Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 18, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1977 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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Philadelphia Phillies 5, St. Louis Cardinals 12

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 3 0 1 0
  Brown lf 2 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 1 0
  Buskey ss 2 1 1 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
  Morrison 3b 1 1 1 1
Luzinski lf 3 0 0 0
  Warthen p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 0 1 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Johnstone 1b,rf 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 2 1 2 0
  Martin cf 2 0 1 2
Boone c 2 1 2 2
  Foote c 2 0 0 0
Harmon ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 1 0 1 0
  Seoane p 1 0 1 0
  Johnson 1b 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 2 5 1
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 5 1 1 1
Templeton ss 5 1 4 4
Simmons c 5 1 1 1
Hernandez 1b 5 2 2 4
Freed rf 1 1 1 0
  Dwyer pr,rf,lf 2 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 5 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 3 2 1
Forsch p 2 1 1 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 18 12
Philadelphia 000 020 0305121
St. Louis 091 020 00x12180
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  L (6-10) 1.1 9 7 7 0 0
  Brusstar   0.2 1 2 1 1 0
  Seoane   3.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Warthen   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  McGraw   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
18
12
11
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (18-6) 5.0 8 2 2 0 1
  Schultz   3.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Eastwick   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
5

  E–Schmidt (19).  DP–Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 2.  PB–Simmons (8).  2B–Philadelphia Martin (15,off Schultz), St. Louis Templeton (17,off Seoane); Brock (21,off Seoane).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (16,off Kaat).  HR–Philadelphia Boone (11,5th inning off Forsch 1 on, 1 out), St. Louis Hernandez (15,2nd inning off Brusstar 3 on, 1 out).  CS–Brock (24,2nd base by Kaat/Boone).  WP–Seoane (1).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:20.  A–23,169.
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