Florida Marlins vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 3 1 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 1 1 2
Conine 1b,lf 4 1 1 0
White cf 3 0 1 0
Orsulak lf 3 0 1 0
  Colbrunn ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Arias 3b 3 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  McMillon ph 1 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Siddall c 2 0 0 0
  Grebeck ph 1 0 1 0
Leiter p 1 0 0 0
  Abbott 3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 1 2 0
Gallego 3b 4 1 1 0
Gant lf 2 0 0 1
Jordan cf 3 0 1 2
Gaetti 1b 4 1 1 1
Pagnozzi c 4 1 1 0
Mabry rf 4 0 2 0
Alicea 2b 2 1 0 0
Stottlemyre p 3 0 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 1 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 4
Florida 000 000 030371
St. Louis 010 000 40x5100
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  L (12-11) 6.2 7 5 5 4 8
  Mathews   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Heredia   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Nen   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (11-8) 7.2 4 3 3 4 7
  Jackson   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Petkovsek   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (21) 1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
7

  E–Leiter (1).  DP–Florida 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Florida Abbott (14,off Eckersley), St. Louis Pagnozzi (17,off Leiter).  HR–Florida Sheffield (35,8th inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Gaetti (17,2nd inning off Leiter 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Leiter (6,off Stottlemyre).  HBP–Alicea 2 (4,by Leiter 2).  IBB–Clayton (3,by Leiter).  SB–Castillo (6,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Pagnozzi); Mabry (2,3rd base off Leiter/Siddall); Alicea (8,2nd base off Leiter/Siddall).  HBP–Leiter 2 (10,Alicea 2).  IBB–Leiter (3,Clayton).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Mark Barron.  T–2:52.  A–34,564.
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