Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 12, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 12, 1985 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 5 0 2 1
Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0
Guerrero lf 3 1 1 0
Marshall rf 4 0 2 1
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
Brock 1b 4 0 0 0
Sax 2b 3 0 2 0
Welch p 1 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Diaz p 0 0 0 0
  Matuszek ph 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 1 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 2 2 0
McGee cf 4 1 2 1
Herr 2b 4 1 2 1
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf 1 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph,rf 2 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 1
Porter c 3 0 1 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 3
Los Angeles 000 100 100272
St. Louis 220 000 00x480
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  L (0-1) 2.2 5 4 2 6 2
  Honeycutt   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Diaz   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Howell   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
4
2
8
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  W (1-0) 6.0 4 2 2 5 4
  Horton   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Worrell   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Dayley  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
4

  E–Scioscia (1), Welch (1).  2B–Los Angeles Landreaux (3,off Cox); Guerrero (1,off Cox); Marshall 2 (2,off Cox,off Worrell); Sax (2,off Worrell), St. Louis Porter (1,off Welch); Smith (1,off Diaz); Herr (3,off Diaz).  HR–St. Louis Herr (1,2nd inning off Welch 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Guerrero (4,by Cox); Van Slyke (1,by Welch); Porter (1,by Welch); Smith (1,by Welch); Clark 2 (2,by Honeycutt,by Diaz).  CS–Sax (1,2nd base by Cox/Porter); McGee (2,2nd base by Welch/Scioscia).  SB–Coleman (1,2nd base off Welch/Scioscia); Herr (1,2nd base off Welch/Scioscia); McGee (1,2nd base off Honeycutt/Scioscia).  WP–Worrell (2).  IBB–Welch 3 (3,Van Slyke,Porter,Smith); Honeycutt (1,Clark); Diaz (1,Clark); Cox (1,Guerrero).  U–John McSherry, Terry Tata, Paul Runge, Jerry Crawford, Bruce Froemming, Dick Stello.  T–3:21.  A–53,708.
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