St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
July 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 2, San Francisco Giants 21

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 1 0
  Walker ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 3 1 2 0
  Pagnozzi c 1 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 1 1 0
Ford lf,1b 4 0 0 1
Oquendo 1b,ss 3 0 1 1
Alicea 2b 4 0 0 0
Lake c 3 0 1 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman ph 1 0 0 0
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Fitzgerald ph 1 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Lawless 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 1 1 0 0
  Nixon ph,cf 3 1 1 0
Speier 2b 6 4 5 5
Clark 1b 4 3 3 3
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Brenly ph 1 0 0 0
  Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
Maldonado rf 5 1 1 0
Mitchell 3b 5 4 4 4
Aldrete lf 2 0 0 0
  Youngblood lf 1 0 0 1
Melvin c,1b 4 3 2 3
Uribe ss 3 1 1 0
  Riles ph,ss 2 1 1 3
Downs p 3 1 2 2
  Spilman ph,1b,c 1 1 0 0
Totals 41 21 20 21
St. Louis 000 200 000271
San Francisco 050 054 70x21201
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  L (4-4) 2.0 6 5 5 2 1
  Costello   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Forsch   1.1 8 8 7 1 1
  Peters   1.2 6 8 8 2 1
  Dayley   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
20
21
20
6
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Downs  W (8-7) 7.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Price   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hammaker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
4

  E–Oquendo (6), Clark (6).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Brunansky (9,off Downs); Walker (1,off Downs), San Francisco Speier 2 (6,off Tudor 2); Melvin (5,off Tudor).  3B–San Francisco Clark (5,off Tudor); Speier (1,off Peters).  HR–San Francisco Speier (2,5th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out); Mitchell (9,5th inning off Forsch 2 on, 0 out); Melvin (6,6th inning off Peters 1 on, 2 out); Clark (20,7th inning off Peters 1 on, 0 out); Riles (1,7th inning off Peters 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Youngblood (2,off Peters).  CS–Butler (13,2nd base by Tudor/Lake).  WP–Forsch (1).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:53.  A–34,666.
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