Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 22, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1987 at Busch Stadium II. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 1 2 0
  Martinez cf 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 0 1
Dawson rf 4 1 1 4
Moreland 3b 3 0 1 0
  Trillo 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis c 4 0 0 0
Dayett lf 3 0 2 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Durham 1b 4 1 1 0
Dunston ss 4 0 1 0
Sutcliffe p 1 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 1 0
  Moyer pr 0 1 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
  Walker lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
  Laga ph 1 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 2 2 2
McGee cf 1 0 0 0
  Landrum cf 3 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 3 1 1 0
Lake c 4 0 2 2
Conroy p 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Oquendo ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Chicago 000 000 500590
St. Louis 001 200 010461
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (3-1) 6.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Lynch   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Smith  SV (3) 1.2 0 0 0 1 4
Totals 9.0 6 4 4 4 8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Conroy   6.2 6 3 3 3 3
  Dawley  L (0-2) 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Worrell   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Horton   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 4 6

  E–Smith (1).  DP–St. Louis 2.  PB–J Davis (1).  2B–St. Louis Pendleton (3,off Sutcliffe).  HR–Chicago Dawson (3,7th inning off Worrell 3 on, 2 out), St. Louis Clark 2 (4,4th inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Lynch 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Sutcliffe (2,off Conroy); Conroy (1,off Sutcliffe).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Herr (1,by Sutcliffe).  IBB–Pendleton (1,by Sutcliffe).  Team–6.  SB–Dernier (1,2nd base off Conroy/Lake); Ford (1,2nd base off Sutcliffe/J. Davis).  CS–Dernier (1,2nd base by Conroy/Lake).  HBP–Sutcliffe (1,Herr).  IBB–Sutcliffe (2,Pendleton).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:56.  A–23,784.

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