St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1987 at Wrigley Field. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 9, Chicago Cubs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 2 0
Smith ss 5 1 1 2
Herr 2b 6 1 2 1
Clark 1b 3 1 0 0
Lindeman rf 4 1 1 2
  Dawley p 1 0 0 0
Pena c 4 2 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 0 1 0
Landrum cf,rf 3 1 3 2
Tudor p 3 0 1 2
  McGee cf 0 1 0 0
Totals 39 9 11 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 3 1 3 0
  Martinez ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 2 1 1 1
Dawson rf 4 0 0 1
Moreland 3b 3 0 1 1
Davis c 2 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
Dayett lf 4 0 2 0
Durham 1b 4 0 1 0
Dunston ss 4 1 1 0
Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Maddux p 1 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
  Moyer p 0 0 0 0
  Lancaster p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
St. Louis 005 000 4009111
Chicago 210 000 000391
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (1-0) 5.0 8 3 3 3 2
  Dawley  SV (1) 4.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (0-1) 2.2 4 5 5 7 0
  Maddux   3.1 2 0 0 1 3
  Noles   0.1 2 4 3 1 1
  Moyer   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lancaster   2.1 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
11
7

  E–Herr (1), Dunston (1).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis Pendleton (1,off Sutcliffe); Smith (1,off Moyer), Chicago Sandberg (1,off Tudor); Dayett (1,off Tudor); Dunston (1,off Tudor).  3B–Chicago Dernier (1,off Tudor).  IBB–Landrum (1,by Sutcliffe).  SF–Moreland (1,off Tudor).  SB–Pena (1,2nd base off Noles/Sundberg); Herr (1,2nd base off Lancaster/Sundberg).  BK–Maddux (1).  IBB–Sutcliffe (1,Landrum).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:21.  A–38,240.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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