Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 17, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 2 4 2
Morales cf 5 1 2 2
Williams 1b,lf 5 1 2 4
Cardenal rf 4 0 1 0
Ward lf 2 0 0 0
  Thornton ph,1b 2 0 1 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
Fanzone 3b 4 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 4 1 1 0
Harris 2b 5 1 1 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 1 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 1 1 0
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Rosello ph 0 1 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Marquez ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0
  Melendez pr 0 1 0 0
  Heintzelman 2b 0 0 0 0
Smith rf 3 2 3 1
  Cruz pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Simmons c 4 1 2 4
McBride cf 4 1 2 1
Reitz 3b 4 1 2 2
Torre 1b 3 0 1 0
Tyson ss 4 0 2 1
Foster p 3 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 9
Chicago 001 030 1308141
St. Louis 500 102 01x9140
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   0.1 5 5 5 1 0
  Todd   3.2 3 1 1 4 1
  Burris   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  LaRoche   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bonham  L (2-7) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
5
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Foster   5.0 7 4 4 2 1
  Folkers   1.2 2 1 1 2 2
  Garman   0.2 4 3 3 0 0
  Hrabosky   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Pena  W (2-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
4
4

  E–Kessinger (4).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Williams (8,off Foster); Kessinger (4,off Folkers).  3B–Chicago Alexander (1,off Foster).  HR–Chicago Williams (6,5th inning off Foster 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Simmons (3,1st inning off Stone 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Fanzone (1,by Pena).  SF–Simmons (4,off Bonham).  IBB–Brock (4,by Todd).  SB–Brock (24,2nd base off Stone/Mitterwald).  BK–Bonham (1).  HBP–Pena (1,Fanzone).  IBB–Todd (1,Brock).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:49.  A–21,691.
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