St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 16, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1985 at Three Rivers Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 2 0
McGee cf 5 2 3 1
Herr 2b 3 3 1 2
Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 0
Van Slyke rf 3 0 2 2
  Landrum ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 0 1 2
Porter c 3 0 0 0
  Lahti p 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Tudor p 3 1 1 0
  Nieto c 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Almon 1b,lf 5 1 3 4
Reynolds cf 5 0 2 0
Ray 2b 3 0 1 0
Brown rf 4 0 1 0
Morrison 3b 3 1 1 0
  Bream ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Pena c 5 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf,3b 4 0 1 0
Khalifa ss 2 1 1 0
DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 0 1 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Lezcano ph 1 0 0 0
  Clements p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Kemp ph 1 0 0 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
St. Louis 230 200 0108110
Pittsburgh 000 400 0004117
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (19-8) 6.0 8 4 4 4 2
  Lahti   2.1 3 0 0 2 3
  Dayley   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
6
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  L (2-18) 1.2 5 5 2 3 0
  Bielecki   2.1 3 2 2 1 0
  McWilliams   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Clements   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Guante   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Winn   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
5
5
4

  E–Almon 2 (4), Ray (12), Brown (4), Bream (2), Pena (12), Gonzalez (5).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Morrison (9,off Tudor); Khalifa (13,off Tudor); Almon (15,off Tudor); Brown (14,off Lahti).  3B–St. Louis Van Slyke (6,off DeLeon).  HR–Pittsburgh Almon (6,4th inning off Tudor 3 on, 2 out).  IBB–Cedeno (2,by McWilliams).  SB–Coleman (96,2nd base off DeLeon/Pena); McGee (46,2nd base off DeLeon/Pena); Almon (9,2nd base off Tudor/Porter).  WP–Clements (1).  IBB–McWilliams (10,Cedeno).  T–3:19.
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