Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 20, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1970 at Busch Stadium II. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 5 1 2 2
Taylor 2b 3 0 0 0
Money 3b 4 1 0 0
Johnson 1b 1 0 0 0
  Montanez 1b 0 0 0 0
  Hutto ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Lis lf 4 0 0 0
  Stone lf 0 0 0 1
Browne rf 5 1 2 0
Hisle cf 4 2 2 1
Ryan c 4 1 1 0
Lersch p 1 0 0 1
  Selma p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
  Beauchamp 1b 1 0 0 0
Crosby ss 6 1 0 0
Hague 1b 4 1 2 0
  Roque pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Torre 3b 4 1 3 0
Melendez cf 4 0 1 2
Cruz rf 5 0 2 1
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Maxvill 2b 3 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 1 0 1 1
  Javier 2b 1 0 1 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor C. p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Parker p 0 0 0 0
  Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor C. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 11 4
Philadelphia 001 010 200 3782
St. Louis 000 000 031 04111
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lersch   7.1 4 3 3 3 2
  Selma  W (7-7) 2.2 7 1 1 1 3
Totals
10.0
11
4
4
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   7.0 5 4 4 6 4
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Parker  L (1-1) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Hilgendorf   0.2 1 2 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
8
7
6
7
6

  E–Money 2 (13), Crosby (5).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Philadelphia Hisle 2 (21,off Carlton 2); Browne (17,off Carlton); Ryan (8,off Parker); Hutto (2,off Hilgendorf), St. Louis Simmons (8,off Lersch); Cruz (1,off Selma).  3B–St. Louis Javier (3,off Selma).  SH–Lersch (3,off Carlton).  SF–Lersch (1,off Carlton); Stone (3,off Hilgendorf); Melendez (1,off Selma).  IBB–Money (6,by Hilgendorf).  CS–Hisle (5,3rd base by Carlton/Simmons).  WP–Carlton (14).  IBB–Hilgendorf (4,Money).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–(none), 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:28.  A–14,681.
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