St. Louis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos
August 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1997 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos 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 2, Montreal Expos 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 0 0
McGee rf,cf 3 1 0 0
Young 1b 3 1 0 0
Lankford cf 2 0 0 0
  Sheaffer rf 1 0 0 0
  McGwire ph 1 0 0 0
Gant lf 3 0 1 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
DiFelice c 3 0 1 0
Clayton ss 2 0 0 0
Osborne p 2 0 0 0
  Lampkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 2 1
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 0 1 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 1 2
Guerrero rf 4 0 2 0
Segui 1b 4 1 3 0
White cf 2 0 1 1
Santangelo lf 3 0 0 0
Vidro 3b 2 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  McGuire ph 1 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Widger c 3 1 0 0
Johnson p 2 1 1 0
  Strange 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 9 3
St. Louis 000 100 001220
Montreal 000 021 00x393
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Osborne  L (2-6) 7.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Petkovsek   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (1-1) 6.0 2 1 0 3 1
  Telford   2.0 0 0 0 0 5
  Urbina  SV (20) 1.0 0 1 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
2
2
0
4
7

  E–Lansing (6), Segui (4), Johnson (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Guerrero (18,off Osborne); Lansing (35,off Osborne); Segui (18,off Osborne); White (23,off Osborne).  SH–Santangelo (11,off Osborne).  HBP–Vidro (1,by Osborne).  SB–Clayton (21,2nd base off Johnson/Widger).  CS–Gant (5,2nd base by Johnson/Widger); Grudzielanek (7,2nd base by Osborne/Difelice).  HBP–Osborne (1,Vidro).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Ron Barnes, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:23.  A–14,378.
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