St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
August 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 14, Cincinnati Reds 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 6 2 3 2
  Scott lf 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 5 2 2 2
Hendrick cf 5 1 4 1
Simmons c 6 2 4 3
Hernandez 1b 3 2 0 0
Garrett 3b 2 1 1 0
  Reitz ph,3b 4 2 2 2
Mumphrey rf 6 1 4 1
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 2
Martinez p 5 1 2 1
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 14 23 14
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 3 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 0 0
Griffey rf 5 2 3 6
Foster lf 5 1 1 2
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 1 0
  Correll c 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Lum cf 4 1 0 0
Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 1 1 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 10 9
St. Louis 041 411 20114231
Cincinnati 003 021 0039100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (7-6) 8.0 7 6 4 3 3
  Schultz   1.0 3 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
7
3
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (9-4) 3.0 9 5 5 1 3
  Norman   0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Borbon   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Tomlin   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Sarmiento   3.0 4 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
23
14
14
5
5

  E–Phillips (2).  DP–St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–St. Louis Templeton (27,off Bonham); Simmons (34,off Norman); Reitz (22,off Borbon); Hendrick (23,off Sarmiento), Cincinnati Rose 2 (42,off Martinez,off Schultz).  3B–Cincinnati Bench (1,off Martinez).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (16,7th inning off Sarmiento 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Griffey 2 (7,5th inning off Martinez 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Schultz 1 on, 2 out); Foster (29,9th inning off Schultz 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Phillips (5,off Sarmiento).  HBP–Phillips (1,by Tomlin).  SB–Templeton (25,3rd base off Bonham/Bench); Garrett (1,2nd base off Bonham/Bench).  HBP–Tomlin (3,Phillips).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:37.  A–30,548.
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