Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 19, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 2 0
Alexander 3b 1 1 0 0
  Fanzone ph 1 0 1 0
Williams 1b 4 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 5 1 3 3
Monday cf 3 0 1 1
Morales lf 4 1 1 1
Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0
Harris 2b 3 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
Bonham p 3 1 1 0
  Rosello 2b 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 2 0
Heintzelman 2b 3 1 0 0
McBride cf 3 2 1 3
Simmons c 4 1 3 1
Torre 1b 4 1 1 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Cruz rf 2 0 0 0
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 1
  Alvarado ss 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 4 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Chicago 102 010 010592
St. Louis 400 001 01x670
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (2-8) 7.0 6 6 5 2 7
  Pina   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
5
4
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (3-3) 8.1 8 5 5 5 3
  Hrabosky  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
3

  E–Harris 2 (13).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Cardenal 2 (9,off Gibson 2), St. Louis Simmons (10,off Pina).  3B–St. Louis Simmons (3,off Bonham).  HR–Chicago Morales (4,8th inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis McBride (4,1st inning off Bonham 2 on, 0 out); Torre (2,1st inning off Bonham 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Alexander 2 (3,off Gibson 2).  IBB–Monday (2,by Gibson); Cruz 2 (2,by Bonham,by Pina).  SF–McCarver (3,off Bonham).  HBP–McBride (3,by Bonham).  SB–Harris (8,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons); Cardenal (6,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons); Brock 2 (27,2nd base off Bonham/Mitterwald,3rd base off Bonham/Mitterwald).  WP–Bonham (4).  HBP–Bonham (1,McBride).  IBB–Bonham (5,Cruz); Pina (4,Cruz); Gibson (4,Monday).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:24.  A–29,371.
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