Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 29, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 1, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 1 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Rose 1b 3 0 1 1
Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 0
  Harrelson 3b 0 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 1 0
Maddox cf 3 0 1 0
  Unser cf 1 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Boone c 4 0 0 0
Christenson p 1 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey lf 4 1 2 1
Oberkfell 2b 4 0 1 0
Scott cf 4 2 2 2
Hernandez 1b 2 1 2 2
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 3 0 0 1
Kennedy c 4 1 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Phillips ss 3 1 2 0
Vuckovich p 1 1 0 1
  Iorg 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 11 7
Philadelphia 100 000 000170
St. Louis 014 011 00x7111
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  L (2-6) 4.0 8 5 5 0 0
  Saucier   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Eastwick   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
2
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  W (7-4) 7.0 6 1 0 1 2
  Frazier   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
1
2

  E–Vuckovich (2).  DP–Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Philadelphia Schmidt (11,off Vuckovich); Luzinski (12,off Frazier), St. Louis Scott (11,off Christenson); Kennedy (2,off Saucier).  3B–St. Louis Hernandez (6,off Christenson); Scott (9,off Saucier).  SF–Rose (3,off Vuckovich); Hendrick (4,off Christenson); Hernandez (4,off Saucier); Vuckovich (1,off Saucier).  HBP–Schmidt (2,by Vuckovich).  SH–Vuckovich (3,off Christenson).  SB–McCarver (1,2nd base off Vuckovich/Kennedy).  CS–Mumphrey (4,2nd base by Christenson/Boone).  HBP–Vuckovich (2,Schmidt).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:06.  A–29,300.
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