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St. Louis Cardinals @ Atlanta Braves

1987-07-04 · Day game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 36050 · 84°F · Wind 9 mph from LF · 3:05

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Atlanta Braves 3–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 5th. Danny Cox earned the win and Todd Worrell picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9

W: Danny Cox L: Zane Smith SV: Todd Worrell

Umpires — HP: Randy Marsh · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Bob Engel · 3B: Dana DeMuth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vince Coleman	3	2	2	1	1	0
Ozzie Smith	3	0	1	1	1	0
Tom Herr	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jack Clark	4	0	0	0	0	2
Willie McGee	4	0	0	0	0	3
Terry Pendleton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Lindeman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Lake	3	0	1	0	1	0
Danny Cox	3	1	1	0	0	1
John Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Worrell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Dion James	3	1	2	1
Andres Thomas	5	2	0	2
Gerald Perry	5	3	0	0
Dale Murphy	4	0	1	2
Ken Griffey	1	0	3	1
Graig Nettles	4	1	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	3	0	1	0
Glenn Hubbard	4	1	0	0
Zane Smith	2	0	0	0
Paul Runge	1	0	0	1
Ted Simmons	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Cox	7.0	6	7	5
Ricky Horton	0.1	1	0	1
Todd Worrell	1.2	2	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Zane Smith	5.0	6	2	2
Jim Acker	1.0	0	0	2
Jeff Dedmon	2.0	0	2	2
Paul Assenmacher	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vince Coleman: S8/G6M
Ozzie Smith: 7/F7D
Tom Herr: SB2
Tom Herr: S4/G6M.2-H
Jack Clark: 9/F89D
Willie McGee: K

Bot 1

Dion James: 43/G34D
Andres Thomas: K
Gerald Perry: S5/G56S
Dale Murphy: W.1-2
Ken Griffey: W.2-3;1-2
Graig Nettles: 9/L9

Top 2

Terry Pendleton: S9/G34
Jim Lindeman: 54(1)/FO/G56
Steve Lake: W.1-2
Danny Cox: PO2(26)
Danny Cox: 63/G56

Bot 2

Ozzie Virgil: 8/F78D
Glenn Hubbard: 9/F9S
Zane Smith: 13/BG3S

Top 3

Vince Coleman: W
Ozzie Smith: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S
Tom Herr: 43/G4

Bot 3

Dion James: W
Andres Thomas: K
Gerald Perry: S5/G5S.1-2
Dale Murphy: WP.2-3;1-2
Dale Murphy: K
Ken Griffey: I
Graig Nettles: 7/F7D

Top 4

Jack Clark: 8/F8
Willie McGee: K
Terry Pendleton: 3/G3

Bot 4

Ozzie Virgil: 1/P34S
Glenn Hubbard: S9/L9S
Zane Smith: 2/BP/P2F/FL
Dion James: CS2(26)

Top 5

Jim Lindeman: 9/F9
Steve Lake: 3/L34
Danny Cox: T9/F89D
Vince Coleman: S7/L7S.3-H
Ozzie Smith: D8/F8D.1-H
Tom Herr: 43/G34

Bot 5

Dion James: W
Andres Thomas: S9/G34.1-2
Gerald Perry: S8/F8XDW.2XH(842);1-3;B-2(THH)
Dale Murphy: K
Ken Griffey: W
Graig Nettles: 43/G34D

Top 6

Jack Clark: K
Willie McGee: K
Terry Pendleton: 43/G4

Bot 6

Ozzie Virgil: W
Glenn Hubbard: 8/F78D
Paul Runge: K/C
Dion James: S8/L78S.1X2(84)

Top 7

Jim Lindeman: 53/G56
Steve Lake: 63/G56
Danny Cox: K

Bot 7

Andres Thomas: 8/F8D
Gerald Perry: 43/G4
Dale Murphy: 53/G56

Top 8

Vince Coleman: 63/G6M
Ozzie Smith: W
Tom Herr: W.1-2
Jack Clark: K
Willie McGee: 6/F6

Bot 8

Ken Griffey: K
Graig Nettles: S8/L4MD
Ozzie Virgil: 8!/F78XDW
Glenn Hubbard: 7/F78D

Top 9

Terry Pendleton: 9/L9
John Morris: 9/F9D
Steve Lake: S7/F7S
Todd Worrell: 53/G56S

Bot 9

Ted Simmons: S49/G34
Dion James: K
Andres Thomas: S7/G56.1-2
Gerald Perry: 36(1)/FO/G3.2-3
Dale Murphy: SB2
Dale Murphy: 9/F89

Notes & reviews

James dove and failed to catch it, allowing it past him
fly hit at base of wall and bounced back to McGee
Virgil overran 2nd and could not get back but umpire missed Herr dropping the ball

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