San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 18, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 0, St. Louis Cardinals 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Thomasson lf 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 2 0
Arnold 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Rader c 3 0 1 0
Bryant p 2 0 0 0
  Fuentes 2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 2 2 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 2 1
Melendez rf 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,rf 1 0 0 0
McBride cf 3 1 1 0
Heintzelman 3b 3 0 2 0
  Reitz 3b 1 0 0 0
Tyson ss 4 0 1 1
Foster p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 9 2
San Francisco 000 000 000051
St. Louis 100 100 10x391
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant  L (2-8) 6.0 9 3 2 2 1
  Sosa   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
2
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (2-5) 9.0 5 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
7

  E–Sosa (1), Foster (2).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Torre (12,off Bryant).  SH–Foster (3,off Bryant).  IBB–Brock (6,by Bryant).  SB–Brock 2 (42,2nd base off Bryant/Rader,2nd base off Sosa/Rader).  IBB–Bryant (1,Brock).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:03.  A–17,709.
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