Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 26, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1983 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 0, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Francona rf 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Dawson cf 3 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 3 0 0 0
Raines lf 3 0 0 0
Carter c 2 0 0 0
Speier 3b 3 0 0 0
Salazar ss 2 0 0 0
  Roof ph 1 0 0 0
  Flynn ss 0 0 0 0
Rogers p 1 0 0 0
  Cromartie ph 1 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 0 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith L. lf 4 1 2 1
  Lyons 2b 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b,3b 3 0 1 0
McGee cf 4 0 2 1
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke 3b,lf 3 0 0 0
Green rf 2 1 0 0
Adduci 1b 3 0 0 0
Smith O. ss 3 1 1 1
Forsch p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Montreal 000 000 000000
St. Louis 000 030 00x361
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (17-12) 5.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Schatzeder   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Burris   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Reardon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (9-12) 9.0 0 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
6

  E–Oberkfell (17).  2B–St. Louis L Smith (28,off Rogers).  3B–St. Louis Oberkfell (5,off Rogers).  HBP–Carter (7,by Forsch); Van Slyke (1,by Schatzeder).  SB–McGee (38,2nd base off Rogers/Carter); Van Slyke (18,2nd base off Burris/Carter).  CS–L Smith (18,2nd base by Rogers/Carter).  HBP–Schatzeder (5,Van Slyke); Forsch (3,Carter).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:15.  A–12,457.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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