St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
June 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 6, San Francisco Giants 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 0 0
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  Bruno p 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 6 1 3 1
Simmons c 6 2 1 2
Hendrick rf 5 0 1 0
Scott cf 6 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 1
  Oberkfell pr,3b 1 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 2 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 48 6 10 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 1 2 1 1
  Herndon cf 3 1 1 0
Andrews 2b 7 0 3 0
Clark rf 3 1 1 2
McCovey 1b 6 3 2 4
Evans 3b 6 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 6 1 3 0
LeMaster ss 5 0 2 1
Hill c 2 1 1 1
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadek c 2 0 0 0
Nastu p 1 0 0 0
  Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Madlock ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 9 14 9
St. Louis 000 103 110 000 06101
San Francisco 001 112 100 000 39144
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich   6.0 7 5 5 3 7
  Schultz   1.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Littell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bruno   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  McEnaney   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Knowles  L (2-3) 2.2 4 3 3 2 1
Totals
12.2
14
9
9
8
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Nastu   5.2 7 4 3 1 6
  Griffin   2.1 0 2 0 1 1
  Roberts   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Moffitt   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Lavelle  W (5-3) 2.1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
13.0
10
6
3
3
12

  E–Templeton (13), Andrews (3), Evans 2 (11), LeMaster (7).  DP–St. Louis 2, San Francisco 3.  PB–Simmons (7).  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (16,off Nastu); Simmons (14,off Nastu), San Francisco Hill (2,off Vuckovich); Whitfield (11,off Schultz).  HR–San Francisco McCovey 2 (10,4th inning off Vuckovich 0 on, 0 out,13th inning off Knowles 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Phillips (1,off Moffitt); Nastu (3,off Vuckovich).  HBP–Reitz (4,by Moffitt).  IBB–Templeton (1,by Moffitt); LeMaster (1,by Schultz); Clark 2 (3,by Knowles 2).  SF–Hill (3,off Vuckovich); Clark (5,off Schultz).  SB–Scott (22,2nd base off Griffin/Hill); North (22,2nd base off Schultz/Simmons).  CS–Scott (6,2nd base by Nastu/Hill); Oberkfell (1,2nd base by Lavelle/Sadek); North (11,2nd base by Vuckovich/Simmons).  WP–Vuckovich 2 (4), Nastu (2).  HBP–Moffitt (2,Reitz).  IBB–Schultz (5,LeMaster); Knowles 2 (5,Clark 2); Moffitt (6,Templeton).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:54.  A–12,770.
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