St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 15, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 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 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 0 1 1
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
McGee cf 4 1 2 0
Pendleton 3b 5 1 1 0
Morris rf 2 1 1 1
  Green ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Laga 1b 3 0 0 1
Pena c 3 1 1 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 1
  Horton p 2 0 0 0
  Terry p 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 4 0 0 0
Thompson cf 4 0 0 0
Hughes lf 3 0 2 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 2 2 1
Hayes 1b 3 1 1 2
Wilson rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 1 0
  Daulton pr 0 0 0 0
Jeltz ss 3 0 2 0
  Gross G. ph 0 0 0 0
Gross K. p 1 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Jelks ph 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Stone ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
St. Louis 040 000 000480
Philadelphia 020 100 000382
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Horton  W (7-3) 3.2 4 1 1 1 2
  Terry   3.2 1 0 0 4 2
  Worrell  SV (29) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  L (8-14) 4.1 5 4 4 5 2
  Ritchie   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Jackson   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bedrosian   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
6
5

  E–Samuel (18), Jeltz (13).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis Pendleton (26,off K Gross); Coleman (14,off K Gross).  HR–Philadelphia Hayes (20,2nd inning off Forsch 1 on, 0 out); Schmidt (30,4th inning off Horton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Forsch (9,off K Gross).  SF–Laga (1,off K Gross).  IBB–Pena (8,by K Gross); Hayes (12,by Terry).  CS–Smith (8,2nd base by K Gross/Parrish); Herr (3,2nd base by K Gross/Parrish).  BK–M Jackson (8).  IBB–Terry (1,Hayes); K Gross (6,Pena).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:17.  A–20,697.
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