San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 0, St. Louis Cardinals 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 0 0
Strain 2b 4 0 1 0
Clark rf 3 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 2 0
Herndon lf 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Littlejohn c 3 0 0 0
  Johnston ph 1 0 0 0
Curtis p 1 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
Mumphrey lf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 2 2 0
Hendrick rf 4 2 2 3
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Swisher c 3 0 1 0
Oberkfell 2b 2 0 2 0
Denny p 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 3
San Francisco 000 000 000061
St. Louis 000 101 02x480
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (8-8) 4.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Minton   2.0 2 1 0 1 1
  Borbon   2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (7-10) 6.1 5 0 0 2 3
  Littell  SV (8) 2.2 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
7

  E–McCovey (10).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (36,off Minton); Oberkfell (13,off Borbon).  HR–St. Louis Hendrick 2 (11,4th inning off Curtis 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Borbon 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Metzger (5,off Denny); Denny (6,off Minton).  CS–Scott (13,2nd base by Minton/Littlejohn).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:26.  A–42,622.
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