St. Louis Cardinals vs Minnesota Twins
October 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 17, 1987 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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

St. Louis Cardinals 1, Minnesota Twins 10

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Lindeman 1b 4 1 2 0
McGee cf 3 0 2 0
Pena c 3 0 0 1
  Lake c 0 0 0 0
Oquendo rf 3 0 0 0
Pagnozzi dh 3 0 1 0
Lawless 3b 3 0 0 0
Magrane p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Horton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 1 2 5
Gagne ss 5 0 0 0
Puckett cf 5 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 5 1 2 0
Baylor dh 5 1 1 0
Brunansky rf 3 1 1 0
  Davidson rf 0 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 2 2 1 2
  Larkin 1b 0 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 3 2 2
Laudner c 3 1 1 1
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 11 10
St. Louis 010 000 000151
Minnesota 000 720 10x10110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Magrane  L (0-1) 3.0 4 5 5 4 1
  Forsch   3.0 4 4 4 2 0
  Horton   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
6
2
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  W (1-0) 8.0 5 1 1 0 5
  Atherton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
5

  E–Lawless (1).  DP–St. Louis 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–St. Louis Lindeman (1,off Viola), Minnesota Gaetti (1,off Forsch); Gladden (1,off Horton).  HR–Minnesota Gladden (1,4th inning off Forsch 3 on, 0 out); Lombardozzi (1,5th inning off Forsch 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Gladden (1,2nd base off Magrane/Pena).  U–Dave Phillips (AL), Lee Weyer (NL), Greg Kosc (AL), John McSherry (NL), Terry Tata (NL), Ken Kaiser (AL).  A–55,171.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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