St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
July 3, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1987 at Fulton County Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 9, Atlanta Braves 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 2 1 0
Smith ss 4 2 2 0
Herr 2b 5 0 0 1
Clark 1b 4 2 2 4
McGee cf 5 1 1 1
Pendleton 3b 4 1 2 1
Ford rf 3 0 1 1
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Morris rf 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 9 10 9
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 3 0 1 1
Thomas ss 4 0 0 0
Perry 1b 4 0 0 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Griffey lf 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 2 1 1 0
Virgil c 3 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Puleo p 1 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
St. Louis 000 330 1029100
Atlanta 000 000 010130
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (7-3) 7.1 3 1 1 2 3
  Dayley   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Puleo  L (2-2) 4.2 5 6 6 3 6
  McWilliams   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Dedmon   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  O'Neal   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
4
8

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis McGee (14,off Puleo); Pendleton (14,off Puleo), Atlanta Nettles (4,off Forsch).  3B–Atlanta James (3,off Forsch).  SH–Forsch (6,off Puleo); Ford (1,off McWilliams).  SB–Coleman (51,2nd base off Puleo/Virgil).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:42.  A–45,679.
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