Minnesota Twins vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 20, 1987 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Minnesota Twins 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 1 0
Gagne ss 3 1 0 0
Puckett cf 3 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 0 1 1
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Laudner c 3 0 2 0
  Bush ph 1 0 0 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 0 0 0
Straker p 2 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 1 2
Smith ss 4 0 2 1
Herr 2b 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 0 2 0
Ford rf 4 0 1 0
Oquendo 3b 3 1 1 0
Pena c 2 1 1 0
Tudor p 2 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph 0 0 0 0
  Lindeman 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Minnesota 000 001 000151
St. Louis 000 000 30x391
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Straker   6.0 4 0 0 2 4
  Berenguer  L (0-1) 0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Schatzeder   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  W (1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 2 7
  Worrell  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
8

  E–Gagne (1), Pena (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Minnesota Laudner (1,off Tudor), St. Louis McGee (1,off Straker); Coleman (1,off Berenguer).  3B–Minnesota Puckett (1,off Worrell).  SH–Pendleton (1,off Berenguer).  SB–Coleman 2 (3,2nd base off Straker/Laudner,3rd base off Berenguer/Laudner).  CS–Ford (1,2nd base by Schatzeder/Laudner).  BK–Straker (1).  U–Greg Kosc (AL), John McSherry (NL), Ken Kaiser (AL), Terry Tata (NL), Lee Weyer (NL), Dave Phillips (AL).  A–55,347.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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