Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1987 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Sandberg 2b 3 1 1 0
Mumphrey lf 3 0 1 0
  Dayett ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Dawson rf 4 0 1 1
Durham 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis c 4 0 1 0
Moreland 3b 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 1 0
Martinez cf 2 0 0 0
Moyer p 2 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 2 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 2 2 0 0
McGee cf 4 1 3 3
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 1
Oquendo rf 4 0 1 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 1 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Chicago 000 100 000162
St. Louis 200 000 02x490
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Moyer  L (6-4) 6.0 6 2 2 2 3
  DiPino   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (5-2) 6.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Dawley   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Horton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (15) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6

  E–Dawson (2), Moreland (13).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Sandberg (17,off Forsch), St. Louis McGee 2 (10,off Moyer,off DiPino).  3B–St. Louis McGee (3,off Moyer).  IBB–Martinez (4,by Dawley).  SH–Forsch (3,off Moyer).  SB–Coleman (40,2nd base off DiPino/J Davis).  CS–Pendleton (6,2nd base by DiPino/J Davis).  IBB–Dawley (4,Martinez).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:35.  A–48,096.
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