San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 18, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 18, 2012 at Busch Stadium III. 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)
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San Francisco Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Pagan cf 4 0 2 0
Scutaro 2b 4 1 2 0
Posey 1b 4 0 0 0
Sandoval 3b 4 1 1 2
Sanchez c 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 1 1 1
Blanco lf 3 0 0 0
Crawford ss 2 0 0 0
  Kontos p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
  Mota p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Huff ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Lincecum p 1 0 0 0
  Arias ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Jay cf 5 1 2 2
Carpenter 1b 3 2 1 0
Holliday lf 5 1 2 2
  Chambers lf 0 0 0 0
Craig rf 3 1 1 1
Molina c 4 1 2 2
Freese 3b 4 0 1 0
Descalso 2b 4 1 1 0
Kozma ss 4 1 2 1
Wainwright p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Salas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
San Francisco 010 000 002361
St. Louis 200 022 20x8120
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Lincecum  L(0-1) 4.2 6 4 4 3 3
  Kontos   0.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Mijares   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Mota   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Affeldt   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wainwright  W(1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 0 5
  Salas   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
2
2
0
1

  E–Sandoval (2).  2B–San Francisco Scutaro (2,off Salas), St. Louis M. Carpenter (1,off Lincecum); Jay (1,off Mijares); Molina (1,off Mota).  3B–San Francisco Pagan (1,off Wainwright).  HR–San Francisco Pence (1,2nd inning off Wainwright 0 on 2 out); Sandoval (1,9th inning off Salas 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Wainwright (1,off Kontos).  SF–Craig (1,off Lincecum).  Team–7.  U–Greg Gibson, Ted Barrett, Jerry Layne, Gary Darling, Chris Guccione, Bill Miller.  T–3:17.  A–47,062.
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