San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. The San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 5 0 2 3
  Melendez pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 5 0 1 1
Davis cf 5 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1
  Ivie 1b 0 0 0 0
Winfield rf 3 0 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Torres ss 4 1 1 0
Kendall c 3 2 2 0
Foster p 2 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Locklear ph 1 1 1 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McBride cf 5 1 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 2 1 0
Brock lf 3 0 1 2
Simmons 1b,c 3 0 0 0
Crawford rf 2 0 1 1
Ferguson c 3 0 0 0
  Fairly ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Cruz 3b 4 1 1 1
Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 1 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson 1b 1 0 1 0
  Richard pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
San Diego 001 300 0015100
St. Louis 100 100 020471
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Foster   5.0 3 2 2 4 0
  Metzger   2.1 3 2 2 1 1
  Spillner  W (2-6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   7.0 8 4 2 2 3
  Greif  L (1-4) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Hrabosky   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
3
5

  E–Cruz (11).  DP–San Diego 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–San Diego Kendall (5,off Forsch); Winfield (12,off Forsch); Grubb (1,off Greif), St. Louis Kessinger (11,off Metzger).  HR–San Diego McCovey (3,4th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Cruz (7,4th inning off Foster 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Foster (2,off Forsch).  SB–Torres (2,2nd base off Forsch/Ferguson); Brock (17,2nd base off Metzger/Kendall).  CS–Torres (1,2nd base by Greif/Ferguson).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:15.  A–15,537.
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