San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 11, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1996 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."

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San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 3 1 1 0
Aurilia ss 4 1 2 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 1
Hill rf 3 1 2 2
McCarty 1b 4 0 0 0
Batiste 3b 3 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 0 0
Scarsone 2b 3 0 0 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
Decker c 3 0 1 0
Watson p 2 0 0 0
  Canizaro 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 1 2 0
Lankford cf 4 0 1 2
Gant lf 4 0 0 0
Jordan rf 4 1 1 0
Gaetti 1b 4 0 1 0
Pagnozzi c 4 2 2 2
Sheaffer 3b 3 0 1 1
Gallego 2b 2 0 0 0
Osborne p 1 1 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
San Francisco 000 002 010360
St. Louis 010 100 30x580
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Watson  L (7-10) 6.2 8 5 5 2 5
  Scott   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Osborne  W (10-8) 7.1 5 3 3 2 3
  Bailey   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (19) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
3

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–St. Louis Clayton (16,off Watson); Lankford (26,off Watson).  3B–St. Louis Sheaffer (3,off Watson).  HR–San Francisco Hill (11,6th inning off Osborne 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Pagnozzi 2 (10,4th inning off Watson 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Watson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bonds (2,off Honeycutt).  SH–Osborne (6,off Watson).  CS–Jones (1,2nd base by Osborne/Pagnozzi).  SB–Clayton (25,2nd base off Watson/Decker).  WP–Watson (6).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Scott Potter, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:31.  A–30,139.
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