Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1985 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 2 2 0
Law 2b 4 2 1 1
Dawson rf 4 0 0 1
Brooks ss 4 0 0 0
Francona 1b 5 0 2 2
Wallach 3b 5 1 1 0
Winningham cf 4 0 0 0
Butera c 2 1 1 2
  Webster pr 0 0 0 0
  Fitzgerald c 0 0 0 0
  Washington pr 0 0 0 0
  Nicosia c 0 0 0 0
Hesketh p 1 0 0 0
  Shines ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 1 0
Smith ss 5 2 2 1
Herr 2b 5 1 2 1
Clark 1b 4 1 2 0
Landrum rf 4 0 2 2
  Braun ph 0 0 0 0
  Lawless pr 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 1
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 0
Nieto c 2 0 1 0
  Porter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Andujar p 4 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Montreal 022 000 000 2670
St. Louis 200 001 010 15122
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Hesketh   6.0 7 3 3 1 5
  Roberge   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Lucas  W (4-2) 1.1 2 1 1 0 3
  Reardon  SV (31) 0.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
12
5
5
4
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (19-7) 9.1 6 6 6 6 4
  Dayley   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lahti   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
7
6
6
7
4

  E–O Smith (8), Nieto (4).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–Montreal Francona (9,off Andujar); Raines (18,off Andujar), St. Louis Coleman (13,off Hesketh); Nieto (6,off Hesketh); Landrum (8,off Hesketh).  3B–Montreal Law (6,off Andujar), St. Louis Landrum (2,off Hesketh).  HR–Montreal Butera (2,2nd inning off Andujar 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Herr (4,8th inning off Roberge 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Dawson (6,off Andujar).  IBB–Raines (8,by Andujar); Brooks (5,by Dayley).  SB–Raines (48,2nd base off Andujar/Nieto); Wallach (6,2nd base off Andujar/Nieto); O Smith 2 (19,2nd base off Hesketh/Butera,3rd base off Hesketh/Butera); Van Slyke (21,2nd base off Hesketh/Butera).  CS–Van Slyke (5,Home by Hesketh/Butera).  IBB–Andujar (8,Raines); Dayley (8,Brooks).  T–3:20.  A–39,813.
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