St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
August 31, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1977 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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 1, San Diego Padres 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti lf,rf 5 1 1 0
Templeton ss 4 0 2 1
Mumphrey cf 4 0 2 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Anderson rf 2 0 0 0
  Brock ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
  Rader ph 1 0 0 0
Underwood p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 0 1 1
Almon ss 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 4 1 2 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 2 1
Tenace 1b 1 0 0 0
Roberts c 3 0 0 0
Sutherland 2b 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Scanlon 2b 0 0 0 0
Ashford 3b 3 1 1 0
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 7 2
St. Louis 000 000 100180
San Diego 001 001 00x271
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  L (7-10) 6.0 6 2 2 2 1
  Metzger   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
3
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  W (9-16) 7.0 7 1 0 2 5
  Fingers  SV (30) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
2
5

  E–Almon (34).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–San Diego Hendrick (21,off Underwood).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (14,off Shirley), San Diego Richards (8,off Underwood).  SB–Mumphrey (18,2nd base off Shirley/Roberts); Brock (29,2nd base off Fingers/Roberts); Ashford (1,2nd base off Underwood/Simmons).  CS–Rettenmund (2,2nd base by Metzger/Simmons).  BK–Shirley (6).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:04.  A–8,269.
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