Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 12, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1988 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 5 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Dawson rf 4 1 1 1
Durham 1b 3 2 2 1
Palmeiro lf 3 1 0 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 1 1 2
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 1 1
Nipper p 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 1 0 0 0
  Lancaster p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 1 0
  Roomes pr 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
  Trillo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 6 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 2 3 1
Smith ss 4 2 2 1
Herr 2b 4 1 1 0
Horner 1b 4 0 4 2
McGee cf 5 0 2 2
Pendleton 3b 5 0 1 0
Oquendo rf 4 0 0 0
Lake c 4 1 3 1
  Pena pr,c 1 1 0 0
DeLeon p 2 0 1 0
  Lawless ph 1 0 0 0
  Arnold p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 1 0 1 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 18 7
Chicago 020 002 001560
St. Louis 200 102 11x7181
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nipper   3.2 7 3 3 4 1
  Hall  L (0-1) 1.2 3 2 2 1 2
  Lancaster   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  DiPino   1.2 7 2 2 0 0
  Bielecki   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
7
7
6
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  W (1-1) 6.0 5 4 4 1 6
  Arnold   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Peters   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell  SV (2) 2.0 0 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
3
10

  E–Smith (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Davis 2 (3).  2B–Chicago Durham (2,off DeLeon), St. Louis Smith (2,off Nipper).  HR–Chicago Law (1,2nd inning off DeLeon 1 on, 2 out); Dawson (2,6th inning off DeLeon 0 on, 1 out); Durham (2,6th inning off DeLeon 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Lake (1,4th inning off Nipper 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Herr (2,by Lancaster).  SB–Coleman 2 (4,2nd base off Nipper/Davis 2).  CS–Coleman (2,2nd base by DiPino/Davis).  IBB–Lancaster (1,Herr).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:11.  A–27,115.
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