St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
July 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1978 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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 3, San Diego Padres 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 2 4 1
Mumphrey lf 4 0 1 2
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
  Oberkfell pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  Coluccio ph 1 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0
Denny p 2 1 1 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 0 2 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
Perkins 1b 3 0 0 0
  Thomas ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Winfield cf,rf 3 2 1 0
Gamble rf 4 1 2 3
  Roberts pr,c 0 1 0 0
Tenace c,1b 3 2 3 5
Gonzalez 2b 2 0 1 0
Almon 3b 3 0 0 0
Jones p 4 1 1 0
Totals 31 8 11 8
St. Louis 001 001 010390
San Diego 000 201 50x8112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  L (8-8) 6.0 7 3 3 4 3
  Schultz   0.2 3 4 4 1 1
  Lopez   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
6
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (8-9) 9.0 9 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
1

  E–Almon 2 (19).  DP–St. Louis 2, San Diego 2.  2B–St. Louis Denny (2,off Jones); Reitz (18,off Jones), San Diego Gamble (13,off Denny).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (6,off Jones).  HR–San Diego Tenace 2 (12,6th inning off Denny 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Lopez 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Richards (2,off Schultz).  IBB–Almon (8,by Denny); Winfield (12,by Schultz).  SB–Templeton (17,2nd base off Jones/Tenace); Winfield (16,2nd base off Denny/Simmons); Smith (27,2nd base off Schultz/Simmons).  IBB–Denny (3,Almon); Schultz (4,Winfield).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:09.  A–17,217.
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