San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 20, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 2000 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
Murray cf 1 0 0 0
Martinez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 1 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
Kent 1b 1 1 0 0
Burks rf 3 1 1 2
Davis 3b 3 0 1 0
Aurilia ss 3 0 0 0
Estalella c 3 0 1 0
Ortiz p 2 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Benard ph 1 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 2 4 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Polanco 2b 3 0 0 0
Renteria ss 1 2 0 1
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 0
Edmonds cf 4 2 2 2
Lankford lf 3 0 1 1
Paquette 3b 4 1 2 3
Drew rf 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 3 0 1 0
Ankiel p 1 0 0 0
  Sutton ph 1 1 1 0
  Benes p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 7 8 7
San Francisco 020 000 000240
St. Louis 101 041 00x780
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz  L (3-7) 4.1 7 6 6 5 5
  Gardner   2.2 1 1 1 0 3
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
5
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Ankiel  W (6-3) 6.0 3 2 2 3 8
  Benes   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
5
11

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 3.  2B–San Francisco Estalella (12,off Ankiel).  HR–San Francisco Burks (8,2nd inning off Ankiel 1 on, 0 out), St. Louis Edmonds (21,3rd inning off Ortiz 0 on, 1 out); Paquette (6,5th inning off Ortiz 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Ankiel (1,off Ortiz); Polanco (3,off Gardner).  SF–Renteria (4,off Gardner).  CS–Martinez (2,2nd base by Ankiel/Matheny); Murray (1,2nd base by Ankiel/Matheny).  BK–Gardner (1).  U-HP–Lazaro Diaz, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Mike VanVleet, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:40.  A–38,939.
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