Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 24, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 1 2 0
Gross rf 3 0 1 0
  Vail ph,rf 2 0 1 1
  Scott pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Buckner 1b 5 2 3 1
Biittner lf 5 1 2 1
Thompson cf,rf 4 0 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 2 0
Rader c 2 0 0 0
  Murcer ph 1 0 1 2
  Blackwell c 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sember pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  White ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Kelleher 3b 3 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox c 0 0 0 0
Holtzman p 2 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 1 0 1 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 15 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 0 1 1
Morales rf 5 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 1 1 0
Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 1 2 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 2b 0 0 0 0
Lentine lf 3 0 2 1
  Mumphrey ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Vuckovich p 2 0 1 0
  Freed ph 0 0 0 1
  Ramsey pr 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Bruno p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 3
Chicago 100 002 0025150
St. Louis 010 002 0104111
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   5.0 8 3 3 4 1
  McGlothen  W (5-2) 3.0 3 1 1 2 3
  Sutter  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
6
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich   6.0 8 3 3 0 7
  Schultz   1.1 3 0 0 0 0
  Bruno  L (4-3) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Lopez   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Littell   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
5
5
1
9

  E–Vuckovich (2).  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Rader (6).  2B–Chicago DeJesus (24,off Bruno), St. Louis Simmons (40,off Holtzman).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (12,off McGlothen).  HR–Chicago Buckner (5,1st inning off Vuckovich 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Thompson (1,off Vuckovich); DeJesus (14,off Schultz); Bruno (2,off McGlothen).  SB–DeJesus (39,2nd base off Vuckovich/Simmons); Morales (4,2nd base off Holtzman/Rader).  CS–Gross (1,2nd base by Vuckovich/Simmons); Murcer (5,2nd base by Vuckovich/Simmons).  WP–Vuckovich (7).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:35.  A–17,033.
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