Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 28, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Jennings cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cairo 2b 2 0 0 0
Grace 1b 2 1 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 1 0
  Lowery ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Hansen 3b 1 0 0 1
  Sosa ph 1 0 0 0
Houston c 3 0 0 0
  Hubbard ph 1 0 0 0
Kieschnick rf 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
Alexander ss 3 0 1 0
Trachsel p 2 0 1 0
  Pisciotta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 2 0
  Bell 2b 0 0 0 0
Plantier lf 3 0 0 0
  McGee pr,rf 0 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 2 1 1 1
Lankford cf 4 0 1 0
  Green cf 0 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 2 0 0 1
Young rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Marrero c 3 0 1 0
Ordaz ss 3 0 1 0
Aybar p 2 0 1 0
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  Clayton ph 0 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 7 2
Chicago 000 001 000140
St. Louis 000 001 01x270
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel   7.0 7 1 1 3 3
  Pisciotta  L (3-1) 1.0 0 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
5
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Aybar   6.0 3 1 1 3 4
  Frascatore   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Painter  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2.  HR–St. Louis McGwire (24,6th inning off Trachsel 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hansen (2,off Aybar); Trachsel (11,off Frascatore).  SF–Gaetti (6,off Pisciotta).  SB–McGee (8,2nd base off Pisciotta/Houston).  CS–DeShields (14,2nd base by Trachsel/Houston).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:16.  A–46,065.
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