Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 5, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1985 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 1 3 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Moreland rf 3 0 1 1
Durham 1b 3 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 0 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
Trout p 2 0 0 0
  Baller p 0 0 0 0
  Speier ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 1 1
McGee cf 5 1 2 1
Herr 2b 4 1 1 1
Clark 1b 2 2 1 0
Cedeno rf 3 1 3 2
  Van Slyke rf 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 3 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 1
Nieto c 1 1 0 0
Tudor p 2 0 0 1
Totals 29 7 11 7
Chicago 000 100 000141
St. Louis 010 002 22x7110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  L (9-7) 5.1 6 3 3 3 3
  Baller   1.2 3 2 2 2 1
  Meridith   1.0 2 2 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
6
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (21-8) 9.0 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
2

  E–Matthews (3).  DP–Chicago 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Matthews (12,off Tudor).  3B–St. Louis McGee (18,off Baller).  HR–St. Louis Cedeno (9,7th inning off Baller 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Tudor (7,off Meridith).  SF–O Smith (2,off Trout); Cedeno (3,off Trout); Herr (13,off Baller).  IBB–Nieto 2 (8,by Trout,by Baller).  SB–Cedeno (14,2nd base off Trout/Davis); Pendleton (17,2nd base off Baller/Davis).  WP–Tudor (4).  IBB–Trout (7,Nieto); Baller (7,Nieto).  T–2:20.  A–44,825.
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