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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 2 2 0
Mumphrey lf,cf 3 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 3 2 3 1
Simmons c 2 0 1 1
Hendrick rf 4 1 0 0
Scott cf 4 0 2 1
  Brock lf 0 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 4 1 1 0
Totals 32 6 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 5 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 1 0
Rose 1b 3 1 2 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 3
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 1
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 1 0 0
Lerch p 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 1 1
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
St. Louis 101 040 0006100
Philadelphia 000 102 110592
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  W (10-7) 9.0 9 5 5 2 6
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  L (6-10) 4.1 8 6 4 2 0
  Eastwick   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Bird   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McGraw   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
4
2
0

  E–Rose (7), Luzinski (6).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Hernandez (28,off Lerch); Templeton (18,off Lerch); Scott (15,off Eastwick), Philadelphia Rose (31,off Vuckovich); Unser (6,off Vuckovich).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (36,6th inning off Vuckovich 1 on, 1 out); Luzinski (12,8th inning off Vuckovich 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Simmons (5,off Lerch); Mumphrey (2,off Lerch).  HBP–Simmons (2,by Lerch).  SB–Hernandez (5,2nd base off Lerch/McCarver); Scott (30,2nd base off Lerch/McCarver).  CS–Maddox (11,2nd base by Vuckovich/Simmons).  HBP–Lerch (3,Simmons).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:18.  A–38,069.
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