Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 5, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 6 0 0 0
Bowa ss 6 1 2 0
Schmidt 3b 6 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 5 0 2 1
Unser cf 5 0 0 0
Johnstone rf,lf 3 1 0 0
  Brown ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Boone c 5 0 1 1
Hutton lf 3 0 1 0
  Anderson rf 1 0 0 0
Twitchell p 4 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 0 4 0
Sizemore 2b 4 1 2 0
McBride cf 5 1 3 0
Simmons c 5 1 1 2
Torre 1b,3b 5 0 1 1
Cruz rf 5 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
  DaVanon 3b,ss 2 0 0 0
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  McCarver ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 1 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 12 3
Philadelphia 100 000 001 000 0262
St. Louis 000 000 002 000 13125
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell   11.0 9 2 2 3 10
  Richert  L (1-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Garber   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
12
3
3
5
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   8.0 4 1 1 2 6
  Hrabosky   2.0 1 1 0 1 3
  Folkers   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Garman  W (4-2) 2.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
13.0
6
2
1
4
10

  E–Boone (16), Twitchell (2), Brock (8), Sizemore (10), Cruz (1), DaVanon 2 (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Philadelphia Hutton (3,off Gibson), St. Louis Brock (22,off Twitchell); Sizemore (16,off Richert).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (14,9th inning off Twitchell 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Unser (7,off Folkers); Sizemore (11,off Twitchell).  IBB–Anderson (7,by Hrabosky); Brown (1,by Garman); Torre (7,by Twitchell); McBride (6,by Richert); Simmons (7,by Garber).  SB–Bowa 2 (29,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons 2); Johnstone (4,2nd base off Hrabosky/Simmons); Brock 2 (74,2nd base off Twitchell/Boone 2); McBride (17,2nd base off Twitchell/Boone).  CS–Montanez (4,2nd base by Gibson/Simmons); Brock (16,2nd base by Richert/Boone).  IBB–Twitchell (3,Torre); Richert (4,McBride); Garber (1,Simmons); Hrabosky (5,Anderson); Garman (8,Brown).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:30.  A–33,476.
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