St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
May 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1986 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Reds 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 2 1
McGee cf 5 1 2 1
Van Slyke rf 4 1 1 0
  Bargar p 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 1
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 2 0 0 1
Smith ss 3 1 2 0
Heath c 4 0 0 0
Burris p 3 0 1 0
  Ownbey p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 0 1 0
Rose 1b 3 1 1 0
Parker rf 3 0 2 0
Esasky lf 3 0 1 1
  Davis pr,lf 0 0 0 1
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
  Franco p 1 0 0 0
Diaz c 3 2 2 1
Oester 2b 4 2 2 3
Denny p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 2 0 0 0
  Stillwell ss 2 1 1 0
Totals 32 6 11 6
St. Louis 003 000 001490
Cincinnati 010 021 20x6110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (2-1) 5.2 6 4 4 2 1
  Ownbey   0.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Perry   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Bargar   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Denny   2.1 7 3 3 1 1
  Price  W (1-1) 3.2 0 0 0 3 2
  Franco  SV (8) 3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–St. Louis Smith (10,off Denny); Burris (3,off Denny); McGee (2,off Denny); Clark (7,off Denny), Cincinnati Esasky (6,off Burris).  HR–Cincinnati Diaz (3,2nd inning off Burris 0 on, 2 out); Oester 2 (5,5th inning off Burris 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Ownbey 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Pendleton (2,off Price).  IBB–Herr (1,by Price).  HBP–Rose (1,by Burris).  SB–Coleman (23,2nd base off Price/Diaz); Milner (5,2nd base off Burris/Heath).  BK–Denny (1).  HBP–Burris (3,Rose).  IBB–Price (1,Herr).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:26.  A–24,331.
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