St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
May 17, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1975 at Candlestick Park. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 17, San Francisco Giants 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 2 2 1
  Dwyer lf 1 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 2 2 2
  Tyson 2b 2 1 1 0
Melendez cf 5 1 0 1
Simmons c 5 2 3 5
Reitz 3b 5 2 4 1
Cater 1b 4 1 2 2
  Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 0
Martinez rf 1 0 1 2
  Fairly ph,rf 5 1 2 1
Brinkman ss 3 3 2 1
Forsch p 5 1 2 1
Totals 46 17 23 17
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Joshua cf 4 0 1 0
  Adams rf 0 0 0 0
Thomas 2b 4 0 0 0
Murcer rf 3 0 2 0
  Toms p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros ph 1 1 1 0
Matthews lf 3 0 1 0
  Brown lf 0 1 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
  Miller ss 1 0 1 1
Goodson 3b 3 0 0 1
Rader c 4 0 0 0
Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 1 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph,rf,cf 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
St. Louis 407 301 00217230
San Francisco 000 000 002270
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (4-3) 9.0 7 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone  L (3-3) 2.0 6 6 6 2 3
  Williams   0.2 3 5 5 3 1
  Heaverlo   3.1 8 4 4 0 2
  Toms   3.0 6 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
23
17
17
5
7

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–St. Louis Martinez (2,off Falcone); Reitz 2 (6,off Falcone,off Toms); Fairly (1,off Williams); Sizemore (10,off Heaverlo); Hernandez (4,off Toms), San Francisco Ontiveros (6,off Forsch).  3B–St. Louis Simmons (1,off Heaverlo); Forsch (2,off Heaverlo).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (5,3rd inning off Falcone 0 on, 0 out); Brinkman (1,6th inning off Heaverlo 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Reitz (1,off Toms); Goodson (1,off Forsch).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:31.  A–6,891.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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