St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1987 at Veteran's Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 9, Philadelphia Phillies 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 1 0
Smith ss 5 2 2 0
Herr 2b 5 2 4 3
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
McGee cf 5 0 2 2
Pendleton 3b 3 2 2 0
Lindeman rf 3 1 0 0
  Morris rf 0 0 0 0
Pena c 4 1 2 4
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Horton p 2 0 0 0
  Worrell p 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 5 0 1 0
Thompson cf 2 0 2 1
  Schu ph,1b 2 2 1 1
  Gross ph 1 0 1 0
Hayes 1b,cf 3 1 1 1
Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 1
Wilson rf 5 0 0 1
James lf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 1 0
Jeltz ss 4 1 2 0
Carman p 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Stone ph 1 1 1 0
  Calhoun p 0 0 0 0
  Aguayo ph 1 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
St. Louis 031 020 2019130
Philadelphia 001 030 1005111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox   4.0 5 3 3 3 0
  Horton   2.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Worrell  W (6-6) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Dayley   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
0
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carman  L (7-8) 4.1 7 6 5 2 2
  Hume   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Calhoun   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie   2.0 4 2 2 3 3
  Tekulve   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
8
7
7

  E–James (2).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Coleman (7,off Carman); Herr 2 (23,off Carman,off Ritchie); Pendleton (22,off Ritchie), Philadelphia Schmidt (16,off Horton).  HR–St. Louis Pena (3,2nd inning off Carman 2 on, 1 out); Herr (2,7th inning off Ritchie 1 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Schu (6,7th inning off Horton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lindeman (1,off Tekulve); Carman (5,off Cox).  IBB–Pena (7,by Ritchie); Clark (11,by Ritchie).  SB–Coleman (73,2nd base off Carman/Parrish); McGee (10,2nd base off Hume/Parrish); Pena (5,2nd base off Tekulve/Parrish); Thompson (33,2nd base off Cox/Pena).  IBB–Ritchie 2 (8,Pena,Clark).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:09.  A–46,732.
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