St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
August 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1969 at Candlestick Park. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Pinson rf 4 1 1 0
Torre 1b 5 1 2 0
McCarver c 3 1 1 1
Shannon 3b 3 1 2 1
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 2 2
Taylor p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Mason 2b 4 1 1 0
Mays cf 3 0 0 0
  Marshall lf 1 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 2 1
Henderson lf,rf 4 0 2 1
Fuentes 3b 2 0 0 1
  Stephenson ph,c 2 0 1 0
Lanier ss 3 0 0 0
  Hart ph 1 0 0 0
Barton c 2 0 0 0
  Davenport ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Burda ph 1 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
St. Louis 030 000 0104100
San Francisco 100 100 001360
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Taylor  W (4-1) 9.0 6 3 3 1 6
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (14-8) 8.0 8 4 3 2 6
  Linzy   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
2
8

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Barton (1).  2B–St. Louis Torre (24,off Perry); McCarver (14,off Perry); Flood (23,off Linzy).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (35,9th inning off Taylor 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Flood (4,by Perry); Pinson (2,by Perry).  IBB–Shannon (4,by Perry).  SB–Brock (39,2nd base off Perry/Barton).  HBP–Perry 2 (10,Flood,Pinson).  IBB–Perry (12,Shannon).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Dezelan, 2B–(none), 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:22.  A–13,999.
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