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Padres
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 31, 1974
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Padres, played on May 31, 1974 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 31, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Diego Padres
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 31, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Diego Padres |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Arlin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sonny Siebert |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 11,245 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Dale 1B: Chris Pelekoudas 2B: Paul Pryor 3B: Bob Engel |
San Diego Padres Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Tolan | Right Fielder |
| Enzo Hernandez | Shortstop |
| Nate Colbert | Left Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Johnny Grubb | Center Fielder |
| Derrel Thomas | Second Baseman |
| Fred Kendall | Catcher |
| Dave Roberts | Third Baseman |
| Steve Arlin | Pitcher |
| John McNamara | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bake McBride | Center Fielder |
| Ted Sizemore | Second Baseman |
| Reggie Smith | Right Fielder |
| Ted Simmons | Catcher |
| Joe Torre | Third Baseman |
| Jim Hickman | First Baseman |
| Jose Cruz | Left Fielder |
| Mike Tyson | Shortstop |
| Sonny Siebert | Pitcher |
| Red Schoendienst | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Padres
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 31, 1974
Top 1
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Siebert
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Siebert
Hernandez strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Siebert
Colbert strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Arlin
McBride hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Arlin
Sizemore hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Arlin
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Arlin
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arlin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Siebert
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grubb vs. Siebert
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Siebert
Thomas hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Arlin
Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Arlin
Hickman strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Arlin
Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tyson vs. Arlin
Tyson hits a line drive into right field. Tolan picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Tolan. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Siebert vs. Arlin
Siebert hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Siebert
Kendall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Siebert
Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Arlin vs. Siebert
Arlin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Siebert
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Arlin
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Arlin covering, for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Arlin
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Arlin
Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tolan. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simmons vs. Arlin
There's a wild pitch. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Simmons vs. Arlin
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Siebert
Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Siebert
Colbert strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Siebert
McCovey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Arlin
Torre hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tolan. Torre reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hickman vs. Arlin
Hickman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Arlin
Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tyson vs. Arlin
Tyson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torre moves to third. Hickman moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Siebert vs. Arlin
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Torre scores. Hickman moves to third. Tyson moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McBride vs. Arlin
McBride is walked intentionally. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sizemore vs. Arlin
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Hernandez fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Siebert
Grubb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Siebert
There goes Grubb. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Grubb steals second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Siebert
Thomas hits a popup towards short. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kendall vs. Siebert
Kendall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roberts vs. Siebert
Roberts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grubb moves to third. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Arlin vs. Siebert
Arlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Arlin
Smith hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Arlin
Simmons hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Arlin
Torre hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Arlin
Hickman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Siebert
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Siebert
Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Siebert
Colbert hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Arlin
Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tyson vs. Arlin
Tyson bunts towards the mound. Arlin fields it and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebert vs. Arlin
Siebert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McBride vs. Tomlin
Dave Tomlin now pitching.
McBride takes first base on ball four. Cruz moves to third. Siebert moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sizemore vs. Spillner
Dan Spillner now pitching.
Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Siebert moves to third. McBride moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Spillner
Smith takes first base on ball four. Siebert scores. McBride moves to third. Sizemore moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Simmons vs. Spillner
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields it and throws to home to get McBride. Sizemore moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Torre vs. Spillner
Torre strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Siebert
McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Siebert
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Siebert
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Spillner
Hickman strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Spillner
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Spillner
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Siebert
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clarke vs. Siebert
Horace Clarke pinch hits for Dave Roberts.
Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Siebert
Matty Alou pinch hits for Dan Spillner.
Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Hardy
Horace Clarke now playing second base. Derrel Thomas now playing third base. Larry Hardy now pitching.
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McBride vs. Hardy
McBride hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sizemore vs. Hardy
There goes McBride. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. McBride steals second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sizemore vs. Hardy
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Hardy
Smith is walked intentionally. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simmons vs. Hardy
Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McBride scores. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Torre vs. Hardy
Torre hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Siebert
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gaston vs. Siebert
Cito Gaston pinch hits for Enzo Hernandez.
Gaston hits a popup towards short. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Siebert
Colbert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Siebert
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colbert moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grubb vs. Siebert
Mike Corkins pinch runs for Willie McCovey.
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Siebert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/31/1974 -- San Diego at St.Louis (N)
San Diego AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Tolan B, rf 4 0 0 0 McBride B, cf 3 1 1 0
Hernandez E, ss 3 0 0 0 Sizemore T, 2b 5 0 1 1
Gaston C, ph 1 0 0 0 Smith R, rf 2 1 2 2
Colbert N, lf 3 0 0 0 Simmons T, c 5 0 1 1
McCovey W, 1b 4 0 2 0 Torre J, 3b 5 1 1 0
Corkins M, pr 0 0 0 0 Hickman J, 1b 3 0 0 0
Grubb J, cf 4 0 1 0 Cruz J, lf 4 1 2 0
Thomas D, 2b-3b 3 0 0 0 Tyson M, ss 3 0 2 0
Kendall F, c 2 0 1 0 Siebert S, p 3 1 0 1
Roberts D, 3b 2 0 1 0
Clarke H, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Arlin S, p 2 0 0 0
Tomlin D, p 0 0 0 0
Spillner D, p 0 0 0 0
Alou M, ph 1 0 0 0
Hardy L, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 0 5 0 33 5 10 5
San Diego 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis 000 112 01x -- 5
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO
Arlin S (L) 5.1 7 4 4 5 1
Tomlin D 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Spillner D 1.2 1 0 0 1 3
Hardy L 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Siebert S (W) 9.0 5 0 0 2 5
E -- Tolan B
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- San Diego 5, St.Louis 12
2B -- Smith R, Torre J
HR -- Smith R
SB -- Grubb J, McBride B
SH -- Tyson M
WP -- Arlin S
T -- 2:24
A -- 11245
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