Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 1 0
Speier ss 5 1 1 1
Cromartie lf 4 1 1 0
Valentine rf 4 1 1 1
Unser 1b 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Dawson cf 3 0 0 1
Parrish 3b 3 0 0 1
Herrmann c 3 1 2 0
  Carter ph,c 1 0 0 0
Grimsley p 2 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Papi ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 6 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 2 1
Morales cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Simmons lf 4 0 3 1
  Mumphrey pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Swisher c 3 2 2 2
Tyson 2b 3 1 1 0
Forsch p 2 1 1 2
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 11 6
Montreal 000 200 300561
St. Louis 002 300 20x7113
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   6.0 8 5 5 0 1
  May  L (6-8) 2.0 3 2 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
0
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   6.2 6 5 2 2 1
  Schultz  W (1-2) 2.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
5
2
2
4

  E–Herrmann (1), Templeton 2 (23), Tyson (7).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Cash (13,off Forsch), St. Louis Hernandez (14,off Grimsley); Reitz (10,off Grimsley); Templeton (11,off May); Simmons (25,off May).  HR–St. Louis Forsch (1,3rd inning off Grimsley 1 on, 1 out); Swisher (1,4th inning off Grimsley 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Parrish (1,off Forsch).  HBP–Dawson (6,by Forsch).  SH–Schultz (1,off May).  SB–Templeton (10,3rd base off May/Herrmann).  HBP–Forsch (3,Dawson).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:07.  A–22,671.
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