Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 27, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1997 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 12

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 5 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 2 1 0 0
  Cairo 2b 1 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 1 1 1
Sosa rf 4 0 0 0
Hansen 3b 2 0 1 0
  Batista p 0 0 0 0
  Kieschnick ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Morel p 0 0 0 0
Glanville lf 1 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 1 2
  Foster p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez 3b 2 0 0 0
Houston c 4 0 0 0
Alexander ss 4 1 2 0
Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens p 0 0 0 0
  Jennings ph,lf 4 1 1 1
Totals 35 4 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 3 2 3
  Berblinger 2b 0 0 0 0
McGee rf 5 2 4 4
  Green pr,cf 0 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 2 2 4
Lankford cf 5 0 0 0
  Sheaffer rf 0 0 0 0
Young lf 5 0 1 1
Bell 3b 5 0 0 0
DiFelice c 4 0 1 0
Ordaz ss 3 2 1 0
Morris p 3 2 1 0
Totals 36 12 12 12
Chicago 004 000 000470
St. Louis 130 300 05x12121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Myers   1.1 5 4 4 3 1
  Stevens   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Foster  L (10-7) 2.0 2 3 3 1 2
  Batista   3.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Adams   0.0 3 4 4 0 0
  Morel   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
12
12
5
11
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (12-9) 9.0 7 4 4 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
5

  E–Bell (8).  2B–Chicago Alexander (12,off Morris); Jennings (1,off Morris); Johnson (16,off Morris), St. Louis McGee (19,off Adams).  3B–Chicago Hansen (2,off Morris), St. Louis DeShields (14,off Myers).  HR–St. Louis McGwire 2 (23,4th inning off Foster 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Morel 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Morris (2,off Adams).  SB–McGee 2 (7,2nd base off Myers/Houston,3rd base off Stevens/Houston); Ordaz 2 (3,2nd base off Myers/Houston,2nd base off Adams/Houston); McGwire (2,2nd base off Stevens/Houston); DeShields (55,2nd base off Foster/Houston).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:44.  A–43,142.
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