Coming out ahead in a pair of pitching duels, the Phillies defeated the Cardinals in a twi-night doubleheader, 1-0 and 2-1, to pull three games ahead of the Pirates in the East division race. Dick Ruthven won a three-hit matchup with Tom Bruno in the opener when the Phillies scored an unearned run in the sixth inning. Garry Maddox led off with a single. When Richie Hebner grounded to Keith Hernandez, the first baseman threw to second in an attempted forceout of Maddox, but Garry Templeton let the ball get away. Maddox took third on the error and scored on a sacrifice fly by Bob Boone.

In the nightcap, the Phillies picked up a run in the second on a walk to Mike Schmidt, single by Jerry Martin and safe squeeze bunt by Ted Sizemore. The Cards came back with a homer by Jerry Morales in the sixth for their only run of the night. The tie persisted until the ninth when the Phillies scored on singles by Schmidt, Martin and Bake McBride. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, September 8, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   1  3  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Templeton ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .283      McBride rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Mumphrey rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     1   0   .299
Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Maddox cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .279
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .289      Hebner 1b             2   0   0   0     2   1   .289
Hernandez 1b          2   0   1   0     1   1   .257      Boone c               1   0   0   1     1   0   .287
Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .253
Iorg lf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .163      Martin lf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .269
Phillips 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Bruno p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Ruthven p             3   0   2   0     0   0   .212
  Scott ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .236
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   3   0     2   4             Totals               26   1   3   1     4   8

Time of Game: 2:05
Left on Base: Cardinals 4, Phillies 6
DP: Cardinals 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Templeton, Phillips
Doubles: Hernandez (30)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (22)
Caught Stealing: Hebner 2 (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Boone (7)
GIDP: Phillips (4)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bruno L(4-2)            7     3   1   0   3   8   0  28   1.31
Littell                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.88
Totals                  8     3   1   0   4   8   0  31

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven W(13-10)        9     3   0   0   2   4   0  31   3.32
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   4   0  31

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - John McSherry


CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton flied out to left; Mumphrey grounded
out (catcher to first); Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride popped to catcher in foul territory; Bowa
popped to catcher in foul territory; Maddox popped to first; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to left; Hernandez doubled to
left; Garrett grounded out (second to first) [Hernandez to
third]; Iorg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Hebner struck out; Boone grounded out (shortstop
to first); Schmidt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Phillips flied out to center; Bruno grounded out
(second to first); Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Martin struck out; Sizemore grounded out (pitcher
to first); Ruthven flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hendrick grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons walked;
Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: McBride flied out to center; Bowa walked; Bowa
stole second; Maddox was called out on strikes; Hebner walked;
Boone walked [Bowa to third, Hebner to second]; Schmidt struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Garrett flied out to center; Iorg singled to
left; Phillips grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Iorg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Martin was called out on strikes; Sizemore flied
out to center; Ruthven singled to center; McBride reached on an
error by Phillips [Ruthven to second, McBride to first]; Bowa
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Bruno grounded out (second to first); Templeton
popped to second; Mumphrey popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox singled to left; Hebner reached on an error
by Templeton [Maddox to third, Hebner to second]; Boone hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Maddox scored (unearned)]; Hebner was
caught stealing third (catcher to third); Schmidt was called out
on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies
1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Simmons
singled to right; Hernandez walked [Simmons to second]; Garrett
popped to third in foul territory; Iorg was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Martin was called out on strikes; Sizemore struck
out; Ruthven singled to center; McBride forced Ruthven
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Phillips was called out on strikes; SCOTT BATTED
FOR BRUNO; Scott was called out on strikes; Templeton grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Bowa popped to
catcher in foul territory; Maddox flied out to center; Hebner
walked; Hebner was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Mumphrey popped to shortstop; Hendrick flied out
to left; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 1.