San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 9, St. Louis Cardinals 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 2 1 1 0
  Andrews 2b 3 1 1 1
Whitfield lf 5 4 5 1
Clark rf 4 1 2 2
McCovey 1b 5 0 1 1
  Dwyer pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Evans 3b 5 2 5 2
Herndon cf 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Hill c 4 0 1 1
  Sadek c 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 17 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 1 0
Mumphrey lf 4 1 0 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 2
Simmons c 4 1 1 2
Hendrick cf 3 2 1 1
  Scott pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 3 1 1 1
Tyson 2b 3 0 1 1
Denny p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 3 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 7
San Francisco 104 100 0129172
St. Louis 001 014 010781
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   5.0 5 5 5 1 3
  Moffitt   2.1 3 2 1 2 1
  Lavelle  W (8-7) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny   2.2 7 5 4 1 1
  Lopez   5.1 5 2 2 0 2
  Schultz  L (1-3) 0.1 5 2 2 0 0
  Littell   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
9
8
1
3

  E–Evans (10), Metzger (10), Hernandez (5).  PB–Simmons (4).  2B–San Francisco Clark (25,off Denny); Evans (17,off Lopez), St. Louis Hernandez (20,off Knepper).  HR–San Francisco Whitfield (6,4th inning off Lopez 0 on, 2 out); Andrews (1,9th inning off Schultz 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Reitz (7,3rd inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out); Hendrick (10,5th inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out); Simmons (12,8th inning off Moffitt 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Herndon (10,off Lopez); Reitz (1,off Moffitt).  SF–Simmons (6,off Moffitt).  IBB–Tyson (6,by Moffitt).  CS–Whitfield (9,2nd base by Lopez/Simmons).  WP–Moffitt (2).  IBB–Moffitt (11,Tyson).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:38.  A–16,651.
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