San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 7, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1980 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 12

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Clark rf 3 1 0 0
Ivie 1b 4 1 2 2
Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 2 0 0 0
  Strain 2b 2 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
Whitson p 2 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 1 0
  Halicki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 2 2 0
Oberkfell 2b 4 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 1
Iorg lf 5 3 4 1
Kennedy c 5 2 2 1
Hendrick rf 4 1 3 1
Reitz 3b 5 1 3 4
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 1 1 3
  Kaat p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 18 12
San Francisco 000 000 002251
St. Louis 200 005 14x12180
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  L (0-5) 5.0 9 6 6 2 2
  Holland   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Halicki   1.0 5 4 4 1 1
Totals
8.0
18
12
12
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (2-1) 7.0 3 0 0 1 7
  Kaat   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
7

  E–May (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Hendrick (7,off Whitson).  3B–St. Louis Kennedy (1,off Whitson).  HR–San Francisco Ivie (1,9th inning off Kaat 1 on, 1 out), St. Louis Forsch (2,6th inning off Holland 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Scott (3,by Whitson).  SB–Templeton (6,2nd base off Whitson/May); Hendrick (2,2nd base off Whitson/May).  WP–Forsch (2).  IBB–Whitson (2,Scott).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:24.  A–12,464.
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