St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1988 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 3 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
McGee cf 4 0 2 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 2 1
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 2
Ford 1b 4 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 0 0
Pena c 3 0 2 0
Cox p 2 0 0 0
  Alicea ph 1 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 0 1 0
Stubbs 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Belcher p 0 0 0 0
Gibson lf 2 2 1 0
Marshall rf,1b 3 2 1 2
Shelby cf 4 1 1 2
Scioscia c 4 0 3 1
Hamilton 3b 4 0 1 0
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
Hershiser p 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 5
St. Louis 000 201 000392
Los Angeles 300 020 10x680
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  L (2-4) 6.0 7 5 5 1 1
  McWilliams   2.0 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
2
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  W (13-3) 7.0 7 3 3 2 4
  Belcher  SV (4) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
5

  E–Smith 2 (12).  DP–St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1.  2B–St. Louis Pena (9,off Hershiser), Los Angeles Shelby (15,off Cox); Scioscia (11,off Cox).  HR–St. Louis Brunansky (12,4th inning off Hershiser 0 on, 2 out); Pendleton (3,4th inning off Hershiser 0 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Marshall (10,5th inning off Cox 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Marshall (3,by Cox).  SB–Pena (4,2nd base off Belcher/Scioscia).  CS–Coleman (14,2nd base by Hershiser/Scioscia).  HBP–Cox (1,Marshall).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:24.  A–32,495.
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