Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 28, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1987 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 11

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 3 2 1 0
Ramirez 3b,ss 5 1 2 1
Roenicke lf 3 0 1 3
Murphy rf 5 1 2 1
Simmons 1b,3b,1b 3 0 1 0
Thomas ss 4 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 3b 1 0 0 0
Virgil c 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 0
Mahler p 1 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
  Perry 1b 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 2 1
Smith ss 5 1 3 0
Pendleton 3b 4 2 1 0
Clark 1b 5 2 3 3
McGee cf 5 2 2 2
Herr 2b 3 2 1 0
Ford rf 5 1 2 0
Pena c 4 0 2 3
Conroy p 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 3 0 2 1
  Soff p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 18 10
Atlanta 103 000 100592
St. Louis 211 133 00x11181
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  L (2-6) 4.0 10 7 6 2 2
  O'Neal   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Puleo   1.0 5 3 3 0 0
  Assenmacher   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Garber   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
11
10
3
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Conroy   2.1 3 4 3 2 3
  Dawley  W (1-4) 4.2 4 1 1 3 4
  Soff   1.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Horton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
6
7

  E–Simmons 2 (3), Pena (2).  DP–Atlanta 2.  2B–Atlanta Ramirez (9,off Conroy); Hubbard (13,off Dawley); Virgil (3,off Dawley).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (14,7th inning off Dawley 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Clark 2 (15,1st inning off Mahler 1 on, 2 out,5th inning off Mahler 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Mahler (4,off Conroy).  SF–Roenicke (2,off Conroy).  IBB–Simmons (1,by Dawley).  SB–Hall (9,2nd base off Conroy/Pena); Ramirez (2,2nd base off Dawley/Pena); Coleman (31,2nd base off Mahler/Virgil).  CS–Coleman (8,3rd base by Mahler/Virgil).  WP–Mahler (3).  IBB–Dawley (3,Simmons).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:12.  A–33,973.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook