St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
August 26, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Reds 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 5 0 3 3
Smith ss 5 1 3 0
Guerrero lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 4 1 2 0
Pagnozzi 1b 3 0 1 0
  Ford ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Pena c 4 2 1 0
Terry p 1 0 1 0
  Dayley p 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 5 2 4 0
Winningham cf 3 0 2 1
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 4 0 1 0
Daniels lf 4 0 1 1
O'Neill rf 4 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 4 0 1 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
  McClendon ph,c 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
St. Louis 000 120 1004121
Cincinnati 100 000 1002110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  W (5-3) 6.2 10 2 2 0 4
  Dayley   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Worrell  SV (25) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
0
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (18-6) 7.0 10 4 4 1 1
  Dibble   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
1
4

  E–Smith (16).  DP–St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–St. Louis Smith (19,off Jackson); Coleman (16,off Jackson); Pena (16,off Jackson), Cincinnati Daniels (26,off Terry); Larkin (25,off Terry).  SH–Terry 2 (3,off Jackson 2); Winningham (1,off Terry).  IBB–Guerrero (4,by Jackson).  SB–Smith (46,2nd base off Jackson/Reed); Coleman (64,2nd base off Dibble/McClendon); Larkin 2 (34,2nd base off Terry/Pena,2nd base off Worrell/Pena).  CS–Coleman (22,2nd base by Jackson/Reed).  IBB–Jackson (4,Guerrero).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:41.  A–32,170.
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