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 St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 2 1
Garner 2b 5 1 2 4
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
  Mendoza 3b 0 0 0 0
  Tolan ph 1 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 5 2 3 0
Oliver lf 2 0 1 0
  Dilone lf 2 0 0 0
Macha 3b,rf 4 0 1 1
Dyer c 3 1 0 0
Moreno cf 4 2 2 0
Jackson p 3 0 1 0
  Demery p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 2
  Bosetti lf 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 4 2 3 0
Templeton ss 4 1 1 2
Freed 1b 4 1 4 3
  Eastwick p 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 2 0
Rader c 3 0 0 0
  Simmons ph,c 1 0 0 0
Cruz rf 5 2 2 3
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 1 0
  Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0
Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez 1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 39 10 16 10
Pittsburgh 012 210 0107130
St. Louis 100 007 20x10161
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   5.1 9 4 4 0 0
  Demery  L (6-5) 0.1 4 4 4 2 0
  Holland   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
4
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Schultz   3.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Metzger   1.1 4 3 3 1 2
  Sutton  W (2-1) 1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Eastwick  SV (10) 3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
3
10

  E–Rader (2).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Garner (31,off Metzger); Robinson (29,off Metzger); Taveras (18,off Eastwick), St. Louis Reitz (35,off Jackson).  3B–St. Louis Mumphrey (10,off Jackson); Freed (1,off Demery).  HR–Pittsburgh Garner (17,3rd inning off Schultz 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Cruz (6,6th inning off Jackson 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Simmons (22,by Tekulve).  SB–Taveras (62,2nd base off Schultz/Rader); Moreno (46,2nd base off Metzger/Rader); Macha (1,2nd base off Sutton/Rader); Cruz (4,2nd base off Holland/Dyer); Templeton (25,2nd base off Tekulve/Dyer).  CS–Mumphrey (14,2nd base by Holland/Dyer).  WP–Eastwick (2).  BK–Tekulve (1).  IBB–Tekulve (6,Simmons).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:44.  A–9,081.
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