St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1997 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 3 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
Lankford cf 4 1 2 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
  Scarsone pr 0 0 0 0
Mabry rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Gant lf 4 0 0 0
Lampkin c 3 0 0 0
Clayton ss 3 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 1 0 0 0
  Jordan ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 2 0
Gagne ss 3 1 1 0
Piazza c 3 0 1 1
Karros 1b 3 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 4 0 1 1
Hollandsworth lf 4 0 2 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 0 0
Guerrero 2b 3 0 1 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
St. Louis 100 000 000130
Los Angeles 000 001 01x281
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre   7.0 6 1 1 0 4
  Petkovsek  L (2-3) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
2
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   7.0 2 1 1 3 9
  Guthrie  W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Worrell  SV (6) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
10

  E–Zeile (3).  2B–Los Angeles Gagne (2,off Petkovsek).  HR–St. Louis Lankford (1,1st inning off Martinez 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Gagne (1,off Stottlemyre).  IBB–Piazza (2,by Petkovsek).  SB–Scarsone (1,2nd base off Worrell/Piazza).  CS–Young (1,Home by Martinez/Piazza).  IBB–Petkovsek (1,Piazza).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:34.  A–30,434.
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