St. Louis Cardinals vs Minnesota Twins
October 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 18, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 4, Minnesota Twins 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Herr 2b 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 1
McGee cf 4 0 1 1
Pendleton dh 4 1 1 0
Ford rf 3 1 2 0
Oquendo 3b 4 0 1 0
Pena c 4 0 1 2
Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Tunnell p 0 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 5 0 1 1
Gagne ss 4 0 1 1
Puckett cf 4 1 1 0
Hrbek 1b 3 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 3 2 2 1
Bush dh 3 1 1 2
  Larkin ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 1 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
  Smalley ph 1 0 1 0
  Newman pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 2 2 3
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 10 8
St. Louis 000 010 120490
Minnesota 010 601 00x8100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cox  L (0-1) 3.2 6 7 7 2 3
  Tunnell   2.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Dayley   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
4
5
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 1 8
  Berenguer   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Reardon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
8

  E–None.  2B–St. Louis Driessen (1,off Berenguer), Minnesota Bush (1,off Cox); Gagne (1,off Tunnell); Smalley (1,off Worrell).  HR–Minnesota Gaetti (1,2nd inning off Cox 0 on, 1 out); Laudner (1,6th inning off Tunnell 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Brunansky (1,by Cox).  SB–Coleman (1,2nd base off Berenguer/Laudner).  WP–Cox (1).  IBB–Cox (1,Brunansky).  U–Lee Weyer (NL), Greg Kosc (AL), John McSherry (NL), Ken Kaiser (AL), Dave Phillips (AL), Terry Tata (NL).  T–2:42.  A–55,257.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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