Philadelphia Phillies vs Montreal Expos
September 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1987 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 3, Montreal Expos 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 5 1 2 0
Thompson cf 3 0 1 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 1
  Frohwirth p 0 0 0 0
  Daulton ph 1 1 1 0
Hayes 1b 4 1 1 1
Schmidt 3b 5 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 2 0
Hughes lf 5 0 3 1
Wilson rf 5 0 2 0
Jeltz ss 4 0 0 0
Ruffin p 1 0 0 0
  Newell p 0 0 0 0
  Toliver p 0 0 0 0
  Stone ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 12 3
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 2 2 0
  Candaele lf 1 0 0 0
Webster rf 4 2 2 1
Brooks ss 3 0 0 1
Wallach 3b 4 1 2 1
Galarraga 1b 3 1 0 2
Nichols cf 1 0 1 0
  Winningham pr,cf 2 0 1 0
Law 2b 3 0 1 0
Fitzgerald c 2 0 0 1
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Santovenia ph 1 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
Philadelphia 000 000 1023120
Montreal 301 200 00x692
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffin  L (10-14) 2.1 6 4 4 2 1
  Newell   0.2 1 2 2 2 1
  Toliver   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ritchie   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Frohwirth   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
6
8
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (10-7) 6.0 8 0 0 0 8
  McGaffigan   2.1 3 3 3 1 4
  Burke   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
2
13

  E–Brooks (20), Law (10).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Samuel (32,off Smith); Hayes (32,off McGaffigan).  3B–Philadelphia Samuel (14,off McGaffigan), Montreal Wallach (4,off Ruffin); Webster (7,off Newell).  SF–G Gross (3,off McGaffigan); Galarraga (4,off Ruffin); Brooks (3,off Toliver).  IBB–Fitzgerald (6,by Newell).  SB–Hayes (15,3rd base off McGaffigan/Fitzgerald); Nichols (2,2nd base off Newell/Parrish); Raines 2 (47,2nd base off Newell/Parrish,3rd base off Ritchie/Parrish); Webster (32,2nd base off Ritchie/Parrish); Winningham (26,2nd base off Frohwirth/Parrish).  IBB–Newell (1,Fitzgerald).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:10.  A–23,466.
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