San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 2, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 6, St. Louis Cardinals 9

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Thomas 2b 4 1 3 1
  Morales 2b 2 1 1 0
Tolan rf 4 1 1 1
Winfield cf,lf 5 0 1 1
Colbert 1b 4 2 2 0
Gaston lf 3 0 1 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 1 1
  Corkins pr 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 5 0 1 1
Roberts 3b 5 0 2 1
Hernandez ss 5 1 2 0
Freisleben p 2 0 2 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Grubb ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 17 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 0 1
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
Smith rf 5 0 3 4
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
McBride cf 4 1 0 1
Torre 1b 4 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 2 1 0
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 0
  Melendez lf 1 0 1 1
Curtis p 2 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 0 0 0 1
  Heidemann ss 1 1 0 0
Totals 33 9 9 8
San Diego 100 011 1206172
St. Louis 201 002 04x990
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Freisleben   5.2 6 5 4 3 3
  Tomlin   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Romo  L (1-2) 1.0 3 4 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
9
4
6
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis   5.2 11 3 3 1 4
  Garman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Thompson   1.1 1 1 1 1 2
  Hrabosky   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Pena  W (3-0) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Folkers   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
6
6
2
7

  E–Morales (2), Hernandez (12).  PB–Kendall (1).  2B–San Diego Winfield (8,off Curtis); Thomas (10,off Curtis); Roberts (7,off Thompson); Morales (1,off Hrabosky), St. Louis Smith (14,off Freisleben).  SH–Tolan (2,off Curtis); Freisleben (3,off Curtis).  IBB–Reitz (2,by Romo).  SB–Colbert (3,2nd base off Thompson/Simmons); Brock 2 (32,2nd base off Freisleben/Kendall 2).  IBB–Romo (9,Reitz).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–(none), 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:53.  A–16,652.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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