St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
August 21, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1974 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 3 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Smith rf 3 1 2 1
Torre 1b 5 1 1 0
McBride cf 4 0 1 1
McCarver c 2 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 1 1 2
Tyson ss 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 1 0
  Osteen p 0 0 0 0
  Godby ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  DaVanon ss 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr rf,lf 5 0 3 0
Perez 2b 3 0 1 0
Evans 3b 2 1 1 1
Aaron lf 4 0 1 0
  Office pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Baker cf,rf 5 1 1 0
Lum 1b 3 2 2 1
Foster ss 2 0 0 1
Correll c 4 0 0 0
Capra p 3 1 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 3
St. Louis 000 000 1214103
Atlanta 012 020 00x591
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (7-11) 6.0 8 5 3 6 7
  Osteen   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hrabosky   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
3
8
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Capra  W (11-6) 7.0 7 3 3 4 3
  House   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
4

  E–Smith (5), McCarver (4), Gibson (2), Capra (3).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–St. Louis Torre (24,off Capra).  3B–St. Louis Brock (5,off Capra).  HR–St. Louis Reitz (5,7th inning off Capra 0 on, 1 out), Atlanta Evans (16,3rd inning off Gibson 0 on, 0 out); Lum (8,3rd inning off Gibson 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Reitz (5,off House); Foster (1,off Gibson).  HBP–McCarver (3,by House).  SH–Foster (1,off Osteen).  SB–Brock (86,2nd base off Capra/Correll); Garr 2 (25,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver 2); Baker (11,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).  HBP–House (3,McCarver).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:23.  A–10,118.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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