Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1987 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 1
Ray 2b 5 1 1 0
Bream 1b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 4 3 3 1
Bonilla 3b 5 0 1 1
LaValliere c 2 1 0 0
  Diaz ph,c 2 0 0 0
Pedrique ss 3 0 2 3
  Morrison ph,ss 2 0 0 0
  Belliard ss 0 0 0 0
Kipper p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor p 1 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 1 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 8 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 2
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 2 2 0
Clark 1b 5 2 2 4
McGee cf 4 1 2 0
Pena c 4 1 1 1
Oquendo 3b,ss 3 0 0 0
Landrum rf 2 0 0 1
  Morris ph,rf 2 1 2 0
Tunnell p 2 0 0 0
  Horton p 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Booker ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Pittsburgh 020 110 011 0681
St. Louis 100 400 100 28112
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kipper   4.0 6 5 5 1 2
  Taylor   2.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Smiley   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Robinson  L (5-5) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
3
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tunnell   5.0 5 4 3 2 5
  Horton   2.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Worrell   1.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Dayley   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Dawley  W (4-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
6
5
4
5

  E–LaValliere (2), Clark (7), Oquendo (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Reynolds (13,off Tunnell); Pedrique (1,off Tunnell), St. Louis Smith (13,off Kipper); McGee (11,off Kipper); Pena (4,off Kipper).  3B–Pittsburgh Pedrique (1,off Tunnell); Bonilla (1,off Horton), St. Louis McGee (5,off Kipper).  HR–St. Louis Clark 2 (20,4th inning off Kipper 1 on, 0 out,10th inning off D Robinson 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Booker (2,off D Robinson).  SF–Smith (3,off Smiley).  SB–Van Slyke 2 (16,2nd base off Tunnell/Pena,2nd base off Dayley/Pena); Reynolds (5,2nd base off Tunnell/Pena); Cangelosi (10,2nd base off Worrell/Pena); Coleman (44,2nd base off Kipper/LaValliere).  CS–Smith (4,3rd base by Kipper/LaValliere).  WP–Smiley (1).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:13.  A–35,264.
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