Making his first start since August 5, Pete Falcone was a winner for the first time since June 27 when the Cardinals ganged up on the Reds, 10-2. Wayne Garrett, Jerry Mumphrey and George Hendrick drove in seven runs among them. Vic Correll's first homer of the season accounted for the Reds' pair. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 10, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2 10  0
Cardinals    2  1  0    4  0  3    0  0  x  -  10 13  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .302      Templeton ss          5   1   1   0     0   1   .291
Morgan 2b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .245      Mumphrey lf           4   1   2   2     1   0   .251
  Kennedy 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Hendrick cf           3   2   1   3     1   0   .276
Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .288      Simmons c             3   1   1   1     1   0   .286
  Lum rf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Hernandez 1b          2   0   1   0     2   0   .256
Foster lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .283      Garrett 3b            4   1   2   2     0   2   .261
  Collins lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Morales rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .240
Concepcion ss         2   0   1   0     1   0   .296      Phillips 2b           3   1   1   1     0   0   .284
  Knight 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Falcone p             3   2   2   0     0   0   .263
Henderson cf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .197        Lentine ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Correll c             4   1   1   2     0   1   .239        Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Driessen 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .263
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Geronimo ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
LaCoss p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .100
  Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Auerbach ph,ss      1   0   1   0     0   0   .311

Totals               33   2  10   2     2   6             Totals               32  10  13  10     5   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 22,051
Left on Base: Reds 6, Cardinals 5
DP: Reds 0, Cardinals 3
Errors: Morales
Doubles: Rose (46), Phillips (6), Falcone (1), Hendrick (25), Simmons (35), Morales (17)
Triples: Morales (7)
Home Runs: Correll (1)
Caught Stealing: Driessen (8), Hernandez (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Phillips (7), Hendrick (4)
GIDP: Henderson (7), Foster (16), Knight (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCoss L(3-6)           3.1   7   7   7   4   0   0  19   4.93
Borbon                  2.2   5   3   3   1   3   0  14   4.71
Tomlin                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.55
Totals                  8    13  10  10   5   3   0  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(2-6)          7     9   2   2   1   4   1  28   5.56
Bruno                   2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   1.65
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   6   1  35

Passed Balls: Correll (4)
Wild Pitches: Falcone (5)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Paul Pryor


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to right; Morgan singled to center;
Griffey was called out on strikes; Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (first unassisted);
Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); Hendrick walked;
Simmons walked [Hendrick to second]; Hernandez walked [Hendrick
to third, Simmons to second]; Garrett singled to center
[Hendrick scored, Simmons scored, Hernandez to third]; Morales
forced Garrett (shortstop to second); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Cardinals 2.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion walked; Henderson grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Concepcion out at second];
Correll flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 2ND: Phillips doubled to left; Falcone popped to first
in foul territory; Templeton grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Phillips to third]; Mumphrey singled to center [Phillips
scored]; Mumphrey was picked off first (pitcher to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

REDS 3RD: Driessen singled to right; Driessen was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); LaCoss struck out; Rose
doubled to left; Morgan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Simmons
grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez walked; Hernandez was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

REDS 4TH: Griffey struck out; Foster grounded out (shortstop to
first); Concepcion singled to center; Henderson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Garrett singled to left; Morales tripled to right
[Garrett scored]; Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Morales scored]; Falcone singled to left; Templeton singled to
center [Falcone to second]; BORBON REPLACED LACOSS (PITCHING);
Mumphrey singled to right [Falcone scored, Templeton to third];
Hendrick hit a sacrifice fly to right [Templeton scored];
Simmons flied out to left; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Cardinals 7.

REDS 5TH: Correll flied out to center; Driessen popped to
shortstop; Borbon flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Garrett was called out on strikes; Morales grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 7.

REDS 6TH: Rose singled to center; Morgan singled to right [Rose
to third (error by Morales)]; Griffey flied out to center;
Foster grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Morgan
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Phillips grounded out (second to first); Falcone
doubled to right; Templeton struck out; Mumphrey walked;
Hendrick doubled to left [Falcone scored, Mumphrey scored];
Simmons doubled to right [Hendrick scored]; Hernandez singled to
second [Simmons to third]; Garrett struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Cardinals 10.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion flied out to right; Henderson singled to
center; Correll homered [Henderson scored]; Driessen grounded
out (second to first); AUERBACH BATTED FOR BORBON; Auerbach
singled to left; Falcone threw a wild pitch [Auerbach to
second]; Rose lined to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Cardinals 10.

CARDINALS 7TH: AUERBACH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); KNIGHT
REPLACED CONCEPCION (PLAYING 1B); TOMLIN REPLACED DRIESSEN
(PITCHING); Morales doubled to left; Correll allowed a passed
ball [Morales out at home (catcher to pitcher)]; Phillips flied
out to left; LENTINE BATTED FOR FALCONE; Lentine grounded out
(third to first); Debut game for Jim Lentine; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Cardinals 10.

REDS 8TH: BRUNO REPLACED LENTINE (PITCHING); Morgan singled to
right; Griffey flied out to left; Foster walked [Morgan to
second]; Knight grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Foster out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Cardinals 10.

CARDINALS 8TH: KENNEDY REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); LUM
REPLACED GRIFFEY (PLAYING RF); COLLINS REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING
LF); Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey flied
out to right; Hendrick flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Cardinals 10.

REDS 9TH: Henderson struck out; Correll struck out; GERONIMO
BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Geronimo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 2, Cardinals 10.