Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 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 7, St. Louis Cardinals 13

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 5 0 2 0
Bowa ss 3 2 1 0
Rose 1b 5 0 1 1
Schmidt 3b 3 1 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 2 1 1
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 2 2 3
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 1
Boone c 5 0 3 1
Ruthven p 3 0 1 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 0 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Gross lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 7 13 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 2 2 2
Brock lf 4 2 2 1
Scott cf 5 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 3 3 2 2
Iorg rf 4 0 2 2
  Littell p 0 1 0 1
Kennedy c 4 1 2 4
Reitz 3b 5 0 2 0
Oberkfell 2b 3 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey rf 2 0 0 0
Denny p 2 1 1 0
  Tyson 2b 1 2 1 0
Totals 37 13 16 13
Philadelphia 400 000 2107132
St. Louis 003 001 36x13160
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   5.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Saucier   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Brusstar   1.0 5 3 3 1 0
  McGraw  L (3-1) 0.2 3 6 6 3 0
  Reed   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
13
13
6
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny   6.2 10 6 6 6 3
  McEnaney   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Littell  W (5-2) 1.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
8
6

  E–Maddox (2), Ruthven (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Philadelphia Boone (13,off Denny), St. Louis Brock (4,off Ruthven); Scott 2 (13,off Ruthven,off Brusstar); Reitz (23,off Saucier); Iorg (4,off Brusstar); Templeton (11,off McGraw).  3B–Philadelphia Maddox (4,off Denny); Bowa (6,off McEnaney), St. Louis Hernandez (7,off Ruthven); Tyson (2,off Brusstar).  HR–Philadelphia Luzinski (9,7th inning off Denny 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis Templeton (2,3rd inning off Ruthven 1 on, 2 out); Kennedy (1,8th inning off McGraw 3 on, 2 out).  IBB–Cardenal (1,by McEnaney); Kennedy (1,by Brusstar); Brock (1,by McGraw).  HBP–Tyson (1,by McGraw).  SB–Bowa (8,2nd base off Denny/Kennedy); Denny (1,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone).  CS–McBride (5,3rd base by Denny/Kennedy).  WP–Denny (2).  HBP–McGraw (1,Tyson).  IBB–Brusstar (1,Kennedy); McGraw (4,Brock); McEnaney (4,Cardenal).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:43.
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