Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Moreno cf 4 0 1 1
Parker rf 3 1 2 2
Robinson lf 4 0 1 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
Sanguillen 1b 4 0 2 0
Berra 3b 2 1 1 0
  Alexander pr 0 0 0 0
  Mendoza 3b 0 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 1 1
  Ott ph,c 1 0 0 0
Kison p 3 1 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Milner ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 1 0
Mumphrey rf,lf 4 0 2 0
Hendrick cf 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 3 1 1 3
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 0
Garrett 3b 2 0 0 0
  Reitz ph,3b 1 1 1 1
Iorg lf 2 0 1 0
  Morales ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 1
Falcone p 1 0 0 0
  Frazier p 1 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Pittsburgh 002 100 0014100
St. Louis 100 000 22x581
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison   6.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Jackson  L (7-4) 2.0 3 3 3 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
1
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   4.1 6 3 3 5 3
  Frazier   2.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Lopez  W (4-1) 1.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Schultz   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Littell  SV (10) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
9
7

  E–Garrett (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Moreno (10,off Falcone).  3B–Pittsburgh Kison (1,off Falcone), St. Louis Reitz (1,off Jackson).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (24,3rd inning off Falcone 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Simmons (21,8th inning off Jackson 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Parker (17,by Frazier).  SF–Simmons (7,off Kison); Tyson (2,off Jackson).  SB–Moreno (63,3rd base off Frazier/Simmons); Parker (17,2nd base off Frazier/Simmons).  CS–Taveras (25,2nd base by Falcone/Simmons); B Robinson (9,2nd base by Falcone/Simmons); Alexander (1,2nd base by Lopez/Simmons).  WP–Falcone (6), Frazier (1).  IBB–Frazier (2,Parker).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:45.  A–7,805.
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