St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
May 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1987 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 17, San Diego Padres 10

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 3 2 1
Smith ss 3 1 0 0
  Booker pr,2b 1 2 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 2 3 3
  Barnes 3b 1 1 1 3
Clark 1b 3 1 2 3
  Lindeman pr,1b 1 1 0 0
McGee cf 4 1 2 2
  Morris pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Ford rf 6 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b,ss 6 1 2 0
Lake c 5 1 2 2
Forsch p 4 3 2 1
  Soff p 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 17 17 15
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 6 0 2 0
Wynne cf 2 0 1 0
  Jefferson cf 3 1 1 2
Gwynn rf 4 1 2 0
  Steels rf 2 1 1 0
Martinez 1b 3 1 2 0
Kruk lf 5 2 2 3
Santiago c 2 0 0 0
  Bochy c 2 2 1 3
Salazar 3b,ss 4 1 2 0
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
  Booker p 1 0 0 0
  Garvey ph 1 0 1 1
Hawkins p 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Ready 3b 3 1 2 1
Totals 43 10 17 10
St. Louis 000 820 43017170
San Diego 000 000 50510173
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (3-1) 6.2 10 5 5 3 0
  Soff   1.1 6 5 5 1 1
  Perry   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
10
10
4
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hawkins  L (0-4) 3.2 6 6 6 2 0
  Jones   2.2 8 8 4 4 0
  Booker   2.2 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
17
17
13
7
1

  E–Santiago (5), Templeton (5), Ready (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Santiago (5).  2B–St. Louis Forsch (2,off Hawkins), San Diego Martinez (5,off Forsch); Gwynn (7,off Forsch).  3B–St. Louis Lake (2,off Hawkins).  HR–St. Louis Clark (7,4th inning off Hawkins 0 on, 1 out); Barnes (1,8th inning off Booker 2 on, 2 out), San Diego Jefferson (1,7th inning off Forsch 1 on, 1 out); Bochy (1,7th inning off Forsch 2 on, 2 out); Kruk (3,9th inning off Soff 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–McGee (1,by Booker); Martinez (2,by Soff).  SB–Coleman (20,2nd base off Jones/Santiago); Gwynn (5,2nd base off Forsch/Lake).  HBP–Soff (1,Martinez); Booker (1,McGee).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–3:13.  A–15,607.
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