St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
June 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1974 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 2
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 1 1 1
Simmons c 4 0 2 0
McBride cf 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson ss 2 1 1 0
  Cruz ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 1 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 0
  Heidemann ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 3 0 1 1
Fuentes 2b 4 1 0 0
Matthews lf 4 1 1 2
Goodson 1b 4 1 1 1
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 2 0
Thomasson cf 2 1 0 0
Miller ss 4 0 1 0
Rader c 3 1 1 0
Bradley p 2 0 0 0
  Sosa p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 4
St. Louis 000 003 000381
San Francisco 001 120 01x570
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (3-6) 6.0 5 4 3 3 6
  Garman   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
4
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley  W (6-4) 6.2 7 3 3 1 4
  Sosa  SV (1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
6

  E–Brock (4).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Simmons (4).  2B–St. Louis Simmons (12,off Bradley); Reitz (11,off Sosa), San Francisco Ontiveros (5,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis Brock (3,6th inning off Bradley 1 on, 1 out); Smith (11,6th inning off Bradley 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco Matthews (6,5th inning off Gibson 1 on, 1 out); Goodson (2,8th inning off Garman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Thomasson (2,off Gibson).  IBB–Rader (3,by Garman).  WP–Bradley (2).  IBB–Garman (3,Rader).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–1:56.  A–3,884.
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