San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 15, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. 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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San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Joshua cf 5 0 1 0
  Sadek c 0 0 0 0
Thomas 2b 4 0 0 0
Murcer rf 5 1 1 0
Matthews lf 5 1 2 0
Montanez 1b 5 0 1 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 5 0 2 0
Rader c 3 0 1 0
  Herndon ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Caldwell p 2 0 0 0
  Ontiveros ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 9 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Tyson 2b 5 0 0 0
Harris cf 4 0 0 0
Smith 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Anderson lf 4 0 0 0
Crawford rf 4 0 1 0
Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
  Richard pr 0 0 0 0
Denny p 2 0 1 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 4 0
San Francisco 000 000 000 02290
St. Louis 000 000 000 00041
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell   7.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Lavelle  W (2-1) 4.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
4
0
0
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny   9.0 6 0 0 3 2
  Hrabosky  L (0-2) 1.1 3 2 2 0 3
  Rasmussen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
9
2
2
3
5

  E–Cruz (6).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–San Francisco Matthews (3,off Hrabosky); Montanez (8,off Hrabosky), St. Louis Denny (1,off Caldwell).  CS–Tyson (1,2nd base by Caldwell/Rader).  WP–Hrabosky (2).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:31.  A–17,237.
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