Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 23, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1983 at Busch Stadium II. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
  Garcia 2b 1 0 1 0
Matuszek 1b 5 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 5 2 3 1
Lefebvre rf 5 1 2 0
Matthews lf 5 2 3 1
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Gross cf,lf 3 0 2 1
Diaz c 4 0 1 2
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Carlton p 4 0 1 1
  Dernier cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 17 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 4 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 3 0 1 0
McGee cf 4 0 1 0
Hendrick 1b 4 1 1 0
Green rf 4 1 2 2
Sexton 2b 4 0 0 0
Lyons 3b 4 0 0 0
Brummer c 4 0 3 0
Andujar p 1 0 0 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Rayford ph 1 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Philadelphia 011 031 0006170
St. Louis 000 200 000280
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (15-15) 8.0 7 2 2 1 12
  Holland   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
14
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (6-16) 4.1 11 5 5 1 3
  Lahti   2.2 4 1 1 0 1
  Von Ohlen   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
6
6
1
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 4.  PB–Brummer (3).  2B–Philadelphia Matthews (18,off Andujar); Morgan (19,off Lahti); Schmidt (15,off Lahti).  3B–St. Louis O Smith (6,off Carlton).  HR–St. Louis Green (8,4th inning off Carlton 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Andujar (5,off Carlton).  SB–Schmidt (7,3rd base off Andujar/Brummer); Lefebvre (5,2nd base off Andujar/Brummer).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:31.  A–27,266.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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