San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 23, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1987 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 8, Philadelphia Phillies 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Uribe ss 5 1 3 2
Davis C. cf 3 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 1 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 2 2 0
Maldonado rf 4 1 1 1
Melvin c 5 0 1 0
Brenly 1b 4 1 2 2
Thompson 2b 2 0 1 0
  Speier ph,2b 3 1 1 1
Williams 3b 5 1 1 0
Gott p 1 0 0 0
  Wasinger ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis M. p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete cf 2 1 1 2
Totals 41 8 14 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Thompson rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Stone cf 5 1 1 1
Samuel 2b 4 1 1 0
Easler lf 2 1 0 1
  Wilson rf 0 1 0 0
Hayes 1b 2 2 1 2
Parrish c 4 1 3 3
Schu 3b 3 1 1 2
Aguayo ss 3 0 0 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Ruffin p 3 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Jeltz ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 8 9
San Francisco 000 106 0108140
Philadelphia 400 040 001980
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gott   4.0 5 4 4 3 5
  Davis   0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Grant   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Minton   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Robinson  L (3-2) 1.1 1 1 1 3 0
Totals
8.1
8
9
9
8
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffin   5.1 9 5 5 1 2
  Ritchie   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Tekulve   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Bedrosian  W (3-1) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–San Francisco Leonard 2 (17,off Ruffin 2); Brenly (4,off Ruffin); Speier (3,off Ruffin), Philadelphia Parrish (4,off Gott).  3B–San Francisco Clark (3,off Ritchie); Williams (2,off Bedrosian).  HR–San Francisco Uribe (1,6th inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Hayes (2,5th inning off M Davis 1 on, 0 out); Schu (2,5th inning off Grant 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Leonard (2,by Bedrosian); Hayes (4,by J Robinson).  SF–Easler (1,off Gott).  HBP–Aguayo (1,by Gott); Schu (1,by Minton).  SB–Thompson (12,2nd base off Gott/Melvin); Samuel (10,2nd base off Gott/Melvin).  CS–Samuel (4,2nd base by J Robinson/Melvin).  BK–J Robinson (1), Bedrosian (1).  HBP–Gott (2,Aguayo); Minton (1,Schu).  IBB–J Robinson (4,Hayes); Bedrosian (1,Leonard).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:04.  A–21,841.
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