Game 5:

Sunday, October 11, 1987 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California

Team

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

R

H

E

St. Louis

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

3

7

0

San Francisco

1

0

1

4

0

0

0

0

x

6

7

1

WP: Joe Price (1–0)   LP: Bob Forsch (1–1)

Home runs:
STL: None
SF: Kevin Mitchell (1)

 


Box Score Info. - (read me)

BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Coleman lf                    4   1   2   0       0   1       1   0
Smith ss                      2   0   0   1       0   1       0   0
Herr 2b                       3   0   0   1       0   0       3   1
Driessen 1b                   3   0   0   0       0   0       5   0
  Lindeman ph,1b              1   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
McGee cf                      4   0   2   0       0   1       4   0
Pendleton 3b                  4   1   1   0       0   1       1   5
Morris rf                     2   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Forsch p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Horton p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Lawless ph,rf               2   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Peña c                        2   1   1   0       1   1       6   2
Mathews p                     1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
  Ford rf                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Oquendo ph,rf               2   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
  Dayley p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       30   3   7   2       1   7      24   8

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Pendleton-Herr-Driessen.

BATTING - 
2B: Coleman (1,off Reuschel).
3B: Pendleton (1,off Reuschel).
SH: Smith (1,off Reuschel).
SF: Herr (1,off Reuschel); Smith (1,off Reuschel).
GDP: Herr (3,off Reuschel).
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING - 
CS: McGee (1,2nd base by Reuschel/Brenly).

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Thompson 2b                   2   1   1   1       1   0       1   4
Mitchell 3b                   4   1   2   2       0   0       1   0
Leonard lf                    4   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Maldonado rf                  4   0   1   0       0   1       0   0
Davis cf                      3   1   1   0       0   0       3   0
  Milner cf                   1   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Clark 1b                      3   1   1   0       1   1       9   2
Brenly c                      1   1   0   0       3   0       7   1
Uribe ss                      4   1   1   2       0   1       4   3
Reuschel p                    1   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Aldrete ph                  0   0   0   1       0   0       0   0
  Price p                     1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
Totals                       28   6   7   6       5   7      27  11

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Thompson-Uribe-Clark.
E: Reuschel (1).

BATTING - 
3B: Thompson (1,off Horton).
HR: Mitchell (1,3rd inning off Mathews 0 on 1 out).
SF: Aldrete (1,off Horton).
HBP: Thompson (1,by Dayley).
GDP: Davis (1,off Horton).
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Thompson (2,2nd base off Mathews/Peña); Mitchell (1,2nd base off Mathews/Peña);
Uribe (1,3rd base off Horton/Peña).
CS: Thompson (1,2nd base by Dayley/Peña).

PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Mathews                       3     2   2   2   2   3   1  13
Forsch L(1-1)                 0     3   4   4   1   0   0   4
Horton                        3     2   0   0   0   2   0  10
Dayley                        2     0   0   0   2   2   0   8
Totals                        8     7   6   6   5   7   1  35

Forsch faced 4 batters in the 4th inning
HBP: Dayley (1,Thompson).

San Francisco Giants         IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Reuschel                      4     6   3   2   0   1   0  17
Price W(1-0)                  5     1   0   0   1   6   0  17
Totals                        9     7   3   2   1   7   0  34

WP: Reuschel (1).

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Ed Montague, LF - Dave Pallone, 
RF - Eric Gregg

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 59363

Starting Lineups:

   St. Louis Cardinals           San Francisco Giants          
1. Coleman             lf        Thompson            2b
2. Smith               ss        Mitchell            3b
3. Herr                2b        Leonard             lf
4. Driessen            1b        Maldonado           rf
5. McGee               cf        Davis               cf
6. Pendleton           3b        Clark               1b
7. Morris              rf        Brenly              c
8. Peña                c         Uribe               ss
9. Mathews             p         Reuschel            p
 

Tom Herr put the Cardinals up 1–0 in the first off Rick Reuschel with a sacrifice fly, then the Giants tied it in their half of the first on a Kevin Mitchell RBI single.

The Cardinals looked on the verge of breaking it open against Reuschel in the third. Tony Peña and pitcher Bob Forsch led off the inning with consecutive singles, and then Vince Coleman beat out a bunt, loading the bases with none out. Ozzie Smith could only produce a sacrifice fly, however, and Herr bounced into a double play to end the threat. Mitchell tied it at 2–2 for the Giants in the third on a solo homer.

Terry Pendleton then gave the Cards back the lead in the fourth in this nip-and-tuck game by smashing a two-out triple and scoring when Reuschel mishandled a throw by Will Clark on a ground ball hit by John Morris.

The Giants answered back in the bottom of the fourth when José Uribe drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single for a 4–3 Giants lead. Mike Aldrete then pinch-hit for Reuschel and hit a sacrifice fly and Robby Thompson drove in the last run with a triple. Joe Price then relieved Reuschel and pitched five innings of one-hit, shutout relief.

Thompson's RBI would be the last Giants run of the series.