Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1988 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 7, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 5 0 2 0
Anderson ss 5 1 2 0
Gibson lf 5 3 2 3
Marshall rf 5 2 3 2
Shelby cf 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph,cf 3 0 2 0
Hamilton 3b 3 0 0 0
  Stubbs ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Woodson 1b,3b 4 0 2 1
  Scioscia ph 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 5 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 2 1 1 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Holton p 0 0 0 0
  Sharperson ph 1 0 1 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 15 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 2 0
McGee cf 4 1 1 0
Brunansky rf 3 2 2 1
Pendleton 3b 4 2 3 2
Oquendo 2b 4 1 2 2
Pena c 4 1 1 2
Pagnozzi 1b 3 0 1 1
  Laga 1b 1 0 0 0
Tudor p 2 0 0 0
  Costello p 1 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Los Angeles 000 230 0027150
St. Louis 205 000 10x8122
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela  L (5-7) 5.0 11 7 7 2 4
  Holton   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Howell   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
3
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   4.2 8 5 5 0 3
  Costello  W (3-0) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  McWilliams   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Quisenberry   1.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Dayley   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (18) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
1
6

  E–McGee 2 (7).  2B–Los Angeles Marshall 2 (19,off Tudor,off McWilliams); Woodson (1,off Tudor); Davis 2 (8,off Tudor,off Dayley), St. Louis Pena (11,off Valenzuela).  HR–Los Angeles Gibson (18,5th inning off Tudor 2 on, 1 out); Marshall (13,9th inning off Quisenberry 1 on, 1 out), St. Louis Pendleton (4,7th inning off Holton 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Scioscia (10,by Worrell).  SB–Davis (6,3rd base off Costello/Pena); Smith 2 (30,2nd base off Valenzuela/Dempsey 2).  CS–Coleman 2 (16,2nd base by Valenzuela/Dempsey,2nd base by J Howell/Dempsey).  IBB–Worrell (9,Scioscia).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:20.  A–31,845.
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