Bob Forsch, a 20-game winner in 1977, scattered five hits over 7 1/3 innings and pitched the Cardinals to a 5-1 victory, ruining the Phillies' opening night before a crowd of 47,791. Pete Vuckovich finished and gave up the Phils' lone run after cramps in his right forearm and right leg forced Forsch's exit. The Cards tagged Steve Carlton for 10 hits and chased the lefthander in the fifth inning to beat their longtime nemesis. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Game Played on Friday, April 7, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cardinals 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 - 5 13 0 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .333 McBride rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Dwyer lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bowa ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Templeton ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Morales rf 5 1 3 0 0 2 .600 Luzinski lf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .000 Simmons c 5 0 1 1 0 1 .200 Hebner 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .667 Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .400 Maddox cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Reitz 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250 McCarver c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Scott cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tyson 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .500 Harrelson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Forsch p 3 0 2 1 0 1 .667 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Carlton p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brusstar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boone ph,c 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Totals 39 5 13 5 1 6 Totals 30 1 7 1 4 4 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 47,791 Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Phillies 7 DP: Cardinals 3, Phillies 1 Errors: Bowa Doubles: Hernandez (1), Simmons (1), Maddox (1), Hebner (1) Home Runs: Reitz (1) Stolen Bases: Brock (1) Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (1) GIDP: Scott (1), Luzinski (1), Maddox (1), Sizemore (1) Hit by Pitch: Hebner (1,by Forsch) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(1-0) 7.1 5 1 1 2 2 0 27 1.23 Vuckovich 1.2 2 0 0 2 2 0 8 0.00 Totals 9 7 1 1 4 4 0 35 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Carlton L(0-1) 4 10 4 3 0 3 1 23 6.75 Brusstar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Reed 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0.00 McGraw 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 9 4.50 Totals 9 13 5 4 1 6 1 41 Hit by Pitch: Forsch (1) Wild Pitches: Carlton (1) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Templeton grounded out (pitcher to first); Morales singled to third; Simmons was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: McBride made an out to second; Bowa flied out to left; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez reached on an error by Bowa [Hernandez to first]; Reitz grounded out (third to first) [Hernandez to second]; Scott grounded out (third to first); Tyson singled to right [Hernandez scored (unearned)]; Forsch singled to left [Tyson to second]; Brock grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski flied out to left; Hebner singled to right [Hebner out at second (right to shortstop)]; Maddox doubled to left; McCarver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton flied out to right; Morales singled to first; Simmons forced Morales (third to second); Hernandez doubled to center [Simmons out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore struck out; Carlton grounded out (second to first); McBride singled to center; Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz homered; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Tyson to second]; Brock singled to left [Tyson scored]; Templeton forced Brock (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt popped to pitcher; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner doubled to center; Maddox lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Morales singled to center; Simmons doubled to center [Morales scored]; Hernandez singled to first [Simmons to third]; BRUSSTAR REPLACED CARLTON (PITCHING); Reitz lined to shortstop; Scott grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hernandez out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: McCarver walked; Sizemore flied out to center; BOONE BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; Boone grounded out (catcher to first) [McCarver to second]; McBride grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 6TH: BOONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); REED REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Tyson grounded out (second to first); Forsch struck out; Brock walked; Brock stole second; Templeton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: DWYER REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt singled to third; Luzinski grounded into a double play (second to first) [Schmidt out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 7TH: Hebner was hit by a pitch; Maddox grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Hebner out at second]; HARRELSON BATTED FOR REED; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED HARRELSON (PITCHING); Reitz grounded out (third to first); Scott singled to right; Tyson singled to left [Scott to second]; Forsch singled to right [Scott scored, Tyson to second]; Dwyer grounded out (catcher to first) [Tyson to third, Forsch to second]; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 8TH: Sizemore grounded out (catcher to first); Boone walked; VUCKOVICH REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); McBride singled to right [Boone to second]; Bowa walked [Boone to third, McBride to second]; Schmidt struck out; Luzinski walked [Boone scored, McBride to third, Bowa to second]; Hebner popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Morales struck out; Simmons flied out to right; Hernandez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 9TH: Maddox singled to first; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Johnstone struck out; Sizemore grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 1.

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