San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 23, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1977 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 7, St. Louis Cardinals 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomas 2b 5 0 1 0
Madlock 3b 5 1 2 0
Evans lf,1b 3 1 0 0
Whitfield rf 5 2 2 1
McCovey 1b 4 1 3 2
  Herndon pr,cf 1 1 1 0
Thomasson cf,lf 5 1 3 1
Foli ss 4 0 1 2
Hill c 5 0 1 1
Halicki p 3 0 1 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 15 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 0 0
Templeton ss 5 1 1 0
McBride cf 4 1 1 1
Cruz rf 4 0 3 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Kessinger 2b 3 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Urrea p 1 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Rader ph 1 0 1 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
San Francisco 500 000 1017150
St. Louis 000 100 010291
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki  W (3-4) 7.0 8 2 2 2 8
  Lavelle  SV (5) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (2-6) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  Urrea   4.2 4 0 0 1 2
  Carroll   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Metzger   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
3

  E–Urrea (1).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–San Francisco Hill (3,off Urrea); McCovey (9,off Carroll); Halicki (1,off Metzger); Herndon (4,off Metzger), St. Louis Cruz 2 (6,off Halicki 2).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (2,off Halicki).  SF–Foli (2,off Metzger).  HBP–Reitz (3,by Halicki).  SB–Thomas (4,2nd base off Carroll/Simmons).  CS–Thomasson (2,2nd base by Urrea/Simmons); Herndon (1,3rd base by Carroll/Simmons).  WP–Rasmussen (1), Urrea (2).  HBP–Halicki (1,Reitz).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:53.  A–9,800.
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