St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 17, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 2 2 1
McGee cf 5 1 1 2
Herr 2b 3 1 1 0
  Lawless ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 2
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Landrum rf 4 1 1 0
  Van Slyke ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 2 3 3
Nieto c 5 1 1 0
Andujar p 3 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 12 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak cf 5 2 3 1
Reynolds lf 4 0 0 2
Ray 2b 4 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 0 2 1
Brown rf 4 0 1 0
Pena c 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez 3b 4 0 0 0
Khalifa ss 4 1 1 0
Kipper p 1 0 0 0
  Kemp ph 1 0 1 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Krawczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Almon ph 1 1 1 0
  Winn p 0 0 0 0
  Morrison ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
St. Louis 031 024 00010123
Pittsburgh 101 000 2004103
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (21-9) 9.0 10 4 3 0 5
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
0
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kipper  L (0-1) 5.0 5 6 5 2 4
  McWilliams   0.2 5 4 4 0 0
  Krawczyk   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Winn   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
4
8

  E–Cedeno (3), Pendleton (15), Andujar (5), Bream (3), Khalifa (14), Krawczyk (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Kemp (13,off Andujar); Khalifa (14,off Andujar); Brown (15,off Andujar).  3B–St. Louis Lawless (1,off McWilliams), Pittsburgh Orsulak (4,off Andujar).  HR–St. Louis O Smith (5,2nd inning off Kipper 2 on, 1 out); Cedeno (8,5th inning off Kipper 1 on, 2 out); McGee (10,6th inning off McWilliams 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Andujar (7,off McWilliams).  SB–Coleman 2 (98,2nd base off Kipper/Pena,2nd base off Winn/Pena); Orsulak (17,2nd base off Andujar/Nieto).  CS–Reynolds (5,2nd base by Andujar/Nieto).  T–2:56.  A–3,924.
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