Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 2 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 2
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Griffey rf 5 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 1 1 3
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 6 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 5 0 1 0
Norman p 1 1 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 42 6 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 0 2 0
Scott lf 3 1 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 1
Hendrick cf 5 0 1 1
Reitz 3b 5 0 2 0
Morales rf 4 0 2 0
Swisher c 2 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph,lf 3 1 1 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,2b 2 0 0 1
Vuckovich p 2 1 1 0
  Simmons ph,c 3 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 10 3
Cincinnati 003 000 000 003680
St. Louis 000 002 100 0003101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   5.2 5 2 2 2 4
  Hume   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Sarmiento   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Borbon  W (7-2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bair  SV (23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
10
3
3
2
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich   7.0 4 3 3 1 4
  Lopez   2.0 2 0 0 4 3
  Schultz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Littell  L (1-8) 2.2 2 3 3 3 3
Totals
12.0
8
6
6
8
10

  E–Morales (5).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Cincinnati Rose (45,off Vuckovich), St. Louis Hernandez (28,off Norman); Morales (16,off Bair).  3B–St. Louis Mumphrey (4,off Hume).  HR–Cincinnati Morgan (11,3rd inning off Vuckovich 1 on, 2 out); Henderson (3,12th inning off Littell 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Griffey (1,by Littell).  SF–Hernandez (4,off Norman); Phillips (6,off Hume).  SB–Foster (4,2nd base off Lopez/Simmons); Collins (6,2nd base off Lopez/Simmons); Rose (11,2nd base off Littell/Simmons); Templeton 2 (29,2nd base off Norman/Bench,2nd base off Hume/Bench).  CS–Geronimo (3,2nd base by Littell/Simmons); Collins (5,2nd base by Littell/Simmons).  WP–Norman (3).  IBB–Littell (16,Griffey).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:35.  A–20,336.
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