St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
May 16, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1975 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 3, San Francisco Giants 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 1
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
  Martinez pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Melendez cf 5 0 2 1
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Fairly rf 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 5 0 1 1
Tyson ss 4 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Cater ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Rudolph ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 7 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Joshua cf 5 0 3 1
Thomas 2b 5 1 2 1
Murcer rf 3 1 1 1
Matthews lf 4 0 2 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
Goodson 3b 4 0 0 0
Rader c 3 2 2 0
Montefusco p 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 3
St. Louis 010 010 001 0371
San Francisco 001 010 010 14101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   7.1 8 3 3 4 2
  Hrabosky   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Sadecki   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sosa  L (0-2) 0.0 1 1 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
7
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco   8.0 5 2 2 6 5
  Lavelle  W (3-0) 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
7
6

  E–Melendez (1), Goodson (2).  DP–St. Louis 2, San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (3,off Montefusco); Melendez (2,off Lavelle), San Francisco Rader 2 (4,off Gibson 2).  3B–San Francisco Joshua (1,off Gibson); Thomas (1,off Sosa).  HR–St. Louis Brock (1,5th inning off Montefusco 0 on, 2 out), San Francisco Murcer (3,8th inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Gibson (2,off Montefusco); Montefusco (3,off Gibson).  HBP–Sizemore (1,by Lavelle).  IBB–Brock (2,by Montefusco); Simmons (2,by Lavelle); Murcer (2,by Sosa); Matthews (3,by Sosa).  SB–Brock (12,2nd base off Lavelle/Rader); Montanez (3,2nd base off Hrabosky/Simmons).  CS–Joshua (2,2nd base by Sadecki/Simmons).  BK–Lavelle (1).  HBP–Lavelle (2,Sizemore).  IBB–Sosa 2 (2,Murcer,Matthews); Montefusco (2,Brock); Lavelle (2,Simmons).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:42.  A–5,764.
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