Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 29, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1970 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 0 1 1
Cash 2b 4 1 2 1
Oliver rf 5 0 3 1
Stargell lf 4 0 1 0
  Jeter pr,lf 1 1 1 0
Kopacz 1b 5 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 2 3 2
Alley ss 5 1 2 0
May J. c 3 1 0 0
Walker p 3 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  May M. ph 1 1 1 2
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 0 0
Javier 2b 3 0 1 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Crosby ss 0 0 0 0
Hague 1b 3 0 0 0
Torre 3b 3 1 0 0
Cardenal cf 2 0 1 0
Melendez rf 4 1 2 1
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Maxvill ss,2b 2 0 1 0
  Cruz ph 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
  Chlupsa p 0 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 31 2 7 2
Pittsburgh 000 000 1427150
St. Louis 000 100 001271
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walker   6.0 4 1 1 5 6
  Dal Canton  W (9-4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lamb  SV (3) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (23-7) 8.0 13 5 5 4 7
  Chlupsa   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
4
7

  E–Cardenal (9).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Simmons (15).  2B–Pittsburgh Alley (16,off Gibson); M May (1,off Gibson); Jeter (3,off Chlupsa).  HR–Pittsburgh Hebner (11,9th inning off Chlupsa 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–J May 2 (6,by Gibson 2).  SB–Cash (5,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons).  CS–Jeter (5,2nd base by Gibson/Simmons); Cardenal (9,2nd base by Walker/J May).  WP–Lamb (1).  IBB–Gibson 2 (9,J May 2).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:16.  A–13,232.
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