Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 1, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 3 0 1 0
Papi 3b 4 1 1 0
Unser rf 4 0 2 0
Dawson cf 4 0 1 0
Cromartie lf 4 0 1 1
Hutton 1b 4 0 2 0
Speier ss 4 0 0 0
Ramos c 3 0 0 0
Schatzeder p 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 1 0 0 0
  Carter ph 1 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 1 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 2 1 1
Simmons lf 3 2 2 1
  Scott pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 1
Freed 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Swisher c 4 1 2 1
Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0
Denny p 3 0 2 1
  Brock ph 1 0 1 0
  Ramsey ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Montreal 100 000 000180
St. Louis 300 110 10x6111
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder  L (7-7) 3.1 7 4 4 1 0
  Twitchell   3.2 3 2 2 1 3
  James   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
2
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (14-11) 8.0 6 1 1 1 2
  Littell   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
2

  E–Denny (4).  DP–Montreal 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Montreal Hutton (3,off Denny), St. Louis Denny (3,off Schatzeder).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (13,off Schatzeder); Morales (8,off Twitchell).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (22,5th inning off Twitchell 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Simmons (3,by Twitchell).  CS–Dawson (11,2nd base by Littell/Swisher).  SB–Freed (1,2nd base off Twitchell/Ramos).  WP–Schatzeder (4).  HBP–Twitchell (5,Simmons).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:19.  A–4,504.
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