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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1974-06-24 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 25093 · 2:03

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 3rd. Bob Gibson earned the win. Ted Simmons went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
SLN	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		4	5

W: Bob Gibson L: Larry Demery SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Wendelstedt · 1B: Nick Colosi · 2B: Art Williams · 3B: Doug Harvey · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Gene Clines	3	1	1	2
Ed Kirkpatrick	4	0	0	1
Richie Zisk	4	1	0	1
Willie Stargell	4	0	0	2
Richie Hebner	0	0	1	0
Paul Popovich	4	1	0	0
Mike Ryan	3	1	0	0
Mario Mendoza	3	0	0	1
Larry Demery	1	0	0	1
Kurt Bevacqua	3	0	0	3
John Morlan	0	0	1	0
Ed Ott	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	4	1	1	0	0	2
Tim McCarver	2	1	0	0	2	0
Ted Simmons	4	1	1	3	0	0
Joe Torre	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bake McBride	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Dwyer	2	1	2	1	1	0
Tom Heintzelman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Heidemann	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Gibson	3	0	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Demery	2.2	4	3	2
John Morlan	3.1	1	0	2
Ramon Hernandez	2.0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	9.0	4	3	11

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Clines: W
Ed Kirkpatrick: SB2#
Ed Kirkpatrick: K
Richie Zisk: 8
Willie Stargell: K/C

Bot 1

Lou Brock: 3/FL
Tim McCarver: W
Ted Simmons: 3/G.1-2
Joe Torre: 63

Top 2

Richie Hebner: W
Paul Popovich: S9.1-2
Mike Ryan: 7/DP.2X2(74)
Mario Mendoza: K

Bot 2

Bake McBride: 53
Jim Dwyer: HR/9
Tom Heintzelman: 9
Jack Heidemann: 13

Top 3

Larry Demery: K
Gene Clines: K
Ed Kirkpatrick: 43

Bot 3

Bob Gibson: K
Lou Brock: S7
Tim McCarver: SB2
Tim McCarver: W
Ted Simmons: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Joe Torre: K
Bake McBride: S6
Jim Dwyer: BK.1-2
Jim Dwyer: W
Tom Heintzelman: 8

Top 4

Richie Zisk: D7
Willie Stargell: K
Kurt Bevacqua: K
Paul Popovich: 7

Bot 4

Jack Heidemann: 9
Bob Gibson: K/C
Lou Brock: K

Top 5

Mike Ryan: 8
Mario Mendoza: 7
John Morlan: W
Gene Clines: S8.1-2
Ed Kirkpatrick: 9

Bot 5

Tim McCarver: 63
Ted Simmons: 43
Joe Torre: 9

Top 6

Richie Zisk: 9
Willie Stargell: 43
Kurt Bevacqua: K

Bot 6

Bake McBride: 7
Jim Dwyer: S8
Tom Heintzelman: 46(1)/FO
Jack Heidemann: 3/G

Top 7

Paul Popovich: 3/G
Mike Ryan: S7
Mario Mendoza: 4/P
Ed Ott: 6/P

Bot 7

Bob Gibson: 8
Lou Brock: K/C
Tim McCarver: 3/G

Top 8

Gene Clines: K
Ed Kirkpatrick: 13
Richie Zisk: K

Bot 8

Ted Simmons: 43
Joe Torre: 63
Bake McBride: 3/L

Top 9

Willie Stargell: 8
Kurt Bevacqua: K/C
Paul Popovich: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Pirates Hebner and Brett, not in game, ejected by HP umpire Wendelstedt for arguing that Ryan's fly was trapped

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