Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 9, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1991 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 2, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Hayes V. rf 4 0 0 0
Hollins 1b 3 1 2 0
Kruk cf 3 0 1 0
Chamberlain lf 4 0 0 0
Hayes C. 3b 4 1 1 2
Lake c 3 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 0 0
Thon ss 3 0 1 0
Ashby p 2 0 1 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lankford cf 4 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 4 0 2 0
Zeile 3b 3 0 0 0
Guerrero 1b 4 0 0 0
  Brewer 1b 0 0 0 0
Jose rf 3 1 1 0
Thompson lf 3 2 2 1
Pagnozzi c 3 1 2 2
Oquendo 2b 3 0 0 0
Olivares p 3 0 1 1
  Smith L. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
Philadelphia 000 000 002260
St. Louis 000 030 10x480
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby  L (0-3) 4.2 5 3 3 1 2
  Cox   2.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Williams   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Olivares  W (8-5) 8.2 6 2 2 2 6
  Smith  SV (38) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Pagnozzi (21,off Ashby); O Smith (23,off Williams).  HR–Philadelphia C Hayes (11,9th inning off Olivares 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Thompson (6,7th inning off Cox 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Hollins (1,2nd base by Olivares/Pagnozzi); O Smith (8,2nd base by Cox/Lake); Pagnozzi (8,2nd base by Cox/Lake).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:28.  A–16,597.
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