San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 9, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1986 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gladden cf 5 1 2 0
Clark 1b 5 0 1 0
Brown 3b 4 0 1 1
Leonard lf 4 0 0 0
Davis C. rf 3 0 0 0
Melvin c 3 0 1 0
  Gulden ph,c 1 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 1 1 0
Uribe ss 4 0 1 0
LaCoss p 3 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 1 1
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 1 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 1
McGee cf 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 3 0
Van Slyke rf 4 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
San Francisco 000 001 000 1280
St. Louis 100 000 000 0170
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (3-0) 9.0 7 1 1 1 3
  Davis  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
7
1
1
1
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   8.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Worrell  L (2-2) 1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Horton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
2
2
1
3

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 3, St. Louis 1.  2B–San Francisco Gladden (4,off Forsch), St. Louis Smith (7,off LaCoss).  3B–St. Louis Oquendo (1,off LaCoss).  SB–Van Slyke (5,2nd base off LaCoss/Melvin).  BK–LaCoss (1).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:34.  A–37,021.
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