St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
May 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1980 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."

"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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, San Francisco Giants 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 2 2
Herr 2b 3 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Swisher ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 0 0 0 0
  Fulgham pr 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Simmons c 5 1 2 2
Hendrick rf 4 0 1 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
Scott cf 3 1 0 0
Hood p 1 0 1 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Ramsey ph,2b 2 1 2 0
  Iorg ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 2 2 0
  Whitfield lf 1 0 0 0
Evans 3b 2 2 1 0
Clark rf 2 0 0 2
Ivie 1b 3 1 0 0
Herndon lf,cf 3 0 0 1
Strain 2b 3 1 2 2
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
Sadek c 3 0 1 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 1
  Minton p 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 6 6
St. Louis 000 000 1225111
San Francisco 300 011 10x660
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hood  L (1-2) 4.0 5 4 1 2 1
  Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Martinez   2.0 1 2 2 4 1
  Moore   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
3
7
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (3-5) 7.1 10 3 3 0 4
  Minton   1.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Lavelle   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Holland  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5

  E–Templeton (10).  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Simmons (4).  2B–St. Louis Simmons (7,off Knepper); Hendrick (9,off Knepper); Templeton (6,off Lavelle).  SH–Sadek (1,off Martinez).  SF–Clark 2 (3,off Hood,off Borbon); Knepper (1,off Martinez).  SB–North 2 (12,2nd base off Hood/Simmons 2); Evans 2 (6,2nd base off Borbon/Simmons,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons).  CS–Ivie (2,2nd base by Borbon/Simmons).  WP–Hood (3), Martinez (1).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:30.  A–21,351.
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