Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 0, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gilbreath 2b 4 0 0 0
Office cf 4 0 3 0
Pocoroba c 2 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 0 0 0
Matthews rf 4 0 2 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Chaney ss,3b 4 0 1 0
Maddox 3b 2 0 0 0
  Beall ph 1 0 0 0
  Rockett ss 0 0 0 0
Hanna p 2 0 1 0
  Nolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Bonnell pr 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Dwyer lf 1 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 2 0
Hendrick cf 3 2 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
Morales rf 3 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 2
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0
Swisher c 3 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 3 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Atlanta 000 000 000070
St. Louis 000 001 01x271
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hanna  L (4-1) 7.0 5 1 1 4 7
  Easterly   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Campbell   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
4
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  W (3-4) 7.2 7 0 0 2 5
  Littell  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
8

  E–Hernandez (4).  DP–Atlanta 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Atlanta Matthews (3,off Vuckovich), St. Louis Templeton (9,off Hanna); Hendrick (8,off Hanna).  HBP–Hendrick (1,by Easterly).  SB–Bonnell (8,2nd base off Vuckovich/Swisher); Swisher (1,2nd base off Hanna/Pocoroba); Dwyer (1,2nd base off Hanna/Pocoroba).  CS–Office (5,2nd base by Vuckovich/Swisher).  HBP–Easterly (1,Hendrick).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:19.  A–11,576.
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