St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
June 12, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1970 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 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Cardenal cf 2 1 1 1
Taylor rf 2 0 0 1
  Lee ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 1 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 2 1
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
Gibson p 4 1 2 1
Totals 32 4 7 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Hunt 3b 2 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Dietz c 4 0 1 0
Johnson F. lf 4 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 2 0
Lanier ss 2 0 1 0
  Davenport ph 1 0 0 0
Pitlock p 1 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 1
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
St. Louis 211 000 000470
San Francisco 000 000 100150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (7-3) 9.0 5 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Pitlock  L (0-1) 5.0 5 4 4 1 2
  McMahon   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
5

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Dietz (13).  2B–St. Louis Brock (8,off Pitlock); Cardenal (12,off Pitlock); Gibson (2,off McMahon), San Francisco Dietz (12,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis Gibson (1,2nd inning off Pitlock 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Carl Taylor (1,off Pitlock).  HBP–Hunt (13,by Gibson).  WP–Pitlock (1).  BK–Gibson (1), Pitlock (1).  HBP–Gibson (3,Hunt).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:20.  A–8,634.
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