Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 17, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 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 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Geronimo cf 7 0 1 0
Rose lf 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 0
Bench c 6 0 1 1
Perez 1b 6 0 1 0
Driessen 3b 3 2 1 0
  Gagliano ph 0 0 0 0
  Chaney pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 2 3 0
Griffey rf 2 0 1 2
  Foster ph,rf 3 0 1 2
Carroll T. p 2 0 1 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 1
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Kosco ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll C. p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Gullett ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 6 14 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Heidemann ss 3 0 0 0
  Tyson ss 3 0 0 0
McBride cf 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 2 2 1
Simmons 1b 4 1 0 0
Torre 3b 4 1 1 3
McCarver c 2 0 0 0
  Hill c 2 0 0 0
Heintzelman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  DaVanon 2b 1 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Reitz ph 1 0 1 0
  Forsch pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 5 4
Cincinnati 110 101 000 0026142
St. Louis 031 000 000 000452
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Carroll T.   5.0 3 4 4 6 3
  Hall   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Carroll C.   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  McEnaney  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Borbon  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
5
4
4
7
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   7.0 10 4 3 2 4
  Hrabosky   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Garman   2.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Folkers  L (2-1) 1.1 2 2 2 2 2
  Pena   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
14
6
5
6
9

  E–Morgan 2 (10), Simmons (9), Gibson (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Hill (1).  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (11,off Gibson); Griffey (3,off Gibson); Perez (14,off Garman); Foster (11,off Pena).  HR–St. Louis Torre (6,2nd inning off T Carroll 2 on, 0 out); Smith (13,3rd inning off T Carroll 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Morgan (4,by Gibson); Concepcion (7,by Garman); Brock 2 (10,by T Carroll,by Borbon).  SB–Morgan (39,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).  CS–Brock (10,2nd base by T Carroll/Bench).  WP–Borbon (3).  IBB–T Carroll (2,Brock); Borbon (9,Brock); Gibson (10,Morgan); Garman (5,Concepcion).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:02.  A–28,743.
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