St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
June 7, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 1974 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 0, San Diego Padres 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Heintzelman 2b 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 2 0 0 0
  Cruz rf 2 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 2 0
McBride cf 4 0 1 0
Torre 1b 3 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
  Foster pr 0 0 0 0
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Heidemann ss 0 0 0 0
  Sizemore ph 1 0 0 0
Curtis p 2 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 1 0
  Melendez pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Thomas 2b 4 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Tolan cf,rf 3 0 1 0
Colbert 1b 0 0 0 0
  McCovey 1b 2 0 1 0
Winfield lf 3 1 1 1
Gaston rf 3 0 0 0
  Gaspar cf 0 0 0 0
Roberts 3b 3 0 0 0
Barton c 2 0 1 0
Freisleben p 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 4 1
St. Louis 000 000 000060
San Diego 000 000 10x140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (3-6) 7.0 4 1 1 2 2
  Pena   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
4
1
1
2
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Freisleben  W (4-2) 9.0 6 0 0 3 8
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
8

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  HR–San Diego Winfield (8,7th inning off Curtis 0 on, 1 out).  SB–McBride (9,2nd base off Freisleben/Barton); Brock 2 (37,2nd base off Freisleben/Barton,3rd base off Freisleben/Barton).  CS–Colbert (2,2nd base by Curtis/Simmons).  WP–Freisleben 2 (3).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–(none), 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:21.  A–7,969.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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