Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 0 2 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 4 1 1 0
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 0 1
Cromartie lf 3 1 1 1
Dawson cf 4 1 2 1
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
May p 2 0 1 0
  Garman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 2 0
Morales rf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Mumphrey cf 4 1 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 2 1
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Montreal 001 002 001491
St. Louis 000 010 000182
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
May  W (3-5) 6.1 7 1 1 1 2
  Garman  SV (1) 2.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (6-3) 7.0 7 3 1 1 2
  Vuckovich   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
1
3

  E–Cash (2), Templeton (14), Tyson (5).  DP–Montreal 2, St. Louis 2.  2B–Montreal Perez (9,off Forsch); Cromartie (9,off Vuckovich); Dawson (2,off Vuckovich), St. Louis Forsch (3,off May).  SF–Cromartie (2,off Forsch).  CS–Cash (2,2nd base by Forsch/Simmons); Simmons (1,2nd base by May/Carter).  WP–Forsch (3).  BK–May (3).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:24.  A–11,128.
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