Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 14, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 3 1 0 0
Bowa ss 5 1 2 0
Schmidt 3b 5 0 1 0
Luzinski lf 3 1 2 0
  Martin pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 4 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 1 2 0
McCarver c 2 0 0 0
  Boone c 0 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,2b 1 0 0 1
Carlton p 4 0 1 0
  Johnstone ph 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 0 0 0 1
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 2 0
  Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 1 1 0
Morales rf 3 1 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 2 2
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 1
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Scott cf 4 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0
Littell p 2 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
Philadelphia 200 010 001481
St. Louis 102 000 0003112
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (1-1) 8.0 10 3 1 2 2
  McGraw  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
1
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Littell   4.0 4 3 1 4 5
  Schultz   1.2 2 0 0 3 0
  Urrea   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Vuckovich  L (0-1) 1.2 2 1 1 2 0
  Hamilton   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
11
5

  E–Carlton (1), Reitz (1), Scott (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Philadelphia Bowa (2,off Littell); Carlton (1,off Littell); Luzinski (2,off Littell); Maddox (2,off Schultz), St. Louis Hernandez (5,off Carlton).  3B–St. Louis Morales (1,off Carlton).  SF–Johnson (1,off Schultz); Simmons (3,off Carlton).  HBP–Maddox (1,by Littell).  IBB–McCarver (1,by Vuckovich); Reitz (1,by Carlton).  SB–McBride (1,2nd base off Littell/Simmons); Reitz (1,2nd base off Carlton/McCarver).  CS–Scott (2,2nd base by Carlton/McCarver).  WP–Littell (1).  HBP–Littell (1,Maddox).  IBB–Carlton (1,Reitz); Vuckovich (1,McCarver).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:45.  A–17,921.
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