St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 12, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1975 at Veteran's Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 5 2 2 0
McBride cf 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 2 2 1
Simmons c 4 2 3 2
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 1
Brinkman ss 2 0 1 1
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 1
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 0 0 0 0
  Tyson ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 11 7
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 1 2
Bowa ss 4 1 2 0
Montanez 1b 5 1 4 2
Luzinski lf 4 0 1 0
Johnstone rf 3 0 0 0
  Acosta p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 1
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 2 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Bannister cf 4 1 1 0
Carlton p 1 0 0 0
  Hutton ph,rf 3 1 2 0
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 14 5
St. Louis 030 100 1027110
Philadelphia 000 040 1005140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   6.1 11 5 5 2 0
  Sosa   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Garman  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
2
0
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton   5.0 5 4 4 5 3
  Acosta   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Garber  L (0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
7
3

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Brinkman (2,off Acosta); Smith (1,off Acosta), Philadelphia Montanez 2 (2,off Gibson 2); Cash (2,off Gibson).  3B–St. Louis Smith (1,off Carlton).  SH–Reitz (1,off Garber); McBride (1,off Garber).  SF–Brinkman (1,off Carlton); Gibson (1,off Carlton).  IBB–Smith (1,by Garber).  SB–Bowa 2 (2,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons,3rd base off Garman/Simmons).  IBB–Garber (3,Smith).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:05.  A–11,101.
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