Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 18, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1975 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 5 0 1 0
Hebner 3b 5 1 1 0
Oliver cf 6 0 3 2
Stargell 1b 4 1 1 0
Zisk lf 5 0 1 0
Parker rf 6 1 1 2
Sanguillen c 6 0 1 0
Taveras ss 3 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
  Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Kison p 2 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 1 1 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Moose p 1 0 0 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 1 0 0
McBride cf 4 1 2 1
Smith rf 4 1 2 1
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
  Rudolph c 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 6 2 2 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 3 0
  Martinez pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Brinkman ss 4 0 2 1
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Cater ph 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 43 5 13 5
Pittsburgh 001 002 001 000 04101
St. Louis 010 012 000 000 15130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison   6.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Giusti   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Moose   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  McDowell  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 3 1
Totals
12.1
13
5
5
6
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   7.0 6 3 3 5 1
  Hrabosky   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Garman   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sadecki  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
13.0
10
4
4
6
4

  E–Stargell (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1.  PB–Simmons (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Oliver (3,off Gibson); Robinson (1,off Hrabosky), St. Louis Smith (2,off Kison); Reitz (3,off Kison); McBride (1,off Kison); Brinkman (4,off Hernandez).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (1,6th inning off Gibson 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Martinez 2 (2,off Moose,off McDowell); McBride (2,off McDowell).  SF–Brinkman (2,off Kison); Smith (2,off Kison).  IBB–Cater (1,by Hernandez); Smith (2,by McDowell); Brinkman (2,by McDowell).  CS–Sizemore (1,3rd base by McDowell/Sanguillen).  IBB–Hernandez (2,Cater); McDowell 2 (2,Smith,Brinkman).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–3:31.  A–19,975.
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