Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 31, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1970 at Busch Stadium II. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 8, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 1 1 0
Mota lf 4 1 0 0
Davis cf 5 1 1 1
Parker 1b 5 2 3 1
Grabarkewitz 3b 5 2 2 4
Crawford rf 6 0 3 1
Lefebvre 2b 4 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 1 0 0 0
Haller c 5 1 1 0
Vance p 1 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Gabrielson ph 1 0 1 0
  Pascual p 0 0 0 0
  Sizemore 2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 43 8 13 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 5 0 1 0
Javier 2b 6 1 2 1
Brock lf 6 1 3 0
Allen 1b 5 0 2 1
Torre 3b 4 0 1 1
Hague rf 5 2 2 1
Simmons c 5 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 2 2
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0
Torrez p 2 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Linzy p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 45 6 15 6
Los Angeles 010 000 500 028131
St. Louis 200 310 000 006151
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Vance   3.2 11 5 5 0 1
  Norman   2.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Pascual   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Brewer   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Pena  W (3-0) 3.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
15
6
6
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez   6.2 6 4 4 6 3
  McCool   0.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Linzy   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Abernathy   1.1 3 0 0 1 0
  Culver  L (3-3) 1.2 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
11.0
13
8
8
9
5

  E–Wills (12), Abernathy (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 3.  PB–Simmons (1).  2B–St. Louis Brock (6,off Vance); Javier (7,off Vance); Allen (11,off Norman); Lee (9,off Pena).  3B–Los Angeles Haller (4,off Torrez), St. Louis Ramirez (1,off Vance).  HR–Los Angeles Grabarkewitz (4,11th inning off Culver 1 on, 0 out), St. Louis Hague (5,5th inning off Norman 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Haller (1,by Torrez).  IBB–Wills (2,by Abernathy); Torre (4,by Pascual).  SH–Torrez (2,off Norman).  CS–Wills (6,2nd base by Torrez/Simmons); Ramirez (1,Home by Vance/Haller); Allen (2,3rd base by Norman/Haller).  HBP–Torrez (2,Haller).  IBB–Pascual (1,Torre); Abernathy (2,Wills).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–3:22.  A–17,166.
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