San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 12, 1988 Box Score

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

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 12, St. Louis Cardinals 13

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood cf 2 1 1 1
  Butler cf 1 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 1 1 0
Speier 2b 5 2 3 2
Clark 1b 5 3 3 3
Mitchell 3b 2 1 0 0
Leonard lf 6 1 1 3
Maldonado rf 5 0 1 1
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Melvin c 5 1 2 0
Uribe ss 5 0 1 0
Reuschel p 3 1 1 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Totals 42 12 14 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 1 0
Smith ss 6 2 2 0
McGee cf 5 2 3 2
Brunansky rf 5 3 3 3
Pendleton 3b 4 2 1 2
Horner 1b 5 0 4 4
Alicea 2b 4 1 3 1
Lake c 2 1 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Terry p 1 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 1 1 1
  Pena c 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 18 13
San Francisco 001 601 30112143
St. Louis 102 006 40x13185
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   5.0 8 6 6 2 2
  Mulholland   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Robinson   0.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Lefferts  L (1-2) 0.2 3 4 4 1 0
  Garrelts   1.1 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
18
13
13
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   3.2 7 7 2 3 0
  Peters   2.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Terry  W (1-1) 1.1 4 3 3 2 0
  McWilliams   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Worrell  SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
12
7
8
1

  E–Leonard (1), Maldonado (3), Melvin (2), Coleman (4), McGee 2 (5), Pendleton (8), Horner (4).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–San Francisco Melvin (3,off Tudor); Clark 2 (8,off Tudor,off Terry); Maldonado (6,off Peters); Thompson (6,off McWilliams), St. Louis McGee (8,off Reuschel).  HR–San Francisco Clark (8,3rd inning off Tudor 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Pendleton (2,6th inning off Robinson 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Speier (1,off Tudor).  IBB–Mitchell 2 (2,by Tudor,by Terry); McGee (2,by Garrelts).  SH–Tudor (1,off Reuschel); Coleman (1,off Garrelts).  HBP–Lake (1,by Reuschel).  SB–Speier (1,2nd base off Tudor/Lake); Smith (12,2nd base off Reuschel/Melvin); Coleman (16,2nd base off Lefferts/Melvin).  WP–Peters (3).  HBP–Reuschel (1,Lake).  IBB–Garrelts (5,McGee); Tudor (1,Mitchell); Terry (2,Mitchell).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:49.  A–39,707.
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