Moving out of the cellar in the N. L. East, the Cardinals outlasted the Braves, 4-3. The first two Redbird runs came in the sixth inning. Garry Templeton singled, stole second, advanced to third on an infield hit by Tony Scott and scored on a sacrifice fly by George Hendrick. A single by Roge Freed plated Scott.

In the seventh, a single by John Denny, double by Templeton and intentional pass to Scott loaded the bases. Hendrick walked to force in one run and a fielder's choice grounder by Ted Simmons scored another. The Braves counted in the ninth on a three-run homer by Gary Matthews off reliever Mark Littell. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 3

Game Played on Thursday, August 17, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 6 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 x - 4 7 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .270 Templeton ss 4 2 3 0 0 1 .286 Office cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Scott lf 2 1 1 0 2 1 .239 Matthews rf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .285 Hendrick cf 2 0 0 2 1 0 .272 Burroughs lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .320 Simmons c 2 0 1 1 2 0 .288 Bonnell pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Freed 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .239 Horner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Hernandez ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Nolan c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .252 Morales rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Gilbreath pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Beall 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .231 Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Ruiz 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Denny p 2 1 1 0 1 0 .179 Mahler p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Camp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Chaney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 6 3 3 4 Totals 28 4 7 4 6 5 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 10,543 Left on Base: Braves 5, Cardinals 7 DP: Braves 2, Cardinals 0 Doubles: Ruiz (3), Templeton (25) Home Runs: Matthews (13) Stolen Bases: Templeton (21) Caught Stealing: Beall (2) Sacrifice Flies: Hendrick (3) GIDP: Hendrick (10) Hit by Pitch: Office (4,by Denny) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Mahler L(4-7) 5.1 5 2 2 4 3 0 23 4.41 Camp 1.1 2 2 2 2 0 0 8 3.64 Skok 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.36 Leon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.25 Totals 8 7 4 4 6 5 0 35 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(10-8) 8 4 2 2 2 4 0 29 2.96 Littell SV(7) 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 6 2.67 Totals 9 6 3 3 3 4 1 35 Hit by Pitch: Denny (5) Wild Pitches: Mahler (8) Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Office singled to left [Office out at second (left to second)]; Matthews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton struck out; Scott walked; Hendrick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs flied out to right; Horner struck out; Nolan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to center; Mahler threw a wild pitch [Simmons to second]; Freed struck out; Morales popped to second; Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 3RD: Beall walked; Beall was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Ruiz popped to shortstop; Mahler struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; Denny walked; Templeton singled to center [Denny to second]; Scott struck out; Hendrick popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 4TH: Royster flied out to right; Office flied out to right; Matthews flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons walked; Freed forced Simmons (second to shortstop); Morales lined into a double play (left to first) [Freed out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Horner was called out on strikes; Nolan singled to right; Beall flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson flied out to center; Denny grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 6TH: Ruiz flied out to right; Mahler grounded out (pitcher to first); Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton singled; Templeton stole second; Scott singled to first [Templeton to third]; Hendrick hit a sacrifice fly to center [Templeton scored, Scott to second]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Freed singled to center [Scott scored, Simmons to second]; CAMP REPLACED MAHLER (PITCHING); Morales forced Simmons (third unassisted) [Freed to second]; Reitz forced Morales (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2. BRAVES 7TH: Office grounded out (third to first); Matthews flied out to left; Burroughs walked; Horner lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson flied out to center; Denny singled to third; Templeton doubled to center [Denny to third]; Scott was walked intentionally; Hendrick walked [Denny scored, Templeton to third, Scott to second]; Simmons forced Hendrick (second to shortstop) [Templeton scored, Scott to third]; HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR FREED; SKOK REPLACED CAMP (PITCHING); Hernandez struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 8TH: HERNANDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Nolan grounded out (second to first); Beall grounded out (first to pitcher); Ruiz doubled to right; CHANEY BATTED FOR SKOK; Chaney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: LEON REPLACED CHANEY (PITCHING); Morales lined to right; Reitz struck out; Tyson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 9TH: Royster singled to shortstop; Office was hit by a pitch [Royster to second]; LITTELL REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Matthews homered [Royster scored, Office scored]; Burroughs walked; BONNELL RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Horner popped to second; Nolan singled to right [Bonnell to second]; GILBREATH RAN FOR NOLAN; Beall forced Gilbreath (first to shortstop) [Bonnell to third]; Ruiz forced Beall (shortstop to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 4.

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