St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
July 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1987 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, San Diego Padres 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 0 0
Smith ss 5 1 1 2
Herr 2b 5 0 2 3
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 0 0
McGee cf 6 0 2 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 1 2 1
Ford rf 3 1 1 0
  Tunnell p 0 0 0 0
  Morris rf 1 0 1 0
Pena c 5 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 2 2 1
  Lindeman ph 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Oquendo rf,2b 1 1 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 7
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Jefferson cf 5 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 4 3 2 0
Martinez lf 2 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  Bochy ph 1 0 0 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
Kruk 1b 4 2 2 2
Brown 3b 5 1 2 1
Santiago c 5 1 3 3
Templeton ss 4 2 3 0
Flannery 2b 1 0 0 1
  Ready ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Whitson p 1 0 0 0
  Comstock p 1 0 0 0
  Mack ph 1 0 1 2
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Wynne lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 9
St. Louis 210 400 010 08120
San Diego 202 102 100 19131
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   4.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Perry   2.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Tunnell   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Dayley   1.2 0 0 0 0 4
  Worrell  L (4-4) 0.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
13
9
9
3
9
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   3.2 7 7 7 4 4
  Comstock   2.1 2 0 0 1 4
  Davis   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Gossage   2.0 2 1 1 2 2
  McCullers  W (5-6) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
10.0
12
8
8
10
13

  E–Santiago (17).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–St. Louis Herr (15,off Whitson), San Diego Santiago (13,off Tunnell).  3B–San Diego Templeton (4,off Forsch); Mack (1,off Perry).  HR–St. Louis Forsch (2,2nd inning off Whitson 0 on, 1 out), San Diego Kruk (11,3rd inning off Forsch 1 on, 2 out); Santiago (8,10th inning off Worrell 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Smith (7,off Gossage); Martinez (1,off Tunnell); Ready (2,off Tunnell).  SF–Flannery (1,off Forsch).  IBB–Kruk (7,by Tunnell).  SB–Coleman 2 (54,2nd base off Whitson/Santiago,3rd base off Whitson/Santiago); Johnson (1,2nd base off McCullers/Santiago).  IBB–Tunnell (4,Kruk).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:44.  A–14,837.
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