St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
August 31, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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 2, San Francisco Giants 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McBride cf 5 0 3 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 1 2 1
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Dwyer lf,rf 3 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
  Foster pr 0 0 0 0
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Heidemann ss 1 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Brock ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 2 9 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0
Thomasson rf 4 1 2 0
Matthews lf 3 1 1 0
Goodson 3b 3 1 1 1
  Phillips 3b 1 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 1 0 0 0
  Miller ss 2 0 0 0
Rudolph c 3 0 1 0
D'Acquisto p 3 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 1
St. Louis 100 000 010295
San Francisco 000 300 00x361
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (3-4) 7.0 6 3 1 3 3
  Hrabosky   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
1
3
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto  W (10-12) 7.1 8 2 2 2 8
  Morris  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
10

  E–Sizemore (11), Simmons (14), Hernandez (1), Reitz (11), Tyson (23), Kingman (21).  DP–St. Louis 1.  SB–Kingman (7,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Thomasson (7,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Goodson (1,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Matthews (10,3rd base off Forsch/Simmons).  CS–Maddox (7,2nd base by Forsch/Simmons).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:26.  A–14,356.
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