St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
August 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1988 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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, Chicago Cubs 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 2 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 2 2 1
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Ford cf 4 1 1 0
Laga 1b 4 0 1 0
Pena c 4 0 2 1
DeLeon p 3 0 1 1
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Webster cf 4 2 2 2
Sandberg 2b 3 0 0 0
  Salazar 2b 0 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 2
Palmeiro lf 5 1 2 0
Law 3b 3 1 1 0
Berryhill c 3 1 2 1
Varsho rf 2 0 1 1
  Jackson ph,rf 2 1 1 2
Dunston ss 4 0 0 0
Bielecki p 2 0 0 0
  Dawson ph 0 1 0 0
  Lancaster p 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 8 11 8
St. Louis 000 210 000391
Chicago 010 102 22x8111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon   5.0 6 3 3 3 5
  Dayley  L (2-6) 1.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Costello   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Quisenberry   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  McWilliams   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
7
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki  W (2-0) 7.0 9 3 3 2 4
  Lancaster  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
6

  E–Ford (2), Berryhill (6).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Chicago Berryhill 2 (11,off DeLeon 2).  HR–St. Louis Brunansky (17,5th inning off Bielecki 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Jackson (3,6th inning off Dayley 1 on, 2 out); Webster (4,8th inning off Quisenberry 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Sandberg (3,by Dayley).  SB–Oquendo (3,2nd base off Bielecki/Berryhill).  CS–Coleman (20,2nd base by Bielecki/Berryhill); Oquendo (5,2nd base by Bielecki/Berryhill).  WP–DeLeon (9).  BK–Quisenberry (2).  IBB–Dayley (7,Sandberg).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:12.  A–32,016.
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