San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 8, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1966 at Busch Stadium I. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes 2b 5 3 5 0
Brown rf 5 1 1 0
Mays cf 3 2 1 1
Hart 3b 3 2 2 3
Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 2
Alou lf 5 0 1 1
Barton c 2 0 0 0
  Haller ph,c 2 0 0 0
Lanier ss 2 0 1 0
  McCovey ph 1 1 1 3
  Davenport ss 1 0 0 0
Shaw p 2 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock rf 3 0 1 0
Shannon lf 4 1 1 1
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Francona 1b 4 1 1 0
Smith 3b 4 0 2 0
McCarver c 4 1 1 2
Williams ss 3 1 1 0
Buchek 2b 3 0 0 0
Jaster p 1 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 1 1 2
  Stallard p 0 0 0 0
  Kernek ph 1 0 0 0
  Dennis p 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
San Francisco 302 003 10110140
St. Louis 000 410 000581
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   3.2 6 4 4 1 3
  Gibbon   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  McDaniel  W (1-1) 5.0 1 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jaster   4.0 6 5 5 1 0
  Stallard  L (0-1) 2.0 3 3 3 1 4
  Dennis   2.0 3 1 1 2 0
  Woodeshick   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
4
4

  E–Shannon (1).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–San Francisco Cepeda (2,off Jaster); Lanier (3,off Jaster).  HR–San Francisco Hart (5,3rd inning off Jaster 1 on, 2 out); McCovey (3,6th inning off Stallard 2 on, 2 out); Mays (8,9th inning off Woodeshick 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis McCarver (1,4th inning off Shaw 1 on, 1 out); Skinner (1,4th inning off Shaw 1 on, 2 out); Shannon (1,5th inning off Gibbon 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Hart (1,off Jaster).  IBB–Mays (1,by Dennis); Cepeda (2,by Dennis).  Team LOB–5.  Team–4.  SB–Fuentes (1,2nd base off Dennis/McCarver); Brock (7,2nd base off Shaw/Barton).  CS–Cepeda (1,3rd base by Jaster/McCarver); Brock (2,2nd base by Gibbon/Barton).  WP–Shaw (2).  IBB–Dennis 2 (2,Mays,Cepeda).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:40.  A–17,503.
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