Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1978 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 6 2 3 0
Bowa ss 6 1 1 0
Maddox cf 4 2 3 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 3 3
  Martin pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Hebner 1b 4 1 2 4
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 1
Boone c 5 0 2 0
Sizemore 2b 2 0 0 0
  Morrison ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrelson 2b 0 0 0 0
Lerch p 2 2 2 2
  Cardenal ph 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 16 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 0 1 0
Moreno cf 4 2 0 1
Parker rf 5 2 2 2
Robinson B. lf,3b 5 1 3 1
Stargell 1b 5 1 1 4
Garner 2b 4 0 1 0
Berra 3b 2 0 1 0
  Milner ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Ott c 3 1 2 0
Robinson D. p 2 0 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Philadelphia 110 103 04010161
Pittsburgh 400 000 0048132
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  W (11-8) 5.0 5 4 4 3 4
  Brusstar   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  McGraw   2.1 5 4 3 0 2
  Reed  SV (17) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
3
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   4.0 9 3 3 0 1
  Jackson  L (7-5) 2.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Whitson   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Tekulve   1.0 1 2 2 0 0
  Bibby   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
10
10
2
4

  E–Bowa (10), Taveras (38), Jackson (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Philadelphia Hebner 2 (22,off D Robinson,off Tekulve); Luzinski (32,off D Robinson), Pittsburgh B Robinson (36,off McGraw).  HR–Philadelphia Lerch 2 (3,2nd inning off D Robinson 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off D Robinson 0 on, 2 out); Luzinski (35,6th inning off Jackson 2 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Stargell (28,1st inning off Lerch 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Harrelson (6,off Whitson); Maddox (3,off Tekulve); McGraw (2,off Bibby).  SF–Schmidt (8,off Tekulve).  HBP–Hebner (9,by D Robinson); Luzinski (11,by Tekulve).  IBB–Schmidt (12,by Jackson).  SB–Garner (27,2nd base off Lerch/Boone); Moreno (70,2nd base off McGraw/Boone).  CS–Berra (1,2nd base by Lerch/Boone).  HBP–D Robinson (3,Hebner); Tekulve (2,Luzinski).  IBB–Jackson (9,Schmidt).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:00.  A–28,905.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook