Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 12, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1986 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Candaele 2b 5 0 0 0
Webster cf 5 0 0 0
Raines lf 4 1 0 0
Dawson rf 5 0 1 0
Krenchicki 3b 5 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 5 1 2 0
Foley ss 3 1 2 0
  Wohlford ph 0 0 0 0
  Rivera ss 1 0 0 0
Hunt c 2 0 2 2
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Bilardello c 0 0 0 0
  Wallach ph 1 0 0 0
  Nieto c 1 0 1 1
Youmans p 2 0 0 0
  Wright ph 1 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Newman ph 1 0 1 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 11 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 5 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 5 0 3 0
Morris rf 3 0 0 0
  Landrum ph,rf 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Lindeman 1b 4 1 1 0
  Soff p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
LaValliere c 0 1 0 0
  Manrique ph 1 0 0 0
  Lake c 1 0 0 0
  Oquendo ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 1 1 3
  Hurdle 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 8 3
Montreal 110 100 000 014110
St. Louis 030 000 000 00381
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Youmans   6.0 4 3 3 4 5
  McClure   3.0 3 0 0 1 1
  McGaffigan  W (9-5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Reardon  SV (32) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
8
3
3
6
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   8.0 5 3 2 1 2
  Soff   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Horton   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Worrell   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Boever  L (0-1) 1.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
4
3
2
5

  E–Van Slyke (6).  2B–Montreal Dawson (24,off Soff), St. Louis Pendleton (24,off McGaffigan).  HR–St. Louis Forsch (2,2nd inning off Youmans 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Wohlford (2,by Horton); Ford (2,by McGaffigan).  SH–Forsch (8,off Youmans).  SB–Foley (6,2nd base off Forsch/LaValliere); Coleman (94,2nd base off Youmans/Hunt); Van Slyke (18,2nd base off Youmans/Hunt).  CS–Foley (3,2nd base by Forsch/LaValliere).  BK–McClure (1).  IBB–McGaffigan (7,Ford); Horton (7,Wohlford).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:12.  A–26,381.
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