Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 25, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1970 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 5 1 1 0
Helms 2b 4 1 1 1
Tolan cf 4 1 1 2
Perez 3b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
May 1b 4 0 1 0
McRae lf 3 0 2 0
  Stewart lf 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
Merritt p 4 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Gullett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Cardenal cf 4 1 2 0
Allen 3b 3 0 0 0
Torre c 4 0 1 1
Taylor C. 1b 3 1 0 0
  Hague ph 1 0 1 0
Javier 2b 3 0 1 1
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
Lee rf 3 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Campisi p 0 0 0 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor C. p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Cincinnati 100 000 200370
St. Louis 000 000 101260
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  W (4-1) 8.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Granger   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Gullett  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (1-2) 7.0 7 3 3 7 6
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Campisi   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
9
7

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Cincinnati Helms (4,off Carlton); Bench (3,off Carlton); McRae (1,off Carlton); May (4,off Carlton), St. Louis Cardenal 2 (3,off Merritt 2); Javier (1,off Merritt).  HR–Cincinnati Tolan (5,7th inning off Carlton 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–McRae (1,by Carlton); Concepcion (2,by Carlton).  HBP–Allen (1,by Merritt).  SB–Cardenal (5,3rd base off Merritt/Bench).  WP–Merritt (1).  HBP–Merritt (1,Allen).  IBB–Carlton 2 (2,McRae,Concepcion).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:10.  A–22,119.
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