Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 9, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 1 1
Buckner lf 0 0 0 0
  Joshua lf 2 0 1 1
  Paciorek ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Wynn cf 2 0 0 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Crawford rf 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 0
Yeager c 2 2 0 0
Zahn p 1 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 1 1 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 2 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 0 0
McBride cf 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 1 1 0
Simmons c 3 1 1 4
Melendez rf 3 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson ss 3 0 1 0
Foster p 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 4 4
Los Angeles 001 000 200352
St. Louis 000 004 01x541
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  L (2-2) 6.0 4 4 0 1 1
  Marshall   2.0 0 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
4
5
1
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Foster  W (6-7) 6.0 5 3 2 6 3
  Hrabosky  SV (6) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
6
5

  E–Lopes (15), Joshua (2), Melendez (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  PB–Simmons (8).  3B–Los Angeles Joshua (1,off Foster).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (15,6th inning off Zahn 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Zahn (2,off Foster); Foster (7,off Zahn); Sizemore (13,off Marshall).  CS–Buckner (10,2nd base by Foster/Simmons).  WP–Marshall (2).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:21.  A–29,899.
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