San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 9, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1975 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Joshua cf 4 1 2 0
Thomas 2b 4 2 2 0
Murcer rf 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 1 2 3
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 2 0 1 0
  Thomasson pr 0 0 0 0
Hill c 3 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 1 0 0 0
D'Acquisto p 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 1 0 0 0
  Rader ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 3 1
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Dwyer cf 1 1 0 0
  Melendez ph,cf 3 0 1 0
Simmons c 1 2 1 0
Fairly rf 4 2 2 4
Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 1
  Cater ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson ss 3 1 1 0
McGlothen p 3 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 6
San Francisco 102 000 010470
St. Louis 312 000 00x692
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto  L (1-4) 2.0 5 6 6 3 2
  Lavelle   4.0 3 0 0 4 1
  Heaverlo   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
8
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  W (3-2) 8.1 7 4 3 1 6
  Hrabosky  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
1
7

  E–Simmons (3), Reitz (5).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–San Francisco Joshua (3,off McGlothen).  3B–San Francisco Matthews (2,off McGlothen), St. Louis Brock (2,off Heaverlo).  HR–San Francisco Matthews (4,8th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Ontiveros (1,by McGlothen).  SB–Thomas (2,2nd base off McGlothen/Simmons); Matthews (7,2nd base off McGlothen/Simmons); Brock (6,2nd base off Lavelle/Hill).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:37.  A–21,410.
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