diff --git a/scripts/score_card.awk b/scripts/score_card.awk
index 9636d9ba15..c6434d6611 100755
--- a/scripts/score_card.awk
+++ b/scripts/score_card.awk
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     gsub("\\[.*\\]", "")
     gsub("SB:", "")
     gsub("^ *", "")
+    gsub(" +", " ")
 
     s = gensub("^([0-9]*) ", "\\1|", "g", $0)
     #print s