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Friday April 7, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Bob Forsch, a 20-game winner in 1977, scattered five hits over 7 1/3 innings and pitched the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory, ruining the Phillies' opening night before a crowd of 47,791. Pete Vuckovich finished and gave up the Phils' lone run after cramps in his right forearm and right leg forced Forsch's exit. The Cards tagged Steve Carlton for 10 hits and chased the lefthander in the fifth inning to beat their longtime nemesis. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Game Played on Friday, April 7, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cardinals    0  1  0    2  1  0    0  1  0  -   5 13  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  7  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   0   1   1     1   1   .333      McBride rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .500
  Dwyer lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Templeton ss          5   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schmidt 3b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .250
Morales rf            5   1   3   0     0   2   .600      Luzinski lf           3   0   0   1     1   0   .000
Simmons c             5   0   1   1     0   1   .200      Hebner 1b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .667
Hernandez 1b          5   1   2   0     0   0   .400      Maddox cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .500
Reitz 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .250      McCarver c            1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Scott cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .250        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tyson 2b              4   1   2   1     0   1   .500        Harrelson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Forsch p              3   0   2   1     0   1   .667        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                          Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                          Carlton p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Boone ph,c          1   1   0   0     1   0   .000

Totals               39   5  13   5     1   6             Totals               30   1   7   1     4   4

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 47,791
Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Phillies 7
DP: Cardinals 3, Phillies 1
Errors: Bowa
Doubles: Hernandez (1), Simmons (1), Maddox (1), Hebner (1)
Home Runs: Reitz (1)
Stolen Bases: Brock (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (1)
GIDP: Scott (1), Luzinski (1), Maddox (1), Sizemore (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hebner (1,by Forsch)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(1-0)           7.1   5   1   1   2   2   0  27   1.23
Vuckovich               1.2   2   0   0   2   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9     7   1   1   4   4   0  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(0-1)          4    10   4   3   0   3   1  23   6.75
Brusstar                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Reed                    2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   0.00
McGraw                  2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   4.50
Totals                  9    13   5   4   1   6   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Forsch (1)
Wild Pitches: Carlton (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Templeton grounded out (pitcher
to first); Morales singled to third; Simmons was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride made an out to second; Bowa flied out to
left; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez reached on an error by Bowa [Hernandez
to first]; Reitz grounded out (third to first) [Hernandez to
second]; Scott grounded out (third to first); Tyson singled to
right [Hernandez scored (unearned)]; Forsch singled to left
[Tyson to second]; Brock grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to left; Hebner singled to
right [Hebner out at second (right to shortstop)]; Maddox
doubled to left; McCarver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton flied out to right; Morales singled to
first; Simmons forced Morales (third to second); Hernandez
doubled to center [Simmons out at home (center to shortstop to
catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore struck out; Carlton grounded out (second
to first); McBride singled to center; Bowa grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz homered; Scott grounded out (shortstop to
first); Tyson struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch;
Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Tyson to
second]; Brock singled to left [Tyson scored]; Templeton forced
Brock (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt popped to pitcher; Luzinski grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hebner doubled to center; Maddox lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Morales singled to center; Simmons doubled to
center [Morales scored]; Hernandez singled to first [Simmons to
third]; BRUSSTAR REPLACED CARLTON (PITCHING); Reitz lined to
shortstop; Scott grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Hernandez out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: McCarver walked; Sizemore flied out to center;
BOONE BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; Boone grounded out (catcher to first)
[McCarver to second]; McBride grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: BOONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); REED REPLACED
MCCARVER (PITCHING); Tyson grounded out (second to first);
Forsch struck out; Brock walked; Brock stole second; Templeton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: DWYER REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Bowa grounded
out (first unassisted); Schmidt singled to third; Luzinski
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Schmidt out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Simmons
grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Hebner was hit by a pitch; Maddox grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Hebner out at second];
HARRELSON BATTED FOR REED; Harrelson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED HARRELSON (PITCHING); Reitz
grounded out (third to first); Scott singled to right; Tyson
singled to left [Scott to second]; Forsch singled to right
[Scott scored, Tyson to second]; Dwyer grounded out (catcher to
first) [Tyson to third, Forsch to second]; Templeton grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Sizemore grounded out (catcher to first); Boone
walked; VUCKOVICH REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); McBride singled to
right [Boone to second]; Bowa walked [Boone to third, McBride to
second]; Schmidt struck out; Luzinski walked [Boone scored,
McBride to third, Bowa to second]; Hebner popped to shortstop; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Morales struck out; Simmons flied out to right;
Hernandez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Maddox singled to first; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR
MCGRAW; Johnstone struck out; Sizemore grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Phillies 1.



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