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Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 20, 1978 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981) |
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| Game played on Sunday, August 20, 1978 at Busch Stadium II |
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| Atlanta |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| St. Louis |
1 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 0 | x | – | 6 | 11 | 0 |
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| Atlanta Braves |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Niekro L (15-13) |
8.0 |
11 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
| Totals |
8.0 |
11 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
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| St. Louis Cardinals |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Lopez |
5.1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
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Bruno W (3-0) |
3.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
E–Murphy (16). DP–Atlanta 1. PB–Nolan (5). 2B–Atlanta Horner (13,off Lopez); Niekro (3,off Lopez), St. Louis Garrett (3,off Niekro); Hernandez (24,off Niekro); Simmons (33,off Niekro). 3B–St. Louis Templeton (9,off Niekro). SF–Royster (3,off Lopez). HBP–Office (5,by Lopez); Mumphrey (1,by Niekro). SH–Bruno (1,off Niekro). SB–Matthews (7,2nd base off Lopez/Simmons); Office (7,2nd base off Bruno/Simmons); Templeton 3 (24,2nd base off Niekro/Nolan 2,3rd base off Niekro/Nolan); Hernandez (11,2nd base off Niekro/Nolan). WP–Niekro (6), Lopez (3). HBP–Niekro (8,Mumphrey); Lopez (1,Office). U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi. T–2:21. A–35,531. |
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| Game played on Sunday, August 20, 1978 at Busch Stadium II |
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