Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 8, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1985 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 0, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 2 0 0 0
Moreland rf 3 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Durham 1b 3 0 1 0
Lake c 3 0 0 0
Bowa ss 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  Speier ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 2 2 1
McGee cf 4 2 2 2
Herr 2b 4 1 2 1
Clark 1b 2 0 0 1
Van Slyke rf 4 1 2 2
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 1
Porter c 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Tudor p 3 1 1 0
Totals 31 8 10 8
Chicago 000 000 000011
St. Louis 500 030 00x8100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  L (5-5) 4.0 8 8 8 0 0
  Brusstar   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sorensen   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Frazier   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
1
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (14-8) 9.0 1 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
6

  E–Moreland (8).  2B–St. Louis Coleman (12,off Sanderson); Herr (25,off Sanderson).  3B–St. Louis Tudor (1,off Sanderson).  HR–St. Louis Van Slyke (7,1st inning off Sanderson 1 on, 1 out); Pendleton (4,1st inning off Sanderson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Clark (5,off Brusstar).  SB–Coleman (75,2nd base off Sanderson/Lake).  T–2:18.  A–39,203.
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