Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1988 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Martinez cf 4 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 1 0
Brooks rf 3 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 1 2 1
Foley 2b 3 0 1 1
Santovenia c 2 0 0 0
Hudler ss 3 0 0 0
Dopson p 2 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 3 0 0 0
Smith ss 2 0 0 2
Guerrero 1b 4 1 2 3
Walling lf 4 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 1 0
Oquendo 2b 3 1 0 0
Pena c 3 1 0 0
Terry p 2 1 0 1
  Ford ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Totals 28 6 5 6
Montreal 000 010 100263
St. Louis 000 040 20x650
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Dopson  L (3-9) 6.0 4 5 1 3 5
  Parrett   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
6
2
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Terry  W (7-3) 7.0 4 2 2 1 5
  Worrell   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
5

  E–Wallach (16), Hudler 2 (9).  DP–Montreal 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Montreal Wallach (28,off Terry), St. Louis Brunansky (18,off Dopson); Ford (3,off Dopson).  3B–St. Louis Pendleton (2,off Dopson).  HR–St. Louis Guerrero (7,7th inning off Parrett 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Coleman (3,off Parrett); Smith (10,off Parrett).  SB–Dave Martinez (16,2nd base off Terry/Pena); Smith (47,3rd base off Dopson/Santovenia); Guerrero (3,2nd base off Dopson/Santovenia).  CS–Foley (6,2nd base by Terry/Pena); Santovenia (3,2nd base by Terry/Pena); Brunansky (5,Home by Dopson/Santovenia).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:41.  A–25,782.
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