Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 5 1 1 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 3 0
White cf 5 0 0 1
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Segui 1b 2 1 1 0
  Santangelo lf 2 0 1 1
Rodriguez lf,1b 5 1 1 2
Fletcher c 4 0 1 0
  Spehr pr,c 0 0 0 0
Silvestri 3b 4 0 1 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Obando ph 0 1 0 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz ph 1 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee rf 5 0 2 1
Smith ss 4 0 1 1
  Clayton ss 1 0 0 0
Lankford cf 5 0 2 0
Gant lf 4 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 4 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Bradshaw ph 0 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 3 1
Sheaffer c 5 1 1 0
Alicea 2b 5 1 1 0
Stottlemyre p 2 0 1 0
  Sweeney 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 11 3
Montreal 000 020 010 1492
St. Louis 030 000 000 03112
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   6.0 7 3 3 2 8
  Veres   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Scott   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Rojas  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
10.0
11
3
3
4
13
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   7.1 4 3 2 2 6
  Eckersley   1.2 3 0 0 0 2
  Parrett  L (1-1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Honeycutt   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
4
3
3
9

  E–Grudzielanek (2), Lansing (1), Smith (1), Eckersley (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis McGee (2,off Martinez).  HR–Montreal Rodriguez (2,5th inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 0 out), St. Louis Gaetti (1,2nd inning off Martinez 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lansing (1,off Parrett); Smith (1,off Martinez).  IBB–Alou (1,by Parrett).  SB–Lansing (2,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Sheaffer); Gaetti (1,2nd base off Rojas/Spehr).  CS–Segui (1,2nd base by Stottlemyre/Sheaffer).  IBB–Parrett (1,Alou).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:52.  A–52,841.
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