Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 0, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 2 0 1 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 1 0
Baker lf 3 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
Sutton p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 2 0
Dwyer lf 4 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Morales cf 3 0 0 1
Reitz 3b 3 1 2 1
Mumphrey rf 4 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
  Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
Urrea p 2 0 0 0
  Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 3
Los Angeles 000 000 000041
St. Louis 000 000 13x480
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (2-2) 8.0 8 4 3 1 4
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Urrea  W (2-2) 7.0 3 0 0 3 4
  Vuckovich  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
5

  E–Smith (1).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Los Angeles Monday (4,off Urrea), St. Louis Hernandez (8,off Sutton).  HR–St. Louis Reitz (3,7th inning off Sutton 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Baker (1,by Urrea); Russell (1,by Urrea); Reitz (3,by Sutton).  SF–Morales (1,off Sutton).  IBB–Simmons (2,by Sutton).  SB–Lopes 4 (8,2nd base off Urrea/Simmons 3,3rd base off Urrea/Simmons); Russell (2,2nd base off Urrea/Simmons); Templeton (3,2nd base off Sutton/Yeager).  HBP–Sutton (1,Reitz); Urrea 2 (2,Baker,Russell).  IBB–Sutton (1,Simmons).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:25.  A–21,677.
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