Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 15, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1977 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 0 2 0
Garner 2b 4 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 4 1 1 0
Oliver lf 3 0 0 0
  Dilone pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Ott c 2 1 2 1
Macha 3b 4 1 3 0
  Mendoza 3b 0 0 0 0
Moreno cf 4 1 1 1
Candelaria p 4 0 1 2
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti lf 2 1 0 0
  Rader ph 1 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 2 1
Reitz 3b 3 1 0 0
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 4 1 2 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Freed ph 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Phillips pr 0 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 1 0
  Potter ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 33 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 000 100 3004101
St. Louis 000 001 002371
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (17-5) 8.2 5 3 3 3 4
  Gossage  SV (22) 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (10-16) 8.0 9 4 3 1 2
  Eastwick   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
2
3

  E–Garner (16), Templeton (28).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Simmons (7).  2B–Pittsburgh Robinson (28,off Rasmussen); Ott (13,off Rasmussen); Candelaria (3,off Rasmussen).  3B–Pittsburgh Taveras (9,off Eastwick).  SF–Ott (2,off Rasmussen).  HBP–Parker (7,by Rasmussen); Ott (2,by Rasmussen); Reitz (7,by Candelaria).  CS–Candelaria (1,3rd base by Rasmussen/Simmons); Tyson (4,2nd base by Candelaria/Ott).  BK–Candelaria (2), Rasmussen (2).  HBP–Candelaria (2,Reitz); Rasmussen 2 (4,Parker,Ott).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:30.
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