San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 0 1 1
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 3 0 2 0
Winfield cf 4 0 0 0
Turner rf 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 2 0
Ashford 3b 4 0 1 1
Owchinko p 1 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 1 0
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Sweet ph 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 1 0
Mumphrey lf,rf 2 1 2 1
Morales rf 3 0 0 0
  Scott ph,cf 1 0 1 1
Hendrick cf 4 0 2 1
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Freed 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Swisher c 3 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 4 1 1 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
San Diego 000 000 200270
St. Louis 000 010 20x390
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Owchinko   5.0 5 1 1 1 1
  D'Acquisto   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Fingers  L (4-11) 2.0 3 2 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   6.1 5 2 2 2 4
  Schultz  W (2-3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Littell  SV (4) 2.0 2 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
10

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–San Diego Ashford (8,off Forsch); Gonzalez (7,off Littell), St. Louis Tyson (11,off Owchinko).  IBB–Reynolds (2,by Schultz).  SH–Forsch (5,off Owchinko).  SF–Mumphrey (3,off Owchinko).  SB–Mumphrey (9,2nd base off Owchinko/Tenace).  IBB–Schultz (3,Reynolds).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:55.  A–8,510.
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