Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 20, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1986 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 5 2 4 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 5 1 1 2
Esasky 1b 3 1 1 0
Bell 3b 4 1 1 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 1
Diaz c 4 0 2 1
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
Gullickson p 4 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 2 0
McGee cf 4 0 1 0
Herr 2b 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 1 2 0
Van Slyke rf 3 0 2 1
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 1
Heath c 3 0 1 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Conroy p 2 0 1 0
  Bargar p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Oquendo ph 1 0 0 0
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 11 2
Cincinnati 100 101 2005101
St. Louis 300 000 0003111
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson  W (3-3) 8.0 10 3 1 1 2
  Franco  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
1
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Conroy   5.2 7 3 2 2 3
  Bargar  L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Horton   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Burris   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
2
4

  E–Bell (5), Smith (3).  DP–Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1.  PB–Diaz (5); Heath (6).  2B–Cincinnati Bell (7,off Conroy); Esasky (4,off Conroy), St. Louis Conroy (2,off Gullickson).  HR–Cincinnati Jones (1,1st inning off Conroy 0 on, 0 out); Parker (8,7th inning off Horton 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Concepcion (1,off Bargar).  SF–Davis (1,off Conroy); Pendleton (1,off Gullickson).  SB–Jones (2,2nd base off Bargar/Heath); Coleman (13,2nd base off Gullickson/Diaz); Van Slyke (6,2nd base off Gullickson/Diaz).  CS–McGee (5,2nd base by Gullickson/Diaz); Coleman (3,2nd base by Gullickson/Diaz).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:58.  A–24,403.
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