St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 4, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1970 at Connie Mack Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 3 0
Javier 2b 5 0 2 1
Taylor C. rf 3 2 1 1
  Lee rf 0 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 0 1 1
Torre c 2 0 1 0
Cardenal cf 4 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 4 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 1 0
Reuss p 3 0 0 0
  Taylor C. p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 5 0 2 0
Bowa ss 3 0 1 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
Money 3b 3 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Browne rf 3 1 1 1
Hisle cf 3 0 1 1
Hutto lf 3 0 1 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
Ryan c 3 0 0 0
  Stone ph 1 0 0 0
Short p 1 0 0 0
  Joseph ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Harmon ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
St. Louis 101 010 0003111
Philadelphia 000 101 000280
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (3-4) 6.2 8 2 2 2 5
  Taylor  SV (6) 2.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Short  L (5-12) 7.0 8 3 3 3 4
  Selma   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
6

  E–Maxvill (9).  3B–St. Louis Allen (5,off Short).  HR–St. Louis Carl Taylor (5,3rd inning off Short 0 on, 2 out), Philadelphia Browne (9,4th inning off Reuss 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Short (5,off Reuss).  HBP–Money (3,by Chuck Taylor).  SB–Brock (26,2nd base off Short/Ryan); Javier (4,2nd base off Short/Ryan).  CS–Brock (8,2nd base by Short/Ryan); Bowa (9,2nd base by Reuss/Torre).  WP–Short (2).  HBP–Chuck Taylor (2,Money).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Dick Tremblay, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:13.  A–14,253.
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