St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1987 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 7, Philadelphia Phillies 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 6 1 3 0
Smith ss 5 1 1 1
Herr 2b 3 1 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Booker ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Lawless 3b 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 2 1 3
McGee cf 7 0 1 1
Pendleton 3b 5 0 0 1
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch ph 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
Lindeman rf 2 0 0 1
  Morris ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Lake c 2 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena c 2 1 1 0
Mathews p 2 0 0 0
  Oquendo ph,2b 3 1 1 0
Totals 47 7 9 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 5 1 3 1
Hayes cf,1b 6 1 1 1
James lf 4 0 2 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
  Aguayo ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Stone ph 1 0 0 0
  Calhoun p 0 0 0 0
  Daulton ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 0
Parrish c 6 2 1 1
Wilson rf 6 2 2 1
Schu 1b 3 1 2 3
  Thompson ph,cf 4 0 1 0
Jeltz ss 6 0 1 1
Ruffin p 3 0 0 0
  Gross lf 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 53 8 14 8
St. Louis 010 004 001 000 01790
Philadelphia 001 004 100 000 028142
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mathews   6.0 6 5 5 4 2
  Dawley   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Perry   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Dayley   1.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Worrell   2.1 1 0 0 2 5
  Horton  L (6-2) 1.2 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
13.2
14
8
8
9
11
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffin   7.0 4 5 4 4 2
  Bedrosian   2.0 4 1 1 0 2
  Tekulve   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Calhoun   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Hume   0.2 1 1 1 3 0
  Ritchie  W (2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
14.0
9
7
6
9
5

  E–Parrish (7), Jeltz (6).  DP–St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 3.  2B–St. Louis McGee (24,off Ruffin); Pena (10,off Hume), Philadelphia James (15,off Mathews).  3B–St. Louis Coleman (7,off Ruffin), Philadelphia James (4,off Mathews); Samuel (9,off Worrell); Jeltz (3,off Horton).  HR–St. Louis Clark (30,2nd inning off Ruffin 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Samuel (21,3rd inning off Mathews 0 on, 0 out); Schu (7,6th inning off Mathews 2 on, 1 out); Hayes (17,7th inning off Dawley 0 on, 1 out); Parrish (11,14th inning off Horton 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Oquendo (4,off Hume).  SF–Lindeman (4,off Ruffin).  IBB–Lake (3,by Ruffin); Smith (3,by Hume); Hayes (6,by Worrell); Schmidt (9,by Worrell).  SB–Smith (29,2nd base off Ruffin/Parrish); Coleman (74,2nd base off Ruffin/Parrish); Schmidt (1,2nd base off Dawley/Lake).  CS–Morris (2,2nd base by Bedrosian/Parrish); Samuel (11,2nd base by Dawley/Lake).  WP–Mathews (5).  IBB–Worrell 2 (9,Hayes,Schmidt); Ruffin (2,Lake); Hume (5,Smith).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–4:36.  A–37,158.
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