Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1987 at Dodger Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 0 2 0
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 0
Ray 2b 5 0 1 0
Bream 1b 5 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 2 1 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 2 3 0
LaValliere c 2 1 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 1 0
  Ortiz c 0 0 0 0
Fermin ss 2 0 1 2
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Pedrique ss 1 0 1 1
Drabek p 2 0 0 0
  Harper ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Anderson ss 4 0 0 0
Shelby cf 2 1 0 0
Guerrero lf 4 1 3 2
Marshall rf 4 0 0 0
Stubbs 1b 4 0 0 0
Hatcher 3b 4 0 1 0
Scioscia c 3 0 0 0
Sax 2b 1 0 0 0
  Duncan 2b 2 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Hershiser p 2 0 0 0
  Garner 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Pittsburgh 020 000 0204100
Los Angeles 200 000 000241
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  W (2-8) 7.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Jones  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  L (10-9) 7.1 8 4 4 4 8
  Young   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
5
9

  E–Sax (9).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  PB–Scioscia (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (19,off Hershiser), Los Angeles Guerrero (13,off Drabek).  HR–Los Angeles Guerrero (20,1st inning off Drabek 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Drabek (1,by Hershiser).  IBB–Harper (1,by Young).  CS–Bonds (6,2nd base by Hershiser/Scioscia); Van Slyke (7,2nd base by Hershiser/Scioscia); Hatcher (2,2nd base by Drabek/LaValliere).  HBP–Hershiser (3,Drabek).  IBB–Young (5,Harper).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:52.  A–34,864.
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