St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1978 at Three Rivers Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 0
Mumphrey cf 6 1 1 1
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 6 0 3 0
Simmons c 4 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 3 3 1 1
Hendrick rf 6 0 1 1
Reitz 3b 6 0 1 2
Phillips 2b 4 1 3 0
Martinez p 2 0 1 1
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph,cf 2 0 2 0
Totals 44 7 17 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 0 1 0
Moreno cf 5 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 0
Milner lf 5 1 2 0
Stargell 1b 4 1 2 3
Ott c 5 2 2 0
Garner 2b 5 0 3 2
Macha 3b 4 0 1 0
Bibby p 1 0 0 0
  Stennett ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Brye ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 12 5
St. Louis 020 020 100 027170
Pittsburgh 020 000 102 005121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   5.2 5 2 2 0 0
  Schultz   3.0 5 3 3 0 2
  Littell   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Thomas  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
12
5
5
1
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby   5.0 8 4 4 3 1
  Jackson   3.0 4 1 1 2 1
  Tekulve  L (4-5) 3.0 5 2 2 2 1
Totals
11.0
17
7
7
7
3

  E–Stargell (5).  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Ott (8).  2B–St. Louis Simmons 2 (27,off Bibby,off Tekulve); Phillips (3,off Bibby); Martinez (2,off Bibby); Mumphrey (5,off Bibby); Reitz (12,off Tekulve), Pittsburgh Milner (8,off Schultz).  3B–Pittsburgh Ott (2,off Schultz).  HR–St. Louis Hernandez (9,2nd inning off Bibby 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Stargell (10,2nd inning off Martinez 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Martinez (1,off Jackson); Schultz (2,off Jackson).  SF–Simmons (5,off Bibby); Stargell (1,off Schultz).  IBB–Hernandez 2 (8,by Bibby,by Tekulve); Phillips (1,by Tekulve); Parker (10,by Thomas).  SB–Brock (13,2nd base off Bibby/Ott); Templeton (11,2nd base off Bibby/Ott); Hernandez (7,2nd base off Jackson/Ott).  CS–Brock (4,3rd base by Bibby/Ott).  WP–Thomas (1).  IBB–Thomas (1,Parker); Bibby (4,Hernandez); Tekulve 2 (7,Hernandez,Phillips).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:07.  A–7,742.
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