St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
April 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 12, Cincinnati Reds 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 3 3 2 0
  Mumphrey lf 2 0 0 0
Brock lf 4 2 2 2
  Phillips ss 2 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 6 1 1 1
Simmons c 2 1 2 2
  Swisher c 0 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 5 1 1 2
Scott cf 4 1 3 1
Reitz 3b 5 0 2 2
Tyson 2b 4 1 1 2
Vuckovich p 4 2 2 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 12 17 12
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 0 0 1
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 2 0 1 0
  Correll c 1 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
St. Louis 260 030 01012170
Cincinnati 000 001 000141
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  W (2-0) 7.0 3 1 1 4 4
  Martinez   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume  L (2-3) 1.0 5 5 4 1 1
  Capilla   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Borbon   4.2 8 3 3 0 3
  Tomlin   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Pastore   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
12
11
5
5

  E–Hume (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–St. Louis Reitz 2 (8,off Borbon,off Tomlin); Scott (3,off Borbon); Hernandez (8,off Borbon); Simmons (4,off Borbon).  HR–St. Louis Tyson (2,2nd inning off Hume 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Templeton (1,off Hume).  SF–Tyson (2,off Tomlin); Foster (2,off Vuckovich).  HBP–Simmons (1,by Capilla).  IBB–Simmons (5,by Hume).  HBP–Capilla (1,Simmons).  IBB–Hume (2,Simmons).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Ed Oliger, 2B–Cliff Schaller, 3B–Jerry Fick.  T–2:27.  A–19,471.
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