San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1986 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 4 0 2 1
Thompson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 1 1 0
Brown 3b 4 0 1 0
Davis cf 3 1 1 1
Spilman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Brenly ph 1 0 0 0
Melvin c 4 0 1 1
Uribe ss 3 1 0 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
  Kutcher ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 1 1 0
Smith ss 3 1 1 1
McGee cf 2 0 1 0
  Hurdle pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Van Slyke 1b,cf 3 1 1 2
Ford rf 3 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 0 1
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 1 0
Cox p 2 0 1 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 4 6 4
San Francisco 000 001 101362
St. Louis 000 103 00x462
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (9-5) 5.1 5 4 4 1 2
  Garrelts   1.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Berenguer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  W (4-8) 8.0 6 3 2 0 1
  Horton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (18) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
0
1

  E–Brown (9), LaCoss (1), Coleman (6), Oquendo (4).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Youngblood (5,off Cox); C Davis (18,off Cox).  3B–St. Louis McGee (7,off LaCoss); Van Slyke (5,off LaCoss).  SH–Thompson (12,off Cox); LaCoss (5,off Cox); Smith (8,off LaCoss); Cox (11,off LaCoss); Hurdle (1,off LaCoss).  SF–C Davis (5,off Horton); Van Slyke (1,off LaCoss); Pendleton (6,off Garrelts).  SB–Coleman (61,2nd base off Garrelts/Melvin).  WP–LaCoss (3).  BK–LaCoss (5).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:38.  A–26,824.
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