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Atlanta Braves 1 St. Louis Cardinals 5

August 18,1978

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (55-66)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (51-71)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

12,764

Time of Game

2:16

Umpires

[HP]: John Kibler [1B]: Nick Colosi [2B]: Satch Davidson [3B]: Joe West

Atlanta Braves 1 St. Louis Cardinals 5

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8th inning: **Debut game for Bruce Benedict**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	55-66		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0			1	10	2		6	10	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	51-71		0	0	0		0	4	1		0	0	x			5	6	0		5	11	22	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	ss	25.304	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.272		108	426
	Bruce Benedict	c	23.000	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		1	1
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.297	L	5	0	1	1		0	0	.246		108	589
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.044	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.285		94	836
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.164	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.320		115	969
5	Bob Horner	3b	21.012	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.258		57	57
6	Joe Nolan	c	27.098	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.244		62	132
7	Bob Beall	1b	30.116	B	3	0	1	0		1	1	.233		76	96
8	Chico Ruiz	2b	26.290	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.313		12	12
9	Preston Hanna	p	23.342	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.174		21	45
	Darrel Chaney	ph-ss	30.162	B	2	0	1	0		0	0	.222		69	831
Totals

Errors: Gary Matthews, Bob Beall

2B: Rowland Office (8)

3B: Jerry Royster (6)

RBI: Rowland Office (32)

CS: Bob Beall (3)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	39.061	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.220		77	2478
2	Garry Templeton	ss	22.147	B	4	1	1	1		0	0	.286		119	325
3	George Hendrick	cf	28.304	R	4	0	1	2		0	0	.272		103	901
4	Ted Simmons	c	29.009	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.285		115	1259
5	Keith Hernandez	1b	24.302	L	3	1	0	0		1	1	.253		121	489
6	Wayne Garrett	3b	30.258	L	2	1	1	0		0	1	.233		61	1070
	Ken Reitz	ph-3b	27.055	R	2	0	1	1		0	0	.232		117	912
7	Jerry Morales	rf	29.181	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.240		108	983
8	Mike Phillips	2b	27.364	L	2	0	0	1		0	0	.266		51	513
9	Pete Vuckovich	p	25.295	R	2	0	0	0		1	1	.119		38	111
Totals

2B: Garry Templeton (26), Wayne Garrett (2), Ken Reitz (20)

RBI: Garry Templeton (34), George Hendrick 2 (52), Ken Reitz (56), Mike Phillips (10)

SF: Mike Phillips (4)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Preston Hanna	R	L 7-12	5.0	5	5	5	3	2	0		4.98	1.54		26	52
2	Jamie Easterly	L		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		6.13	1.77		31	81
3	Max Leon	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.80	0.80		4	160
4	Gene Garber	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.90	0.93		46	359
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Preston Hanna (0-0-0), Jamie Easterly (0-0-0), Max Leon (0-0-0), Gene Garber (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Vuckovich	R	W 11-8	7.0	8	1	1	3	5	0		2.18	1.20		38	128
2	Tom Bruno	R		2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1.06	1.12		6	30
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pete Vuckovich (0-0-0), Tom Bruno (0-0-0)