St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1978 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 0, Philadelphia Phillies 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey rf 4 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 2 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0
Iorg lf 3 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Bruno p 2 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0
Hebner 1b 2 0 0 0
Boone c 1 0 0 1
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Martin lf 3 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Ruthven p 3 0 2 0
Totals 26 1 3 1
St. Louis 000 000 000–032
Philadelphia 000 001 00x–130
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Bruno  L (4-2) 7.0 3 1 0 3 8
  Littell   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
3
1
0
4
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  W (13-10) 9.0 3 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
4
  E–Templeton (38), Phillips (5).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (30,off Ruthven).  SF–Boone (7,off Bruno).  SB–Bowa (22,2nd base off Bruno/Simmons).  CS–Hebner 2 (6,3rd base by Bruno/Simmons,2nd base by Littell/Simmons).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:05.
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