San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 4, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1966 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 9, St. Louis Cardinals 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Fuentes ss 5 3 3 2
McCovey 1b 5 3 3 3
Mays cf 5 0 1 1
Hart 3b 5 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 1 1 0
Brown rf 4 0 2 1
Lanier 2b 4 0 1 0
Barton c 3 0 2 0
  Haller c 1 0 0 0
Marichal p 4 2 1 0
Totals 40 9 14 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 2 0
Buchek 2b 4 0 2 1
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 2 1 1 0
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Shannon rf 3 0 2 1
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 1 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Dennis p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
San Francisco 301 200 0039141
St. Louis 000 011 000293
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Marichal  W (21-5) 9.0 9 2 1 3 7
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (12-13) 6.0 10 6 3 0 3
  Dennis   3.0 4 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
6
0
4

  E–Fuentes (23), Buchek (18), Cepeda 2 (12).  DP–San Francisco 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–San Francisco Alou (12,off Jackson); McCovey (23,off Dennis).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (28,3rd inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out); Fuentes (5,4th inning off Jackson 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  CS–Fuentes (3,2nd base by Jackson/McCarver); Brown (5,2nd base by Jackson/McCarver); Cepeda (7,2nd base by Marichal/Haller).  SB–Brock (61,2nd base off Marichal/Barton).  WP–Jackson (4).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:35.  A–33,824.
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