St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1987 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 1 2 0
McGee cf 5 0 2 2
Herr 2b 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 1
  LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
Lindeman rf 5 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 5 0 3 1
Lake c 3 0 2 0
  Ford ph 0 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi c 1 0 0 0
Oquendo ss 4 1 1 0
Tudor p 1 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Soff p 0 0 0 0
  Laga ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 13 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 3 4 1
Van Slyke rf 5 2 2 2
Ray 2b 5 0 1 1
Morrison 3b 4 1 3 3
Diaz lf 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Bream 1b 3 0 0 0
Ortiz c 4 0 1 0
Belliard ss 3 1 1 0
Patterson p 2 0 0 0
  Bonilla lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
St. Louis 100 011 1004132
Pittsburgh 102 013 00x7120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  L (1-1) 5.1 9 6 6 3 2
  Perry   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Soff   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  LaPoint   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
3
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Patterson  W (1-1) 5.0 8 2 2 1 2
  Jones   1.1 4 2 2 1 0
  Fisher   1.1 1 0 0 3 2
  Robinson  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
5
4

  E–Lindeman (1), Lake (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Coleman (1,off Patterson); Herr (2,off Patterson); Clark (1,off Patterson); Lindeman (2,off Jones), Pittsburgh Morrison (3,off Tudor); Cangelosi (1,off LaPoint).  3B–Pittsburgh Belliard (1,off Tudor).  HR–Pittsburgh Morrison (3,5th inning off Tudor 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Tudor 2 (2,off Patterson 2).  HBP–Belliard (1,by Tudor).  SB–Cangelosi (1,2nd base off Tudor/Lake); Bream (1,2nd base off Tudor/Lake); Van Slyke (1,2nd base off Perry/Lake).  WP–Patterson (1).  HBP–Tudor (1,Belliard).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:07.  A–6,749.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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