The league leader in earned run average, Pete Vuckovich lowered his mark to 2.17 while pitching seven innings as the Cardinals defeated the Braves, 5-1. The Cardinals clinched Vuckovich's 11th victory with four runs in the fifth inning. St. Louis Cardinals 5, Atlanta Braves 1Game Played on Friday, August 18, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 10 2 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 x - 5 6 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .272 Brock lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .220 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Templeton ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .286 Benedict c 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Hendrick cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .272 Office cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .246 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Matthews rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .253 Burroughs lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .320 Garrett 3b 2 1 1 0 0 1 .233 Horner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Reitz ph,3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .232 Nolan c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Morales rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Phillips 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .266 Beall 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .233 Vuckovich p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .119 Ruiz 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .313 Bruno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hanna p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .174 Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Chaney ph,ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Totals 35 1 10 1 3 5 Totals 30 5 6 5 3 3 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 12,764 Left on Base: Braves 10, Cardinals 5 DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 1 Errors: Matthews, Beall Doubles: Office (8), Garrett (2), Templeton (26), Reitz (20) Triples: Royster (6) Caught Stealing: Beall (3) Sacrifice Flies: Phillips (4) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hanna L(7-12) 5 5 5 5 3 2 0 23 4.98 Easterly 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6.13 Leon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.80 Garber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.90 Totals 8 6 5 5 3 3 0 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich W(11-9) 7 8 1 1 3 5 0 30 2.18 Bruno 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.06 Totals 9 10 1 1 3 5 0 38 Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Joe West BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (second to first); Office grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews singled to pitcher; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to center; Templeton grounded out (third to first); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 2ND: Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan flied out to right; Beall singled to center; Ruiz forced Beall (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to left; Hernandez struck out; Garrett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 3RD: Hanna struck out; Royster tripled to left; Office lined to pitcher; Matthews lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Morales flied out to center; Phillips flied out to center; Vuckovich walked; Brock singled to right [Vuckovich to second]; Templeton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs walked; Horner flied out to center; Nolan struck out [Burroughs out at second (catcher to shortstop)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 5TH: Beall walked; Beall was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Ruiz singled to center; On a bunt Hanna struck out; Royster singled to center [Ruiz to third]; Office popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Garrett doubled to right; Morales singled to pitcher [Garrett to third]; Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to right [Garrett scored, Morales to second (error by Matthews)]; Vuckovich grounded out (third to first) [Morales to third]; Brock walked; Templeton doubled to right [Morales scored, Brock to third]; Hendrick singled to center [Brock scored, Templeton scored]; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 6TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); Burroughs singled to left; Horner walked [Burroughs to second]; Nolan flied out to center; Beall struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez walked; EASTERLY REPLACED HANNA (PITCHING); REITZ BATTED FOR GARRETT; Reitz doubled to right [Hernandez scored]; Morales grounded out (third to first); Phillips grounded out (second to first) [Reitz to third]; Vuckovich struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 5. BRAVES 7TH: REITZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Ruiz singled to center; CHANEY BATTED FOR EASTERLY; Chaney flied out to right; Royster forced Ruiz (third to second); Office doubled to left [Royster scored]; Matthews flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 7TH: CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LEON REPLACED ROYSTER (PITCHING); Brock flied out to left; Templeton grounded out (second to first); Hendrick reached on an error by Beall [Hendrick to first]; Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. BRAVES 8TH: BRUNO REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Burroughs flied out to center; Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: BENEDICT REPLACED LEON (PLAYING C ); GARBER REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Bruce Benedict; Reitz grounded out (second to first); Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. BRAVES 9TH: Beall grounded out (second to first); Ruiz grounded out (catcher to first); Chaney singled to right; Benedict singled to left [Chaney to second]; Office grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. |
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