Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 12, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 1 0 0
  Flynn 2b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 2 0 0 1
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Plummer c 3 0 0 0
Zachry p 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 1 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 2 0 1 0
  Cruz rf 3 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 4 2 2 2
Scott cf 5 1 3 2
Simmons c 4 3 2 1
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 2
Mumphrey rf,lf 3 2 2 1
Reitz 3b 3 1 1 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 1
D'Acquisto p 1 0 0 0
  McBride ph 0 0 0 1
  Schultz p 1 1 0 0
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 13 10
Cincinnati 100 000 000110
St. Louis 000 206 02x10130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (2-5) 5.2 9 7 7 5 4
  Murray   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Borbon   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
7
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto   4.0 0 1 1 5 5
  Schultz  W (2-0) 4.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Hrabosky   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
5
10

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (8,off Schultz), St. Louis Kessinger 2 (2,off Zachry 2); Simmons 2 (8,off Murray,off Borbon); Hernandez (7,off Borbon).  SF–McBride (1,off Zachry).  HBP–Mumphrey (1,by Zachry).  SB–Scott (3,2nd base off Zachry/Plummer).  CS–Brock (4,2nd base by Zachry/Plummer).  HBP–Zachry (1,Mumphrey).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:40.  A–23,812.
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