Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 3 0 2 0
Trillo 2b 5 1 1 0
McBride rf 4 2 3 0
Schmidt 3b 4 1 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 2 1
  Smith pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph,lf 0 0 0 1
Maddox cf 5 0 2 2
Moreland c 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 1 0 0
Noles p 2 0 1 1
  Poff ph 1 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 1 1
Brock lf 4 0 0 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 3 0
Hendrick rf 2 0 0 1
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 3 1 1 0
Thomas p 2 0 0 0
  Urrea p 1 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Philadelphia 000 012 000 25110
St. Louis 000 120 000 0360
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Noles   5.0 3 3 3 3 3
  Saucier   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  McGraw  W (4-3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
10.0
6
3
3
4
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Thomas   5.0 6 3 3 4 2
  Urrea   4.0 2 0 0 2 3
  O'Brien  L (1-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
10.0
11
5
5
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Oberkfell (18,off McGraw).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (18,off Noles).  SF–Hendrick (5,off Noles); Brock (4,off Noles).  IBB–Reitz (7,by Saucier).  SB–McBride (25,2nd base off Thomas/Simmons).  CS–McBride (12,2nd base by Urrea/Simmons); Smith (1,2nd base by Urrea/Simmons).  WP–Thomas 2 (3).  IBB–Saucier (2,Reitz).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:34.  A–7,340.
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