Philadelphia Phillies vs Cincinnati Reds
July 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1987 at Riverfront Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 7, Cincinnati Reds 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 5 1 1 1
Roenicke cf 4 1 2 1
Hayes 1b 5 2 3 1
Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 4 1 2 1
Wilson rf 5 1 2 2
James lf 4 0 1 0
Aguayo ss 3 1 1 0
Ruffin p 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 4 0 2 0
Concepcion 2b 3 0 2 0
Davis cf 4 1 2 1
  Venable cf 0 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 1 1 1
McClendon c 4 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 0 1 0
Hoffman p 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Philadelphia 100 240 0007131
Cincinnati 100 000 001281
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffin  W (6-6) 9.0 8 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hoffman  L (7-3) 4.1 9 7 7 0 2
  Landrum   2.2 2 0 0 1 5
  Scherrer   2.0 2 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
4
8

  E–Ruffin (2), McClendon (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–Philadelphia Hayes (19,off Hoffman); Schmidt (10,off Hoffman); James (9,off Landrum), Cincinnati Jones (13,off Ruffin).  3B–Philadelphia Roenicke (1,off Hoffman).  HR–Philadelphia Wilson (12,4th inning off Hoffman 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Davis (26,1st inning off Ruffin 0 on, 2 out); Esasky (9,9th inning off Ruffin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Ruffin (2,off Hoffman).  SB–Hayes (9,2nd base off Landrum/McClendon).  CS–Jones (6,2nd base by Ruffin/Parrish).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:45.  A–26,082.
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