Florida Marlins vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 1, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1997 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 3 0 1 0
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Alou cf 4 0 1 0
Floyd lf 2 1 0 0
Conine 1b 4 0 0 0
Zaun c 3 1 1 2
Fernandez p 2 0 1 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 2 1 2 1
Clayton ss 4 0 0 0
Lankford cf 3 1 1 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Mabry rf,1b 3 0 1 0
Sweeney lf 2 0 1 2
  McGee ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Sheaffer 3b 3 1 1 0
Lampkin c 3 0 1 0
Morris p 3 0 1 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Jordan rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 9 3
Florida 000 000 020260
St. Louis 200 100 00x390
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (3-3) 7.0 8 3 3 3 3
  Cook   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (1-1) 7.1 4 2 2 1 5
  Petkovsek   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Eckersley  SV (6) 1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Florida Fernandez (3,off Morris), St. Louis DeShields (3,off Fernandez); Lampkin (2,off Fernandez).  HR–Florida Zaun (1,8th inning off Morris 1 on, 1 out).  SH–DeShields (1,off Fernandez); Sheaffer (1,off Fernandez).  SF–DeShields (1,off Fernandez).  CS–Castillo (7,2nd base by Petkovsek/Lampkin); Lankford (2,3rd base by Fernandez/Zaun); DeShields (1,2nd base by Fernandez/Zaun).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:28.  A–28,087.
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