St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1988 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 2, Philadelphia Phillies 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman cf 3 1 1 0
Smith ss 1 1 1 1
  Alicea 2b 2 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 3 0 0 1
Walling 3b 4 0 2 0
  Booker 3b 0 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 2 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 3 0 1 0
  Hill p 0 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
Ford lf 4 0 0 0
Pena c 4 0 1 0
Mathews p 1 0 0 0
  Costello p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph,ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 5 1 2 1
Dernier rf 4 1 2 0
Samuel cf 5 2 2 0
Jordan 1b 5 2 2 2
Parrish c 3 2 3 2
  Russell pr,c 0 1 0 0
James 3b 3 0 2 2
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 2
Barrett 2b 4 0 0 0
Sebra p 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Barojas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9
St. Louis 000 020 000261
Philadelphia 104 300 10x9140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mathews  L (4-6) 2.1 6 5 5 2 2
  Costello   1.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Hill   3.0 2 1 0 0 1
  Peters   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
8
2
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Sebra  W (1-2) 5.0 4 2 2 5 4
  Harris   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Barojas   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
7
6

  E–Coleman (8).  DP–St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Smith (26,off Sebra), Philadelphia Jordan (12,off Mathews); Samuel (28,off Costello); Parrish (15,off Hill).  HR–Philadelphia Bradley (11,1st inning off Mathews 0 on, 0 out); Parrish (15,4th inning off Costello 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Guerrero (6,off Sebra).  HBP–James (3,by Mathews).  IBB–Parrish (7,by Mathews).  SB–Coleman 3 (75,2nd base off Sebra/Parrish 2,2nd base off Barojas/Russell); Smith 2 (52,2nd base off Sebra/Parrish,3rd base off Sebra/Parrish); Dernier (13,2nd base off Mathews/Pena).  BK–Sebra (1).  HBP–Mathews (2,James).  IBB–Mathews (5,Parrish).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:38.  A–13,829.
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