Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 1 1 0
Cey 3b 4 1 1 1
Baker lf 4 0 1 1
Ferguson c 3 0 0 0
  Yeager c 0 0 0 0
Monday rf 3 0 0 0
North cf 3 0 0 0
Rau p 3 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 1 1 0
Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0
Simmons lf,c 4 0 1 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Swisher c 3 0 1 0
  Mumphrey pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Freed ph 0 0 0 0
  Coluccio pr 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 0
Los Angeles 000 002 000242
St. Louis 000 001 000160
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rau  W (10-4) 6.2 6 1 0 3 2
  Forster  SV (11) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (9-9) 7.0 4 2 2 2 5
  Littell   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
6

  E–Lopes (7), Russell (19).  DP–Los Angeles 4.  2B–Los Angeles Garvey (17,off Forsch), St. Louis Simmons (31,off Rau).  3B–St. Louis Morales (6,off Rau).  SB–Lopes (26,3rd base off Forsch/Swisher); Baker (8,2nd base off Forsch/Swisher).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:20.  A–33,903.
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