St. Louis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos
April 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1978 at Stade Olympique. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 12, Montreal Expos 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 3 0
  Dwyer lf 1 1 1 1
Templeton ss 6 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 6 3 4 2
Simmons c 3 1 1 2
  Swisher c 2 0 1 0
Morales cf 4 1 2 2
Reitz 3b 5 1 2 3
Mumphrey rf 5 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 4 1 1 0
Denny p 5 2 2 1
Totals 46 12 19 11
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 5 1 3 0
Cash 2b 4 1 1 1
Dawson cf 3 0 1 0
Carter c 3 0 0 0
  Papi ss 1 0 0 0
Perez 1b 2 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 1 1
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
  Reece c 1 0 0 0
Twitchell p 1 0 0 0
  Atkinson p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Holdsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Unser 1b 2 0 1 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
St. Louis 200 224 10112191
Montreal 000 000 020291
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (2-0) 9.0 9 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
5
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Twitchell  L (1-2) 4.0 7 6 6 2 3
  Atkinson   1.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Holdsworth   1.0 4 4 4 0 1
  Knowles   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Bahnsen   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
12
12
3
6

  E–Morales (1), Valentine (1).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Simmons (8,off Twitchell); Tyson (3,off Twitchell); Morales (4,off Holdsworth); Hernandez (7,off Bahnsen), Montreal Cromartie (4,off Denny).  3B–St. Louis Denny (1,off Twitchell), Montreal Cromartie (1,off Denny).  HR–St. Louis Reitz (2,6th inning off Holdsworth 1 on, 1 out); Dwyer (1,9th inning off Bahnsen 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Tyson (3,by Atkinson).  SB–Brock (4,2nd base off Twitchell/Carter).  WP–Denny (5), Twitchell 2 (2).  IBB–Atkinson (1,Tyson).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:28.  A–10,999.
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