Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 31, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1997 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Guerrero 2b 4 0 1 0
Anthony lf 4 1 1 1
Mondesi rf 4 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 0 2 0
Karros 1b 4 0 0 0
Zeile 3b 3 1 1 0
Hollandsworth cf 2 1 1 2
Gagne ss 3 0 0 0
Valdez p 2 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 1 1
Sweeney lf 4 1 2 0
Lankford cf 4 1 1 0
McGee rf 3 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 2
Mabry 1b 4 1 3 2
Lampkin c 4 0 1 0
Clayton ss 4 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 4 1 1 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
Los Angeles 020 000 001364
St. Louis 001 104 00x6110
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez  L (3-6) 5.1 8 6 5 1 2
  Osuna   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Worrell   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (4-3) 8.1 6 3 3 2 10
  Eckersley  SV (11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
10

  E–Anthony (1), Zeile (11), Hollandsworth (2), Valdes (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Los Angeles Piazza (9,off Stottlemyre), St. Louis DeShields (9,off Valdes); Lankford (11,off Valdes); Gaetti (9,off Valdes); Sweeney (2,off Osuna).  HR–Los Angeles Hollandsworth (2,2nd inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 2 out); Anthony (2,9th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Mabry (2,6th inning off Valdes 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Hollandsworth (3,3rd base by Stottlemyre/Lampkin).  WP–Stottlemyre (2).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:35.  A–46,798.
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