Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 26, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 1
Perez 1b 3 0 2 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Foster cf 3 1 1 0
Rettenmund rf 2 1 0 0
Kosco 3b 3 1 1 1
  Chaney 3b 0 0 0 0
Gullett p 2 0 1 1
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 2 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 0 1
Smith rf 5 1 3 1
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 1 1
Reitz 3b 5 0 2 0
Melendez cf 3 0 2 0
  McBride ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Tyson ss 4 0 0 0
Curtis p 2 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 0 1 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Cincinnati 020 011 000481
St. Louis 001 011 0003112
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Gullett  W (2-1) 5.0 7 2 2 3 1
  Carroll   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Hall   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Borbon  SV (3) 2.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (1-3) 5.0 6 4 4 4 3
  Pena   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Garman   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
4

  E–Foster (1), Simmons (1), Tyson (6).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Cincinnati Kosco (1,off Curtis); Gullett (1,off Curtis); Concepcion (9,off Curtis); Foster (2,off Curtis).  3B–St. Louis Melendez (2,off Gullett).  HR–St. Louis Smith (4,5th inning off Gullett 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Rettenmund (1,by Curtis).  SF–Sizemore (1,off C Carroll).  SB–Morgan 2 (7,2nd base off Curtis/Simmons 2); Brock (12,2nd base off C Carroll/Bench).  HBP–Curtis (1,Rettenmund).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:37.  A–28,608.
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