Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 24, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines cf 3 0 1 0
Kirkpatrick 1b 4 0 0 0
Zisk rf 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua 3b 3 0 0 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 1 0
Ryan c 3 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
Demery p 1 0 0 0
  Morlan p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
McCarver c 2 1 0 0
Simmons 1b 4 1 1 3
  Reitz 3b 0 0 0 0
Torre 3b,1b 4 0 0 0
McBride cf 4 0 1 0
Dwyer rf 2 1 2 1
Heintzelman 2b 3 0 0 0
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Pittsburgh 000 000 000040
St. Louis 013 000 00x450
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Demery  L (0-3) 2.2 4 4 4 3 2
  Morlan   3.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Hernandez   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (4-8) 9.0 4 0 0 3 11
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
11

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Zisk (14,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis Dwyer (1,2nd inning off Demery 0 on, 1 out); Simmons (8,3rd inning off Demery 2 on, 1 out).  SB–Clines (7,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver); Brock (45,2nd base off Demery/Ryan).  BK–Demery (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:03.  A–25,093.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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