Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1988 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dascenzo cf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 0 0
Dawson rf 4 0 0 0
Berryhill c 4 1 1 0
Palmeiro lf 3 1 2 1
Trillo 3b 2 0 0 0
Dunston ss 3 0 0 0
Schiraldi p 2 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 1 1
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 4 2 2 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 2
Guerrero 1b 4 1 2 3
  Ford pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Walling lf 4 0 0 0
  Laga 1b 0 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 3 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 3 1 2 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
Mathews p 3 1 1 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Chicago 000 010 010251
St. Louis 000 005 01x680
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schiraldi  L (8-11) 5.1 5 5 4 0 4
  Bielecki   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Gossage   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
0
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mathews  W (4-5) 7.1 3 2 2 1 2
  Worrell  SV (29) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
3

  E–Trillo (3).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Berryhill (17,off Mathews); Palmeiro (38,off Mathews), St. Louis Smith (21,off Schiraldi); Guerrero (11,off Schiraldi).  SB–Coleman (71,2nd base off Gossage/Berryhill); Ford (6,2nd base off Gossage/Berryhill).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:15.  A–38,991.
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