San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0
  Andrews 2b 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 1 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
  James pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 2 0
Herndon cf 4 0 1 1
Hill c 3 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
Blue p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 1
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 3 0
  Scott pr 0 0 0 0
Morales cf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey rf 3 1 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
Denny p 2 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph 0 0 0 0
  Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
San Francisco 000 001 010260
St. Louis 000 000 010160
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (3-1) 8.0 6 1 1 2 2
  Moffitt  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (2-1) 7.1 6 2 2 2 5
  Hamilton   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Littell   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Vuckovich   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
7

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Clark 2 (7,off Denny 2), St. Louis Hernandez (9,off Blue).  SH–Evans (2,off Denny); Sutherland (1,off Blue).  SB–Evans (1,2nd base off Denny/Simmons); Madlock (1,2nd base off Denny/Simmons).  WP–Littell (3).  BK–Denny (1).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:17.  A–9,085.
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