The cellar-dwelling Cardinals jolted the first-place Phillies with a five-run seventh inning and went on to a 6-3 victory. The Redbirds trailed, 3-1, going into the bottom of seventh when Roger Freed began the winning rally with a two-base hit.

Consecutive singles by Ken Reitz and Jerry Morales plated Freed. Pinch-hitter Steve Swisher slapped a one-out single that drove in Reitz and sent starter Randy Lerch to the showers. Garry Templeton greeted reliever Tug McGraw with a single to send home Morales. Ken Oberkfell, the pinch-runner for Swisher, and Templeton scored on a double by George Hendrick. Hendrick had a third RBI on a sixth-inning homer. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Monday, August    7, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Phillies     1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  4  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  1    5  0  x  -   6 12  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf,cf         4   1   0   0     1   3   .263      Templeton ss          4   1   2   1     0   0   .275
Bowa ss               4   2   2   1     0   0   .306      Scott lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .218
Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .244        Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Luzinski lf           3   0   1   1     1   0   .258        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hebner 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .287      Hendrick cf           4   1   2   3     0   0   .274
Maddox cf             1   0   0   0     0   1   .285      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .296
  Martin cf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Freed 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .263
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .252        Hernandez 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Gonzalez rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Reitz 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .241
Boone c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .270      Morales rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .233
Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Tyson 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .248
Lerch p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .139      Lopez p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Swisher ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .275
  Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Oberkfell pr        0   1   0   0     0   0   .125
  Harrelson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .176        Mumphrey lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .241

Totals               32   3   4   2     5   7             Totals               34   6  12   6     1   2

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 18,671
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Cardinals 5
DP: Phillies 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Reitz
Doubles: Bowa 2 (20), Luzinski (19), Tyson (12), Freed (6), Hendrick (21)
Home Runs: Hendrick (12)
Stolen Bases: McBride (20), Templeton (20), Scott (4)
Caught Stealing: Templeton (9)
GIDP: Tyson (9)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch L(6-7)            6.1   8   5   5   1   2   1  27   4.47
McGraw                  1     4   1   1   0   0   0   7   2.51
Brusstar                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.01
Totals                  8    12   6   6   1   2   1  35

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lopez W(1-1)            7     4   3   2   2   5   0  28   3.86
Thomas                  0.1   0   0   0   3   0   0   4   4.91
Littell SV(6)           1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   2.53
Totals                  9     4   3   2   5   7   0  37

Wild Pitches: McGraw (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Terry Tata


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride struck out; Bowa doubled to right; Schmidt
flied out to right; Luzinski doubled to right [Bowa scored];
Hebner walked; Maddox struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton singled to center; Templeton stole
second; Scott struck out; Templeton was picked off and caught
stealing third (pitcher to third); Hendrick grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone singled to right; Sizemore forced Boone
(first to shortstop); Lerch struck out; McBride lined to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: MARTIN REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING CF); Simmons
flied out to right; Freed grounded out (shortstop to first);
Reitz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt flied out to
center; Luzinski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
popped to first in foul territory; Lopez was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hebner grounded out (second to first); Martin
struck out; Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scott singled to first; Hendrick flied out to center; Scott
stole second; Simmons walked; Freed popped to second in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Sizemore popped to third in foul territory; Lerch
grounded out (second to first); McBride walked; McBride stole
second; Bowa doubled to right [McBride scored]; Schmidt reached
on an error by Reitz [Bowa scored (unearned) (no RBI), Schmidt
to first]; Luzinski flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz lined to center; Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tyson doubled to right; Lopez grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals
0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hebner popped to shortstop; Martin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Boone popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton flied out to right; Scott grounded out
(third to first); Hendrick homered; Simmons grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Sizemore grounded out (first unassisted); Lerch
grounded out (second to first); McBride was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Freed doubled to left; Reitz singled to left
[Freed to third]; Morales singled to left [Freed scored, Reitz
to second]; On a bunt Tyson made an out to pitcher; SWISHER
BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Swisher singled to right [Reitz scored,
Morales to third]; OBERKFELL RAN FOR SWISHER; MCGRAW REPLACED
LERCH (PITCHING); Templeton singled to center [Morales scored,
Oberkfell to third, Templeton to second (on throw)]; Scott
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick doubled to left
[Oberkfell scored, Templeton scored]; Simmons grounded out
(shortstop to first); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Cardinals 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: MUMPHREY REPLACED OBERKFELL (PLAYING LF); THOMAS
REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Bowa flied out to center; Schmidt
walked; Luzinski walked [Schmidt to second]; Hebner walked
[Schmidt to third, Luzinski to second]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR
MARTIN; LITTELL REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); McCarver popped to
shortstop; Boone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: GONZALEZ REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING RF); MCBRIDE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Freed flied out to center; Reitz
singled to center; McGraw threw a wild pitch [Reitz to second];
Morales singled to left [Reitz to third]; BRUSSTAR REPLACED
MCGRAW (PITCHING); Tyson grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 3, Cardinals 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED FREED (PLAYING 1B); Sizemore
grounded out (pitcher to first); HARRELSON BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR;
Harrelson grounded out (shortstop to first); McBride struck out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals
6.