St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
September 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1977 at Candlestick Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, San Francisco Giants 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 1
  Bosetti lf 1 1 0 0
Mumphrey cf 5 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 2
Simmons rf 3 0 0 0
  Anderson pr,rf 2 1 0 0
Rader c 4 3 2 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 3 4
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 1 1 0
Urrea p 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Thomasson cf 4 1 2 0
Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 0 1 1
McCovey 1b 4 1 2 1
Evans lf 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
Alexander c 3 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
Montefusco p 2 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
St. Louis 001 202 0128100
San Francisco 100 000 001262
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Urrea  W (7-3) 9.0 6 2 2 3 6
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  L (7-11) 6.0 5 5 4 2 3
  Curtis   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Heaverlo   2.0 5 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
2
5

  E–Alexander 2 (5).  DP–St. Louis 1, San Francisco 1.  PB–Alexander (2).  2B–St. Louis Brock (18,off Montefusco); Reitz 3 (33,off Montefusco 2,off Heaverlo); Hernandez 2 (33,off Montefusco,off Heaverlo).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (22,9th inning off Urrea 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Urrea 2 (3,off Montefusco,off Heaverlo).  HBP–Phillips (3,by Montefusco).  SB–Phillips (1,2nd base off Montefusco/Alexander); Rader (1,2nd base off Heaverlo/Alexander); Thomasson (10,2nd base off Urrea/Rader).  HBP–Montefusco (3,Phillips).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:21.  A–8,228.
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