Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1979 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 4 0 0 0
Cash 2b 5 1 2 0
Dawson cf 5 0 2 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 1
Carter c 3 0 1 0
Valentine rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0
Scott ss 3 2 2 1
Rogers p 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanderson p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 0 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 4 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 2 0
Brock lf 4 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0
Simmons c 4 2 3 1
Scott cf 3 1 3 1
Mumphrey rf 4 0 2 2
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 2 0 0 0
Forsch p 4 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 12 4
Montreal 110 000 0024101
St. Louis 020 100 20x5121
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (12-9) 5.0 8 3 2 0 2
  Sanderson   1.1 3 2 2 2 2
  Grimsley   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  W (9-10) 8.0 9 4 3 3 3
  Knowles   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Littell  SV (10) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
4

  E–Cash (2), Templeton (30).  DP–Montreal 1, St. Louis 1.  PB–Carter (3).  3B–Montreal Perez (3,off Forsch); Scott 2 (5,off Forsch 2).  SF–Tamargo (4,off Knowles); Scott (6,off Grimsley).  SB–Cash (3,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Dawson (27,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Scott 2 (35,2nd base off Rogers/Carter 2); Templeton (25,2nd base off Rogers/Carter); Brock (16,2nd base off Rogers/Carter).  CS–Cromartie (6,2nd base by Forsch/Simmons); Brock (9,2nd base by Rogers/Carter).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:43.  A–19,782.
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