St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 24, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1987 at Astrodome. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Houston Astros 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 0 0
Smith ss 3 2 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 2 1 1
Clark 1b 2 2 1 4
McGee cf 5 0 1 2
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
Ford rf 5 0 1 0
Lake c 4 0 0 0
Magrane p 2 1 0 0
Totals 33 8 5 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 0
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 2 1
Bass rf 4 0 1 1
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
Householder cf 3 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 0 0
Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Solano p 1 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
St. Louis 250 100 000850
Houston 000 200 000272
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Magrane  W (4-0) 9.0 7 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (5-3) 1.1 2 7 5 6 1
  Solano   3.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Lopez   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Andersen   2.0 0 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
5
8
6
9
8

  E–Doran (1), Thon (3).  PB–Ashby 2 (3).  2B–Houston Davis (8,off Magrane); Bass (10,off Magrane).  3B–St. Louis McGee (2,off Solano).  HR–St. Louis Clark (12,2nd inning off Scott 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Magrane (3,off Solano).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:29.  A–24,591.
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