Montreal Expos vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1978 at Busch Stadium II. The Montreal Expos defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 11, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 2 0 0 1
  Frias 2b 2 0 1 1
Speier ss 1 1 1 0
  Papi ph,ss 3 0 0 0
Unser 1b 5 2 1 1
Carter c 4 2 2 1
  Reece c 1 0 0 0
Valentine rf 2 1 1 2
  Mejias rf 2 0 1 0
Cromartie lf 5 0 2 2
Dawson cf 4 1 0 0
Parrish 3b 3 2 1 1
  Garrett 3b 1 1 1 0
Grimsley p 1 1 0 0
Totals 36 11 11 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Dwyer lf 3 1 1 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
  Iorg lf 0 0 0 0
Simmons c 2 0 1 0
  Swisher c 2 1 1 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 0 2 1
Mumphrey cf 4 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0
Urrea p 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph,lf,1b 2 0 1 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Montreal 005 230 01011111
St. Louis 000 002 000293
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (7-2) 9.0 9 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Urrea  L (2-6) 4.0 6 10 3 0 1
  Littell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Frazier   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Hamilton   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
11
4
0
5

  E–Garrett (1), Templeton 2 (16), Urrea (1).  DP–Montreal 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Montreal Cromartie (10,off Littell); Frias (2,off Hamilton), St. Louis Swisher (1,off Grimsley); Freed (4,off Grimsley).  SH–Cash (1,off Urrea); Grimsley 2 (2,off Urrea,off Hamilton).  SF–Valentine (1,off Urrea).  HBP–Grimsley (1,by Urrea); Speier (1,by Urrea).  SB–Dawson (7,2nd base off Urrea/Simmons).  WP–Urrea (2).  HBP–Urrea 2 (4,Grimsley,Speier).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:14.  A–8,948.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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