St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
July 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1978 at Dodger Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 1 1
  Coluccio pr 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 5 1 2 1
Mumphrey rf 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 5 1 2 2
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Scott cf 2 1 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 3 2 2 0
Martinez p 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hendrick ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 35 5 9 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 2 0
North cf 2 2 0 0
Smith rf 3 3 2 4
Cey 3b 3 0 2 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 3 1 1 1
Ferguson c 3 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Hooton p 2 1 1 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 7 8 6
St. Louis 200 010 002590
Los Angeles 200 101 30x780
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (4-4) 6.0 5 4 4 5 0
  Lopez   2.0 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
6
1
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  W (10-7) 8.1 8 5 5 3 3
  Rautzhan   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Forster  SV (12) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
3

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Oberkfell (1,off Hooton); Freed (5,off Rautzhan), Los Angeles Cey (23,off Lopez).  3B–Los Angeles Smith (2,off Martinez).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (13,1st inning off Hooton 1 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Baker (8,4th inning off Martinez 0 on, 1 out); Smith (18,7th inning off Lopez 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Martinez (2,off Hooton).  SF–Cey (6,off Martinez).  SB–Templeton (13,2nd base off Hooton/Ferguson); North (15,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons).  CS–Lopes (2,2nd base by Martinez/Simmons); North (5,2nd base by Martinez/Simmons).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:16.  A–51,911.
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