San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 3, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1966 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss 4 0 1 0
Virgil 1b 4 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 1 1 0 0
Alou lf 4 1 2 1
Brown rf 4 0 2 1
Lanier 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hart ph 1 0 0 0
Barton c 3 0 1 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 0 0
Bolin p 2 0 1 0
  Peterson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 1
Buchek 2b 3 1 1 0
  Javier pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 2 0 2 1
Shannon rf 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 2 1 1 0
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 1 0
Jaster p 3 0 0 1
Totals 30 3 7 3
San Francisco 010 001 000271
St. Louis 110 100 00x370
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bolin  L (8-10) 6.0 6 3 3 2 6
  McDaniel   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jaster  W (9-5) 9.0 7 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
5

  E–Brown (4).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Flood (15,off Bolin).  HR–San Francisco Alou (1,6th inning off Jaster 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Brock (14,4th inning off Bolin 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Lanier (7,off Jaster); Flood (7,off McDaniel).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Jaster (1,off Bolin).  HBP–Cepeda (13,by Bolin).  IBB–McCarver 2 (9,by Bolin,by McDaniel); Cepeda (9,by McDaniel).  Team–10.  SB–Flood (12,3rd base off Bolin/Barton); Cepeda (8,2nd base off Bolin/Barton).  HBP–Bolin (9,Cepeda).  IBB–Bolin (10,McCarver); McDaniel 2 (7,Cepeda,McCarver).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:23.  A–20,574.
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