San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 1, St. Louis Cardinals 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 0 1 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
May c 3 1 1 0
Ivie 1b 3 0 0 0
Strain 2b 3 0 0 1
Pettini ss 3 0 1 0
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 1 1 0
Templeton ss 4 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 1
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0
Scott cf 3 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramsey 2b 0 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
San Francisco 010 000 000141
St. Louis 000 000 02x290
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (8-11) 7.0 7 2 2 1 4
  Holland   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Minton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (7-6) 9.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
3

  E–Evans (18).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–San Francisco May (14,off Forsch), St. Louis Forsch (3,off Knepper); Reitz (22,off Knepper); Bonds (5,off Knepper).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (6,off Knepper).  HBP–North (1,by Forsch).  SB–Templeton (27,2nd base off Knepper/May).  CS–Scott (4,2nd base by Knepper/May).  WP–Forsch (4).  HBP–Forsch (2,North).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–1:51.  A–30,271.
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