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Monday September 4, 1978
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The Phillies' lead in the N.L. East was cut to one game as the Cardinals captured the first half of a doubleheader, 3-2, but the Phillies came back to take the nightcap, 10-2. The Cards trailed, 2-0, going into the bottom of the eighth inning of the first game, but went ahead on a single by Steve Swisher, double by Mike Tyson, two-run pinch-double by Ted Simmons, sacrifice by Garry Templeton and sacrifice fly by Tony Scott. The Phils had a runner on third with nobody out in the top of the ninth but Greg Luzinski fanned, Bob Boone lined out and Mike Schmidt popped out.

The Phillies took advantage of seven bases on balls and five Cardinal errors in the second game as Bake McBride tripled home one run and scored two others while Jim Lonborg got credit for his first win since June 28. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Phillies     0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  6  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .272      Templeton ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .302      Scott lf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .239
Maddox cf             3   0   2   2     1   0   .280      Morales rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .273        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Hendrick cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .246      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .247
McCarver 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Freed 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Hernandez 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Lerch p               3   1   2   0     0   0   .204      Swisher c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .284
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ramsey pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mumphrey rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .251
                                                          Tyson 2b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .242
                                                          Forsch p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .190
                                                            Simmons ph,c        1   1   1   2     0   0   .287

Totals               31   2   7   2     2   1             Totals               28   3   6   3     0   2

Time of Game: 1:50
Left on Base: Phillies 4, Cardinals 3
DP: Phillies 0, Cardinals 3
Errors: Simmons
Doubles: Maddox (26), Tyson 2 (15), Simmons (36)
Triples: Maddox (3)
Stolen Bases: Schmidt (12), Maddox (30), Scott (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Templeton (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Scott (2)
GIDP: McBride (4)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch L(8-8)            7.2   6   3   3   0   2   0  29   4.04
Reed                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.45
Totals                  8     6   3   3   0   2   0  30

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(11-15)         8     7   2   2   1   0   0  29   3.46
Littell SV(9)           1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.92
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   1   0  33

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Ed Montague


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (first unassisted); Bowa
lined to third; Maddox doubled to center; Luzinski flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scott singled to right; Scott stole second; Morales flied out to
center; Hendrick flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone flied out to center; Schmidt singled to
center; McCarver lined into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Schmidt out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz flied out to left; Freed grounded out
(shortstop to first); Swisher flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Lerch
singled to center; McBride singled to left [Lerch to second];
Bowa popped to second; Maddox tripled to right [Lerch scored,
McBride scored]; Luzinski popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson doubled to center; Forsch flied to right in
foul territory; Templeton grounded out (second to first); Scott
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
2, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Boone popped to catcher in foul territory; Schmidt
grounded out (third to first); McCarver flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Hendrick
popped to second; Reitz singled to shortstop; Freed forced Reitz
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Sizemore flied out to left; Lerch grounded out
(first to pitcher); McBride grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Swisher grounded out (second to first); Tyson
flied out to right; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa singled to right; Maddox lined into a double
play (second to first) [Bowa out at first]; Luzinski lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals
0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Boone popped to catcher in foul territory; Schmidt
walked; Schmidt stole second; McCarver flied out to left;
Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Reitz
grounded out (third to first); Freed grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Lerch singled to right; McBride grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lerch out at
second]; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Swisher singled to center; RAMSEY RAN FOR
SWISHER; Tyson doubled to center [Ramsey to third]; Debut
game for Mike Ramsey; SIMMONS BATTED FOR FORSCH; Simmons
doubled to center [Ramsey scored, Tyson scored]; Templeton out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Simmons to third];
Scott hit a sacrifice fly to left [Simmons scored]; REED
REPLACED LERCH (PITCHING); Morales popped to catcher in foul
territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: SIMMONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HERNANDEZ
REPLACED FREED (PLAYING 1B); MUMPHREY REPLACED RAMSEY (PLAYING
RF); LITTELL REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Maddox walked; Maddox
stole second [Maddox to third (error by Simmons)]; Luzinski
struck out; Boone lined to shortstop; Schmidt popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 3.



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