Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1977 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 1 1
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph 1 0 1 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 6 0 4 2
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 5 0 1 0
Foster lf,cf 5 0 1 0
Bench c 5 1 2 1
Geronimo cf 4 1 2 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Armbrister lf 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 2 1 1
Fryman p 2 0 2 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
  Flynn 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 5 15 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 5 1 2 0
Scott cf,lf 5 0 2 1
Cruz rf 5 1 2 1
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 2 2 2
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 2
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Kessinger 2b 4 0 2 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  McBride ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 6 14 6
Cincinnati 001 004 000 05152
St. Louis 102 000 110 16140
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman   4.1 9 3 3 1 2
  Borbon   2.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Eastwick   2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Murray  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
1
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   5.2 9 5 5 2 2
  Schultz   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Carroll   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hrabosky  W (1-0) 2.0 4 0 0 1 4
Totals
10.0
15
5
5
3
7

  E–Morgan (3), Bench (5).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Rose (9,off Forsch); Bench (7,off Carroll); Griffey (7,off Hrabosky), St. Louis Simmons (5,off Fryman); Brock (5,off Borbon).  3B–Cincinnati Geronimo (2,off Forsch).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (5,6th inning off Forsch 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Hernandez (5,8th inning off Eastwick 0 on, 0 out); Simmons (6,10th inning off Murray 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Borbon (1,off Forsch); Forsch (4,off Fryman).  SB–Templeton (2,2nd base off Fryman/Bench).  CS–Templeton (5,2nd base by Fryman/Bench).  BK–Forsch (1).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:04.  A–17,586.
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