St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 7, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 3 0 1 0
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 1
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 1
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Anderson rf 3 0 0 0
  Rader ph 1 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 1
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
Denny p 1 1 0 0
  Bosetti ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 1 0
Garner 2b 4 1 2 1
Parker rf 3 1 0 0
Robinson 1b 4 2 2 2
Oliver lf 3 0 1 0
Ott c 3 0 1 1
Berra 3b 4 0 0 0
Moreno cf 4 0 0 0
Forster p 2 0 1 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 4
St. Louis 000 020 002451
Pittsburgh 301 000 10x580
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (7-6) 6.0 6 4 2 2 3
  Schultz   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
3
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Forster  W (4-4) 5.0 3 2 2 4 1
  Jackson   3.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Tekulve  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
4
2

  E–Templeton (25).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Reitz (34,off Forster), Pittsburgh Robinson 2 (26,off Denny 2).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (19,9th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out); Hernandez (14,9th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Brock (32,2nd base off Forster/Ott); Denny (1,2nd base off Forster/Ott); Garner (28,2nd base off Denny/Simmons); Taveras (56,2nd base off Schultz/Simmons); Oliver (11,2nd base off Schultz/Simmons).  WP–Denny 3 (5).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:10.  A–7,219.
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