Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 9, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1985 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 3 1 1 0
Matthews lf 5 1 2 0
  Hatcher lf 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 1
Moreland rf 4 0 2 1
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Durham 1b 3 1 1 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 1 1
Fontenot p 2 0 0 0
  Baller p 1 0 0 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 2 0
McGee cf 4 0 1 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 1
Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 0
Landrum rf 2 0 0 0
  Van Slyke ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 2 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
  Braun ph 1 0 1 0
  Lawless pr 0 0 0 0
Nieto c 2 0 1 0
  Ford ph 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 0 0 0 0
  DeJesus ph 1 0 0 0
Kepshire p 0 0 0 0
  Keough p 1 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Chicago 210 000 000380
St. Louis 100 000 000180
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Fontenot  W (6-8) 5.1 6 1 1 0 3
  Baller   3.1 2 0 0 1 4
  Meridith  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kepshire  L (10-9) 1.0 4 3 3 2 0
  Keough   4.0 4 0 0 1 6
  Boever   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Worrell   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
9

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Matthews (11,off Keough), St. Louis Nieto (7,off Fontenot).  SH–Fontenot (3,off Keough).  IBB–Durham (22,by Keough).  SB–Dernier 2 (24,2nd base off Kepshire/Nieto,2nd base off Worrell/Porter); Durham (7,2nd base off Kepshire/Nieto); Sandberg (43,2nd base off Keough/Nieto); Coleman (92,3rd base off Fontenot/Davis).  CS–Pendleton (8,2nd base by Fontenot/Davis).  BK–Fontenot (2).  IBB–Keough (1,Durham).  T–3:00.  A–32,808.
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