San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1997 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 2, St. Louis Cardinals 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 1 0 0 0
  Benard rf 3 0 1 0
Vizcaino ss 5 0 1 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
Lewis 2b 4 0 1 0
Snow 1b 4 1 2 0
Javier rf,cf 3 0 1 0
Mueller 3b 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 1 1 1
Foulke p 1 0 0 0
  Roa p 0 0 0 0
  Berryhill ph 0 0 0 1
  Johnstone p 1 0 0 0
  Poole p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 1 1 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Gallego ss 0 0 0 0
DeShields 2b 4 0 1 1
Gant lf 3 1 1 0
Lankford cf 4 1 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 2 3 3
  Frascatore p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
Mabry rf 4 1 2 0
Young 1b 4 1 2 1
Lampkin c 3 0 0 0
Morris p 3 0 2 1
  Bell 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 6
San Francisco 000 100 001270
St. Louis 304 000 00x7131
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Foulke  L (1-5) 2.0 9 6 6 1 2
  Roa   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Johnstone   3.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Poole   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Beck   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (7-6) 7.0 5 1 0 5 6
  Frascatore   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Beltran   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
5
9

  E–Morris (3).  DP–San Francisco 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Clayton (25,off Foulke); Young (12,off Foulke); Lankford (27,off Foulke); Gaetti 2 (21,off Foulke,off Johnstone Jr).  HR–San Francisco Johnson (1,9th inning off Frascatore 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Gaetti (12,1st inning off Foulke 1 on, 2 out).  SB–DeShields (37,2nd base off Foulke/Johnson).  WP–Morris (2).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:59.  A–30,567.
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