St. Louis Cardinals vs Montreal Expos
July 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1978 at Stade Olympique. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Montreal Expos 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Mumphrey lf 4 1 3 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 1
Simmons c 4 1 2 0
Hendrick rf 4 2 2 2
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 1
Morales cf 4 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0
Urrea p 3 0 0 0
  Thomas p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 3 1 2 0
Cash 2b 4 1 1 0
Dawson cf 4 0 1 0
Valentine rf 3 0 0 1
Unser 1b 4 0 1 1
Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 1 0
Herrmann c 2 0 0 0
  Frias pr 0 0 0 0
  Carter c 1 0 0 0
May p 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph 0 0 0 0
  Mejias pr 0 0 0 0
  Pirtle p 0 0 0 0
  Parrish ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
St. Louis 011 002 0004110
Montreal 200 000 000260
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Urrea  W (3-8) 6.1 5 2 2 4 4
  Thomas  SV (2) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
6
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
May  L (6-9) 7.0 10 4 4 0 5
  Pirtle   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
0
6

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Reitz (14,off May); Hernandez (16,off May), Montreal Unser (4,off Urrea); Cromartie (15,off Urrea).  3B–St. Louis Mumphrey (1,off May).  HR–St. Louis Hendrick (7,6th inning off May 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Valentine (2,off Urrea).  HBP–Perez (1,by Urrea).  SB–Mumphrey 2 (6,2nd base off May/Herrmann 2); Cromartie (4,2nd base off Urrea/Simmons).  CS–Templeton (6,2nd base by May/Herrmann).  WP–Thomas (2).  HBP–Urrea (5,Perez).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:27.  A–37,685.
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