St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 19, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1985 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 1 0
McGee cf 5 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 1
Clark rf 2 2 2 0
Cedeno 1b 4 0 2 0
Pendleton 3b 2 0 1 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 1
Nieto c 2 0 1 1
  Van Slyke ph 1 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  DeJesus ph 1 0 0 0
Keough p 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Stone lf 3 1 2 0
  Maddox ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Samuel 2b 3 1 0 0
Hayes cf,lf 3 1 0 0
Schmidt 1b 4 2 2 1
Wilson rf 4 0 0 0
Virgil c 3 1 1 2
Aguayo ss 4 0 3 2
Schu 3b 3 0 1 1
Rucker p 2 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Russell ph 1 0 0 0
  Carman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
St. Louis 010 110 000380
Philadelphia 024 000 00x6100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (0-1) 2.0 5 5 5 2 2
  Boever   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Campbell   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Perry   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Horton   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Rucker  W (3-1) 5.0 5 3 3 4 2
  Childress   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Carman  SV (6) 3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Aguayo (6,off Keough).  3B–Philadelphia Virgil (3,off Keough).  SF–O Smith (1,off Rucker).  SH–Carman (1,off Horton).  SB–Coleman (100,2nd base off Rucker/Virgil); Van Slyke (28,2nd base off Childress/Virgil); Stone (14,2nd base off Keough/Nieto).  CS–Pendleton (9,2nd base by Childress/Virgil); Stone (5,2nd base by Keough/Nieto).  T–2:44.  A–17,120.
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