Florida Marlins vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 27, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Kotsay cf 2 1 0 0
  Cangelosi ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Renteria ss 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 3 1
Sheffield rf 3 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 2 2 2
Conine 1b 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 1 1 1
Castillo 2b 2 0 1 0
  Abbott ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  Daulton ph 1 0 0 0
  Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 2 2 3
Livingstone 3b 3 1 1 0
  Clayton ss 1 0 1 0
Lankford cf 2 1 0 0
Plantier lf 4 0 2 2
Young 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gaetti 1b 1 0 1 0
Mabry rf 4 0 1 0
Bell ss,3b 2 0 1 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Lampkin c 3 1 0 0
Benes p 1 1 0 0
  Sheaffer 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 5
Florida 100 000 102471
St. Louis 005 000 10x690
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  L (9-8) 6.0 6 5 4 3 4
  Helling   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (7-5) 6.2 4 2 2 3 7
  Fossas   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Mathews   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (25) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
10

  E–Castillo (9).  DP–Florida 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Florida Bonilla 2 (29,off Andy Benes,off Mathews), St. Louis Plantier (2,off Brown).  HR–Florida Alou 2 (11,7th inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Mathews 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (12,9th inning off Mathews 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis DeShields 2 (9,3rd inning off Brown 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Helling 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Andy Benes (7,off Brown).  CS–Bonilla (4,2nd base by Andy Benes/Lampkin); Plantier (2,2nd base by Brown/Johnson); Clayton (8,2nd base by Helling/Johnson).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:32.  A–30,571.
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