Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 9, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1990 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Montreal Expos 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 6 2 4 1
Grissom cf 5 0 1 1
Raines lf 3 0 1 1
  Frey p 0 0 0 0
  Burke p 1 0 0 0
  Foley ss 0 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 5 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 1 0
Walker rf 3 1 0 0
Santovenia c 3 0 1 0
  Nixon pr,lf 2 1 0 0
Owen ss 4 0 0 1
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Noboa ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzgerald c 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 1 0
McGee cf 6 0 2 3
Zeile c 5 1 1 0
Guerrero 1b 3 1 2 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 1 3 1
Brunansky rf 2 0 1 0
  Hill p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 0
  Jones pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Smith ss 2 0 0 1
  Hilton p 0 0 0 0
  Collins 1b 1 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b 5 0 1 1
Magrane p 1 0 0 0
  Thompson rf 1 2 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Montreal 000 001 400 00581
St. Louis 012 000 002 016122
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   5.0 7 3 3 4 5
  Hall   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Frey   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Burke   2.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Gardner  L (0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals 10.1 12 6 6 7 8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Magrane   5.2 3 1 1 1 2
  Hill   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  DiPino   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Carpenter   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Hilton   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Dayley  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 11.0 8 5 5 5 3

  E–Raines (1), Jones (1), Thompson (1).  DP–Montreal 3.  2B–Montreal DeShields (1,off Magrane); Grissom (1,off DiPino), St. Louis Brunansky (1,off Dennis Martinez); Coleman (1,off Burke); McGee (1,off Burke).  3B–St. Louis Zeile (1,off Dennis Martinez).  SF–Owen (1,off DiPino); O Smith (1,off Dennis Martinez).  IBB–Raines (1,by Carpenter); Guerrero (1,by Burke).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Coleman (1,off Gardner).  Team–10.  SB–Nixon (1,2nd base off DiPino/Zeile); DeShields (1,2nd base off DiPino/Zeile).  IBB–Burke (1,Guerrero); Carpenter (1,Raines).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:52.  A–48,752.

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