Minnesota Twins vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 22, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 22, 1987 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 3 1 1 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 0
  Baylor ph 1 0 0 0
Puckett cf 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 2
Brunansky rf 4 0 1 0
Laudner c 2 0 0 0
  Newman ph 1 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 2 0 1 0
  Smalley ph 0 0 0 0
Blyleven p 1 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Bush ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 2 1 0
Smith ss 4 1 2 1
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 0 1 2
Oquendo 3b 4 0 2 0
Pena c 4 0 3 0
  Johnson pr 0 0 0 0
  Lake c 0 0 0 0
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Lindeman 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 3
Minnesota 000 000 020261
St. Louis 000 003 10x4100
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (1-1) 6.0 7 3 2 1 4
  Atherton   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Reardon   1.2 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
4
3
2
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  W (1-1) 7.1 5 2 2 3 6
  Dayley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (2) 1.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
6

  E–Gagne (2).  DP–Minnesota 1.  3B–Minnesota Gaetti (1,off Worrell).  SH–Blyleven (1,off Cox); Cox (1,off Blyleven).  IBB–Driessen (1,by Blyleven).  SB–Gladden (2,2nd base off Cox/Pena); Coleman 2 (6,3rd base off Blyleven/Laudner,3rd base off Reardon/Laudner); Smith 2 (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Laudner,2nd base off Reardon/Laudner); Johnson (1,2nd base off Reardon/Laudner).  CS–Oquendo (1,Home by Blyleven/Laudner).  BK–Atherton (1).  IBB–Blyleven (1,Driessen).  U–Ken Kaiser (AL), Terry Tata (NL), Dave Phillips (AL), Lee Weyer (NL), John McSherry (NL), Greg Kosc (AL).  A–55,347.
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