St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
May 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1997 at 3Com Park. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 9, San Francisco Giants 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 3 2 0
  Gallego ss 0 0 0 0
Gant lf 5 2 4 1
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Lankford cf 3 1 1 4
Franklin rf 5 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 4 1 1 1
DiFelice c 5 0 4 1
Clayton ss 4 0 1 0
  Sheaffer ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Benes p 2 2 2 1
  Sweeney ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 8
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Javier cf 5 1 1 0
Vizcaino ss 3 1 1 0
Hill rf 4 0 1 0
Bonds lf 3 1 1 0
Snow 1b 3 0 1 1
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Benard ph 1 0 1 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Lewis 2b 4 0 2 1
Mueller 3b 3 0 0 0
Wilkins c 4 0 0 0
Roa p 1 0 0 0
  Arocha p 1 0 0 0
  Kent 1b 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 9 2
St. Louis 003 100 4109150
San Francisco 200 000 010391
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (3-2) 7.0 5 2 2 2 12
  Petkovsek   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Eckersley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
13
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Roa  L (1-3) 4.0 7 4 3 0 1
  Arocha   2.0 4 3 3 0 3
  Poole   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Tavarez   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Beck   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
2
6

  E–Javier (1).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis DeShields (6,off Roa); Lankford (10,off Poole); Gant (6,off Tavarez), San Francisco Vizcaino (4,off Petkovsek).  3B–St. Louis Difelice (1,off Beck).  SH–Andy Benes (1,off Roa); Vizcaino (5,off Andy Benes).  SF–Lankford 2 (2,off Roa,off Tavarez); Mabry (1,off Poole).  IBB–Gaetti (2,by Poole).  SB–Bonds (11,2nd base off Andy Benes/Difelice).  IBB–Poole (3,Gaetti).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:43.  A–18,303.
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