6-4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
14.0
16
8
8
5
11

  E–Herr (9), Porter (3).  DP–St. Louis 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Matthews (6,off Forsch); Moreland (19,off Dayley).  3B–St. Louis Coleman 2 (9,off Sanderson 2); Clark (3,off Smith), Chicago Bowa (3,off Cox).  SF–McGee (5,off Sanderson).  SH–Bowa (5,off Cox); Lopes (1,off Lahti).  IBB–Cey (9,by Cox); Sandberg (4,by Lahti); Davis (3,by Dayley).  SB–Coleman 2 (74,3rd base off Sanderson/Davis,Home off Sanderson/Davis); McGee 2 (41,2nd base off Sanderson/Davis,3rd base off Sanderson/Davis); Lopes 2 (40,2nd base off Cox/Porter 2).  CS–Van Slyke (4,2nd base by Sanderson/Davis); DeJesus (2,2nd base by Meridith/Davis); Lopes (3,3rd base by Cox/Porter).  IBB–Cox (2,Cey); Lahti (6,Sandberg); Dayley (5,Davis).  T–5:03.  A–36,164.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook