Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 30, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1970 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 5 0 3 0
Clines cf 4 1 1 0
Sanguillen c 1 0 0 0
  May c 2 0 1 1
Robertson 1b 2 1 0 1
Pagan 3b 3 0 1 0
Jeter lf 4 0 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Veale p 2 1 1 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Alley ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 0 0 0 0
  Ellis pr 0 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 2 2
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Hague 1b 4 0 0 0
Torre 3b 4 1 3 0
Cardenal cf 4 1 3 1
Melendez rf 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 2 2 0
Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Crosby ss 1 0 0 0
Reuss p 3 0 0 0
  Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 11 3
Pittsburgh 000 101 001380
St. Louis 000 011 0024110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale   6.0 7 2 2 1 5
  Giusti   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Gibbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Grant  L (2-1) 0.2 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.2
11
4
4
1
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   8.0 8 3 3 3 7
  Briles  W (6-7) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Veale (4,off Reuss); Clines (2,off Reuss).  HR–St. Louis Cardenal (10,9th inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Robertson (7,off Reuss).  SB–Clines (2,2nd base off Reuss/Simmons); Pagan (1,2nd base off Reuss/Simmons); Cardenal (26,2nd base off Veale/J May).  CS–Alou (11,2nd base by Reuss/Simmons).  WP–Veale (9), Reuss 2 (8).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:22.  A–8,084.
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