Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 15, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1987 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonilla rf 5 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 1
Ray 2b 4 0 0 0
Diaz lf 3 1 2 1
  Bonds lf 0 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 3 1 1 0
Bream 1b 4 0 2 0
LaValliere c 3 0 1 1
Belliard ss 3 1 1 0
Dunne p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 0 1 0
Clark 1b 2 0 1 0
McGee cf 3 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 1 1 0 0
Morris rf 4 0 0 0
Pena c 4 0 0 1
Mathews p 2 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 3 1
Pittsburgh 010 000 110390
St. Louis 010 000 000131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dunne  W (2-1) 9.0 3 1 1 7 5
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
7
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mathews  L (4-5) 7.0 7 2 2 3 3
  Perry   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Horton   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
4

  E–Pendleton (9).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh LaValliere (9,off Mathews); Diaz (5,off Mathews); Van Slyke (8,off Mathews); Morrison (18,off Perry).  HR–Pittsburgh Diaz (10,8th inning off Perry 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dunne (2,off Mathews); McGee (1,off Dunne).  IBB–Morrison (2,by Mathews); Belliard (6,by Horton); Pendleton (2,by Dunne).  CS–Bonilla (2,2nd base by Mathews/Pena); Morrison 2 (5,Home by Horton/Pena 2).  SB–Coleman (42,2nd base off Dunne/LaValliere).  BK–Dunne (2).  IBB–Dunne (3,Pendleton); Mathews (4,Morrison); Horton (2,Belliard).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:47.  A–30,887.
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