St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1977 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss,2b 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 1
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Anderson rf 4 1 3 2
Rader c 3 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 0 0 0 0
  Templeton pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Carroll p 2 0 1 0
  Urrea p 1 0 0 0
  Mumphrey lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Garner 3b 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 3 1 1 1
Stennett 2b 3 1 1 1
Oliver lf 2 1 0 0
Fregosi 1b 3 0 2 0
Ott c 3 1 1 2
Moreno cf 3 0 0 0
Forster p 2 0 0 0
  Demery p 0 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 6 4
St. Louis 001 200 000381
Pittsburgh 010 000 201461
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Schultz   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Carroll   5.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Urrea   2.0 1 2 2 1 2
  Eastwick  L (3-3) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Forster   7.0 8 3 3 1 4
  Demery   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve  W (6-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
4

  E–Carroll (1), Stennett (7).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Rader (1).  2B–St. Louis Kessinger (3,off Forster); Cruz (13,off Forster).  HR–St. Louis Anderson (3,4th inning off Forster 1 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Stennett (4,2nd inning off Carroll 0 on, 0 out); Ott (4,7th inning off Urrea 1 on, 2 out); Parker (12,9th inning off Eastwick 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Scott (9,2nd base by Forster/Ott); Templeton (10,2nd base by Tekulve/Ott); Parker (13,2nd base by Carroll/Rader); Garner (4,2nd base by Eastwick/Rader).  WP–Forster (3).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:06.  A–22,810.
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