St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 18, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1988 at Three Rivers Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 3 0
Smith ss 5 1 1 0
McGee cf 5 2 2 2
Brunansky rf 5 0 1 0
Pena c 3 0 0 1
Oquendo 3b 4 0 0 0
Pagnozzi 1b 3 1 1 0
Alicea 2b 4 1 2 1
Tudor p 2 0 0 0
  Walker ph 0 0 0 0
  Horner ph 1 0 1 1
  Magrane pr 0 0 0 0
  Terry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lind 2b 5 0 3 0
Van Slyke cf 5 1 2 1
Diaz lf 2 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Coles rf 3 0 1 0
Milligan 1b 4 0 1 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 0 1 0
  LaValliere ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,ss 1 1 0 0
Fisher p 2 0 1 0
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Bream 1b 1 1 1 2
Totals 34 3 10 3
St. Louis 100 102 2006110
Pittsburgh 000 010 0023102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (3-2) 6.0 7 1 1 3 3
  Terry  SV (2) 3.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (4-5) 6.0 7 6 5 1 2
  Rucker   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jones   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Gott   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
1
5

  E–Bonilla 2 (13).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–St. Louis Horner (9,off Rucker), Pittsburgh Coles (8,off Tudor); Lind (10,off Tudor); Van Slyke (8,off Terry).  3B–St. Louis Coleman (9,off Fisher); Alicea (2,off Fisher).  HR–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (11,5th inning off Tudor 0 on, 1 out); Bream (6,9th inning off Terry 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Pena (2,off Fisher).  SB–Smith (21,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz); McGee 2 (19,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz 2); Coleman 2 (31,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz,2nd base off Gott/Ortiz).  WP–Rucker (1).  BK–Tudor (1), Fisher (2).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:43.  A–36,682.
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