Moving out of the cellar in the N. L. East, the Cardinals outlasted the Braves, 4-3. The first two Redbird runs came in the sixth inning. Garry Templeton singled, stole second, advanced to third on an infield hit by Tony Scott and scored on a sacrifice fly by George Hendrick. A single by Roge Freed plated Scott.

In the seventh, a single by John Denny, double by Templeton and intentional pass to Scott loaded the bases. Hendrick walked to force in one run and a fielder's choice grounder by Ted Simmons scored another. The Braves counted in the ninth on a three-run homer by Gary Matthews off reliever Mark Littell. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Thursday, August    17, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  6  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  2    2  0  x  -   4  7  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .270      Templeton ss          4   2   3   0     0   1   .286
Office cf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .247      Scott lf              2   1   1   0     2   1   .239
Matthews rf           4   1   1   3     0   0   .285      Hendrick cf           2   0   0   2     1   0   .272
Burroughs lf          2   0   0   0     2   0   .320      Simmons c             2   0   1   1     2   0   .288
  Bonnell pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Freed 1b              3   0   1   1     0   1   .239
Horner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .262        Hernandez ph,1b     1   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Nolan c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .252      Morales rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Gilbreath pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .230
Beall 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .231      Tyson 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Ruiz 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Denny p               2   1   1   0     1   0   .179
Mahler p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .100        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Skok p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Chaney ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   6   3     3   4             Totals               28   4   7   4     6   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 10,543
Left on Base: Braves 5, Cardinals 7
DP: Braves 2, Cardinals 0
Doubles: Ruiz (3), Templeton (25)
Home Runs: Matthews (13)
Stolen Bases: Templeton (21)
Caught Stealing: Beall (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Hendrick (3)
GIDP: Hendrick (10)
Hit by Pitch: Office (4,by Denny)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mahler L(4-7)           5.1   5   2   2   4   3   0  23   4.41
Camp                    1.1   2   2   2   2   0   0   8   3.64
Skok                    0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.36
Leon                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.25
Totals                  8     7   4   4   6   5   0  35

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(10-8)           8     4   2   2   2   4   0  29   2.96
Littell SV(7)           1     2   1   1   1   0   1   6   2.67
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   4   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Denny (5)
Wild Pitches: Mahler (8)

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson


BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Office singled to left [Office
out at second (left to second)]; Matthews grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton struck out; Scott walked; Hendrick
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Scott out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs flied out to right; Horner struck out;
Nolan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to center; Mahler threw a wild
pitch [Simmons to second]; Freed struck out; Morales popped to
second; Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Beall walked; Beall was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Ruiz popped to shortstop; Mahler struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; Denny
walked; Templeton singled to center [Denny to second]; Scott
struck out; Hendrick popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Royster flied out to right; Office flied out to
right; Matthews flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons walked; Freed forced Simmons (second to
shortstop); Morales lined into a double play (left to first)
[Freed out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals
0.

BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Horner was
called out on strikes; Nolan singled to right; Beall flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
flied out to center; Denny grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Ruiz flied out to right; Mahler grounded out
(pitcher to first); Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton singled; Templeton stole second; Scott
singled to first [Templeton to third]; Hendrick hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Templeton scored, Scott to second]; Simmons was
walked intentionally; Freed singled to center [Scott scored,
Simmons to second]; CAMP REPLACED MAHLER (PITCHING); Morales
forced Simmons (third unassisted) [Freed to second]; Reitz
forced Morales (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
0, Cardinals 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Office grounded out (third to first); Matthews flied
out to left; Burroughs walked; Horner lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson flied out to center; Denny singled to
third; Templeton doubled to center [Denny to third]; Scott was
walked intentionally; Hendrick walked [Denny scored, Templeton
to third, Scott to second]; Simmons forced Hendrick (second to
shortstop) [Templeton scored, Scott to third]; HERNANDEZ BATTED
FOR FREED; SKOK REPLACED CAMP (PITCHING); Hernandez struck out;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 8TH: HERNANDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Nolan
grounded out (second to first); Beall grounded out (first to
pitcher); Ruiz doubled to right; CHANEY BATTED FOR SKOK; Chaney
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: LEON REPLACED CHANEY (PITCHING); Morales lined to
right; Reitz struck out; Tyson grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Royster singled to shortstop; Office was hit by a
pitch [Royster to second]; LITTELL REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING);
Matthews homered [Royster scored, Office scored]; Burroughs
walked; BONNELL RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Horner popped to second;
Nolan singled to right [Bonnell to second]; GILBREATH RAN FOR
NOLAN; Beall forced Gilbreath (first to shortstop) [Bonnell to
third]; Ruiz forced Beall (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals 4.