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1987 NL Championship Series (4-3): St. Louis Cardinals (95-67) over San Francisco Giants (90-72)

 1986 NLCS /  1988 NLCS

WS: MIN-STL / ALCS: MIN-DET / NLCS: STL-SFG
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1987 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         1  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     3  7  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  1    1  0  3    0  0  x     5 10  1

    PITCHERS: SFG - Reuschel, Lefferts (7), Garrelts (8)
              STL - Mathews, Worrell (8), Dayley (8)

               WP - Greg Mathews
	       LP - Rick Reuschel
             SAVE - Ken Dayley

   HOME RUNS: SFG - Leonard
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1987 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         0  2  0    1  0  0    0  2  0     5 10  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  1

    PITCHERS: SFG - Dravecky
              STL - Tudor, Forsch (9)

               WP - Dave Dravecky
	       LP - John Tudor
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - Clark, Leonard
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,331

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1987 at Candlestick (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  2    4  0  0     6 11  1
    San Francisco Giants         0  3  1    0  0  0    0  0  1     5  7  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Magrane, Forsch (5), Worrell (7)
              SFG - Hammaker, Robinson (7), Lefferts (7), LaCoss (8)

               WP - Bob Forsch
	       LP - Don Robinson
             SAVE - Todd Worrell

   HOME RUNS: STL - Lindeman
              SFG - Leonard, Spilman

  ATTENDANCE: 57,913

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1987 at Candlestick (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  0
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  0    1  2  0    0  1  x     4  9  2

    PITCHERS: STL - Cox
              SFG - Krukow

               WP - Mike Krukow
	       LP - Danny Cox
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              SFG - Brenly, Leonard, Thompson

  ATTENDANCE: 57,997

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1987 at Candlestick (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0     3  7  0
    San Francisco Giants         1  0  1    4  0  0    0  0  x     6  7  1

    PITCHERS: STL - Mathews, Forsch (4), Horton (4), Dayley (7)
              SFG - Reuschel, Price (5)

               WP - Joe Price
	       LP - Bob Forsch
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              SFG - Mitchell

  ATTENDANCE: 59,363

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1987 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  x     1  5  0

    PITCHERS: SFG - Dravecky, Robinson (7)
              STL - Tudor, Worrell (8), Dayley (9)

               WP - John Tudor
	       LP - Dave Dravecky
             SAVE - Ken Dayley

   HOME RUNS: SFG - none
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1987 at Busch Stad (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  8  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  4  0    0  0  2    0  0  x     6 12  0

    PITCHERS: SFG - Hammaker, Price (3), Downs (3), Garrelts (5), Lefferts (6), LaCoss (6), Robinson (8)
              STL - Cox

               WP - Danny Cox
	       LP - Atlee Hammaker
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - none
              STL - Oquendo

  ATTENDANCE: 55,331

Series MVP - Jeffrey Leonard

Series Batting Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Jack Clark          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 419 120 35  .286 1.056   1
#Vince Coleman       7  26  3  7  1  0  0   4  4  6  .269  .367  .308  1 | 623 180  3  .289  .721 109
 Danny Cox           2   6  0  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  .333  .333  .333  0 |  69   8  0  .116  .274   0
*Ken Dayley          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Dan Driessen        5  12  1  3  2  0  0   1  1  1  .250  .308  .417  0 |  60  14  1  .233  .626   0
*Curt Ford           4   9  2  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  .333  .400  .333  0 | 228  65  3  .285  .733  11
 Bob Forsch          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  57  17  2  .298  .842   0
#Tom Herr            7  27  0  6  0  0  0   3  0  1  .222  .214  .222  1 | 510 134  2  .263  .677  19
*Ricky Horton        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  29   5  0  .172  .407   0
*Lance Johnson       1   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    1 |  59  13  0  .220  .558   6
 Tom Lawless         3   6  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  .333  .429  .333  0 |  25   2  0  .080  .299   2
 Jim Lindeman        5  13  1  4  0  0  1   3  0  3  .308  .286  .538  0 | 207  43  8  .208  .639   3
 Joe Magrane         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  52   7  1  .135  .427   0
 Greg Mathews        2   2  0  2  0  0  0   2  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  68  13  0  .191  .431   0
#Willie McGee        7  26  2  8  1  1  0   2  0  5  .308  .308  .423  0 | 620 177 11  .285  .746  16
*John Morris         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 157  41  3  .261  .722   5
#Jose Oquendo        5  12  3  2  0  0  1   4  3  2  .167  .313  .417  0 | 248  71  1  .286  .743   4
 Tom Pagnozzi        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  48   9  2  .188  .583   1
 Tony Pena           7  21  5  8  0  1  0   0  3  4  .381  .458  .476  1 | 384  82  5  .214  .588   6
#Terry Pendleton     6  19  3  4  0  1  0   1  0  6  .211  .211  .316  0 | 583 167 12  .286  .772  19
#Ozzie Smith         7  25  2  5  0  1  0   1  3  4  .200  .276  .280  0 | 600 182  0  .303  .775  43
*John Tudor          2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 |  35   7  0  .200  .443   0
 Todd Worrell        3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  10   1  0  .100  .200   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 215 23 56  4  4  2  22 16 42  .260  .306  .344  4 |         94  .263  .719 248

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

San Francisco Giants

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Mike Aldrete        5  10  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  .100  .091  .100  0 | 357 116  9  .325  .858   6
 Bob Brenly          6  17  3  4  1  0  1   2  3  7  .235  .350  .471  0 | 375 100 18  .267  .815  10
*Will Clark          7  25  3  9  2  0  1   3  3  6  .360  .429  .560  1 | 529 163 35  .308  .951   5
#Chili Davis         6  20  2  3  1  0  0   0  1  4  .150  .190  .200  0 | 500 125 24  .250  .786  16
 Kelly Downs         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  56   8  0  .143  .316   0
 Dave Dravecky       2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .167  .167  .167  0 |+ 56   8  0  .143  .361   1
 Scott Garrelts      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  10   2  0  .200  .500   0
#Atlee Hammaker      2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  57   7  0  .123  .261   0
 Mike Krukow         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .333  .000  0 |  54   9  0  .167  .400   0
 Mike LaCoss         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  50   3  0  .060  .173   0
*Craig Lefferts      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  7   2  0  .286  .715   0
 Jeffrey Leonard     7  24  5 10  0  0  4   5  3  4  .417  .500  .917  0 | 503 141 19  .280  .776  16
 Candy Maldonado     5  19  2  4  1  0  0   2  0  3  .211  .211  .263  0 | 442 129 20  .292  .855   8
 Bob Melvin          3   7  0  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  .429  .500  .429  0 | 246  49 11  .199  .615   0
*Eddie Milner        6   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .143  .143  .143  0 | 214  54  4  .252  .702  10
 Kevin Mitchell      7  30  2  8  1  0  1   2  0  3  .267  .267  .400  1 |+464 130 22  .280  .824   9
 Joe Price           2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   6   1  0  .167  .334   0
 Rick Reuschel       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 79  11  1  .139  .405   1
 Don Robinson        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 18   4  1  .222  .707   0
 Chris Speier        3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 | 317  79 11  .249  .736   4
*Harry Spilman       3   2  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  .500  .500 2.000  0 |  90  24  1  .267  .683   1
 Robby Thompson      7  20  4  2  0  1  1   2  5  7  .100  .308  .350  2 | 420 110 10  .262  .757  16
#Jose Uribe          7  26  1  7  1  0  0   2  0  4  .269  .269  .308  1 | 309  90  5  .291  .767  12
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 226 23 54  7  1  9  20 17 51  .239  .297  .398  5 |        205  .260  .752 126

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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St. Louis Cardinals

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Danny Cox           2   2.12 1-1  0  2 17.0 17  4  3 11 | 11-9  199  3.88  1.48 101   
*John Tudor          2   1.76 1-1  0  0 15.3 16  3  5 12 | 10-2   96  3.84  1.38  54   
*Greg Mathews        2   3.48 1-0  0  0 10.3  6  4  3 10 | 11-11 198  3.73  1.29 108   
 Todd Worrell        3   2.08 0-0  1  0  4.3  4  1  1  6 |  8-6   95  2.66  1.27  92 33
*Joe Magrane         1   9.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  4  4  2  3 |  9-7  170  3.54  1.27 101   
*Ken Dayley          3   0.00 0-0  2  0  4.0  1  0  2  4 |  9-5   61  2.66  1.39  63  4
*Ricky Horton        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  2  0  0  2 |  8-3  125  3.82  1.35  55  7
 Bob Forsch          3  12.00 1-1  0  0  3.0  4  4  1  3 | 11-7  179  4.32  1.31  89   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.95 4-3  3  2 61.0 54 20 17 51 |            3.91 1.380   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

San Francisco Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Dave Dravecky       2   0.60 1-1  0  1 15.0  7  1  4 14 |+10-12 191  3.43  1.31 138   
 Rick Reuschel       2   6.30 0-1  0  0 10.0 15  7  2  2 |+13-9  227  3.09  1.10 107   
 Mike Krukow         1   2.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  9  2  1  3 |  5-6  163  4.80  1.40 104   
*Atlee Hammaker      2   7.88 0-1  0  0  8.0 12  7  0  7 | 10-10 168  3.58  1.28 107   
*Joe Price           2   0.00 1-0  0  0  5.7  3  0  1  7 |  2-2   35  2.57  0.91  42  1
 Mike LaCoss         2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.3  1  0  3  2 | 13-10 171  3.68  1.44  79   
 Don Robinson        3   9.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  3  3  0  3 |+11-7  108  3.42  1.34  79 19
 Scott Garrelts      2   6.75 0-0  0  0  2.7  2  2  4  4 | 11-7  106  3.22  1.18 127 12
*Craig Lefferts      3   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  3  0  1  0 |+ 5-5   99  3.83  1.27  57  6
 Kelly Downs         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  1  0  0  0 | 12-9  186  3.63  1.35 137  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.30 3-4  0  2 60.0 56 22 16 42 |            3.68 1.330   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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