St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
June 5, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1974 at Candlestick Park. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 3 0
Heintzelman 2b 5 1 3 1
Smith rf 2 0 1 2
Simmons c 5 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 0 0 1
Melendez cf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson ss 4 0 1 0
Siebert p 4 1 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 4 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 3 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 5 0 0 0
Goodson 1b 4 1 2 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 1 0
Thomasson cf 4 0 2 0
Miller ss 4 0 1 0
Rader c 4 0 2 0
Bryant p 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Barr p 0 0 0 0
  Speier ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 1 10 0
St. Louis 001 020 001491
San Francisco 000 001 0001100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert  W (6-3) 8.2 10 1 0 3 4
  Pena  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
1
0
3
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Bryant  L (2-5) 5.0 7 3 3 2 2
  Barr   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Williams   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3

  E–Reitz (3).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock (8,off Bryant); Smith (15,off Bryant), San Francisco Bonds (12,off Siebert).  SF–Smith (5,off Bryant).  IBB–Brock (5,by Williams).  SB–Brock 2 (34,2nd base off Bryant/Rader 2); Rader (1,2nd base off Siebert/Simmons); Bonds (13,2nd base off Siebert/Simmons).  WP–Williams (1).  IBB–Williams (2,Brock).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:25.  A–3,165.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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