St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
July 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1987 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Diego Padres 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 1 2 2
Pendleton 3b 3 1 1 0
Ford rf 4 1 1 0
Pena c 4 0 1 2
Mathews p 3 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Jefferson cf 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 4 0 0 0
Martinez lf 3 1 1 1
Kruk 1b 3 1 1 0
Brown 3b 4 1 2 0
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Ready 2b 3 0 0 0
  Wynne ph 1 0 1 2
Grant p 2 0 1 0
  Mack ph 1 0 0 0
  Comstock p 0 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
St. Louis 001 000 120461
San Diego 000 000 003370
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mathews  W (7-6) 8.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Worrell  SV (19) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Grant  L (2-4) 8.0 6 4 4 3 2
  Comstock   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
4

  E–Pendleton (14).  PB–Pena (7).  2B–St. Louis McGee (19,off Grant); Herr (16,off Grant), San Diego Brown (7,off Mathews).  3B–St. Louis Ford (5,off Grant).  HR–St. Louis McGee (7,8th inning off Grant 1 on, 2 out), San Diego Martinez (10,9th inning off Mathews 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Mathews (6,off Grant).  SB–Coleman (55,2nd base off Grant/Santiago); Jefferson (17,2nd base off Mathews/Pena).  CS–Martinez (3,2nd base by Mathews/Pena).  WP–Grant (3).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:35.  A–15,466.
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