St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
June 18, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 2, Cincinnati Reds 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey lf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 1
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Hendrick cf 2 1 1 0
  Scott cf 2 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 1
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez p 2 0 1 0
  Brock ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 1 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 1 1 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 2 1 2 1
Lum lf 3 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 2 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 1 1
Werner c 2 0 0 1
Norman p 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 7 4
St. Louis 110 000 000291
Cincinnati 021 000 10x471
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (2-2) 6.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Urrea   2.0 1 1 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
3
4
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (8-3) 5.0 8 2 2 0 1
  Sarmiento  SV (3) 4.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
5

  E–Scott (5), Concepcion (10).  DP–St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (17,off Martinez).  HR–St. Louis Hernandez (7,1st inning off Norman 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Werner (4,off Martinez); Driessen (2,off Martinez); Griffey (1,off Urrea).  IBB–Geronimo (5,by Martinez).  SB–Driessen 2 (14,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons 2).  CS–Driessen (3,2nd base by Urrea/Simmons).  IBB–Martinez (2,Geronimo).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:21.  A–40,016.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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