St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
July 18, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1976 at Candlestick Park. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, San Francisco Giants 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McBride cf 5 1 1 0
Harris 2b 4 1 0 0
Mumphrey lf 4 2 2 0
Crawford rf 5 0 2 1
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
  Simmons ph,1b 2 0 2 2
Ferguson c 5 1 3 1
Cruz 3b 4 0 1 0
Richard ss 3 0 1 1
  Kessinger ss 1 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 1 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 0 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 1 1 1
Murcer rf 4 0 0 0
Evans 1b 4 1 2 2
Reitz 3b 5 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Sadek c 4 2 2 0
Dressler p 1 0 0 0
  Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 1 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 3
St. Louis 000 011 020 15131
San Francisco 001 100 110 0472
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen   4.0 2 2 2 3 2
  Curtis   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Hrabosky   2.0 3 2 1 0 1
  Greif   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Wallace  W (2-1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
7
4
3
5
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Dressler   5.1 8 2 1 0 3
  Caldwell   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lavelle   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Moffitt   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Heaverlo  L (3-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
13
5
4
2
8

  E–Richard (4), Evans (6), Reitz (15).  DP–St. Louis 1, San Francisco 3.  2B–St. Louis Crawford (13,off Dressler).  HR–San Francisco Evans (7,4th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dressler (1,off Rasmussen).  SF–Matthews (3,off Rasmussen).  SB–Richard (1,2nd base off Dressler/Sadek); McBride (9,2nd base off Lavelle/Sadek).  CS–Herndon (5,2nd base by Rasmussen/Ferguson).  WP–Wallace (4).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:02.  A–15,937.
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