San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 0, St. Louis Cardinals 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Herndon cf 3 0 1 0
Hill c 3 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Montefusco p 2 0 0 0
  Harris ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
  Mumphrey rf 1 1 1 1
Templeton ss 5 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 3 1
Simmons c 3 1 0 1
Morales cf 3 1 1 2
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 1
Dwyer rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 2 1
Forsch p 4 1 1 1
Totals 36 9 14 9
San Francisco 000 000 000051
St. Louis 101 002 23x9140
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  L (1-2) 6.0 9 5 4 2 4
  Curtis   0.2 0 1 1 1 0
  Williams   1.1 5 3 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
9
8
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (4-2) 9.0 5 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
3

  E–Montefusco (1).  2B–San Francisco LeMaster (2,off Forsch); Evans (5,off Forsch); Clark (8,off Forsch), St. Louis Templeton (5,off Montefusco); Reitz (3,off Montefusco); Morales (5,off Williams); Dwyer (2,off Williams); Forsch (1,off Williams); Mumphrey (2,off Williams).  SF–Simmons (4,off Montefusco).  IBB–Dwyer (1,by Montefusco); Simmons (3,by Curtis).  SB–Hill (1,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Templeton (4,2nd base off Montefusco/Hill); Brock (6,3rd base off Curtis/Hill).  CS–Hernandez (1,2nd base by Montefusco/Hill).  WP–Forsch (1).  IBB–Montefusco (1,Dwyer); Curtis (4,Simmons).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:13.  A–6,039.
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