The league leader in earned run average, Pete Vuckovich lowered his mark to 2.17 while pitching seven innings as the Cardinals defeated the Braves, 5-1. The Cardinals clinched Vuckovich's 11th victory with four runs in the fifth inning.

Wayne Garrett led off with a double and stopped at third on a single by Jerry Morales. Garrett scored on a sacrifice fly by Mike Phillips. After Lou Brock walked, Garry Templeton doubled, driving in Morales. George Hendrick then capped the outburst with a single, scoring Brock and Templeton. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Atlanta Braves 1

Game Played on Friday, August 18, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 10 2 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 x - 5 6 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .272 Brock lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .220 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Templeton ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .286 Benedict c 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Hendrick cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .272 Office cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .246 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Matthews rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .253 Burroughs lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .320 Garrett 3b 2 1 1 0 0 1 .233 Horner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Reitz ph,3b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .232 Nolan c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Morales rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Phillips 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .266 Beall 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .233 Vuckovich p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .119 Ruiz 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .313 Bruno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hanna p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .174 Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Chaney ph,ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Totals 35 1 10 1 3 5 Totals 30 5 6 5 3 3 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 12,764 Left on Base: Braves 10, Cardinals 5 DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 1 Errors: Matthews, Beall Doubles: Office (8), Garrett (2), Templeton (26), Reitz (20) Triples: Royster (6) Caught Stealing: Beall (3) Sacrifice Flies: Phillips (4) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hanna L(7-12) 5 5 5 5 3 2 0 23 4.98 Easterly 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 6.13 Leon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.80 Garber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.90 Totals 8 6 5 5 3 3 0 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich W(11-9) 7 8 1 1 3 5 0 30 2.18 Bruno 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.06 Totals 9 10 1 1 3 5 0 38 Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Joe West BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (second to first); Office grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews singled to pitcher; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to center; Templeton grounded out (third to first); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 2ND: Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan flied out to right; Beall singled to center; Ruiz forced Beall (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to left; Hernandez struck out; Garrett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 3RD: Hanna struck out; Royster tripled to left; Office lined to pitcher; Matthews lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Morales flied out to center; Phillips flied out to center; Vuckovich walked; Brock singled to right [Vuckovich to second]; Templeton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs walked; Horner flied out to center; Nolan struck out [Burroughs out at second (catcher to shortstop)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 5TH: Beall walked; Beall was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Ruiz singled to center; On a bunt Hanna struck out; Royster singled to center [Ruiz to third]; Office popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Garrett doubled to right; Morales singled to pitcher [Garrett to third]; Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to right [Garrett scored, Morales to second (error by Matthews)]; Vuckovich grounded out (third to first) [Morales to third]; Brock walked; Templeton doubled to right [Morales scored, Brock to third]; Hendrick singled to center [Brock scored, Templeton scored]; Simmons grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 6TH: Matthews grounded out (third to first); Burroughs singled to left; Horner walked [Burroughs to second]; Nolan flied out to center; Beall struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez walked; EASTERLY REPLACED HANNA (PITCHING); REITZ BATTED FOR GARRETT; Reitz doubled to right [Hernandez scored]; Morales grounded out (third to first); Phillips grounded out (second to first) [Reitz to third]; Vuckovich struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 5. BRAVES 7TH: REITZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Ruiz singled to center; CHANEY BATTED FOR EASTERLY; Chaney flied out to right; Royster forced Ruiz (third to second); Office doubled to left [Royster scored]; Matthews flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 7TH: CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LEON REPLACED ROYSTER (PITCHING); Brock flied out to left; Templeton grounded out (second to first); Hendrick reached on an error by Beall [Hendrick to first]; Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. BRAVES 8TH: BRUNO REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Burroughs flied out to center; Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: BENEDICT REPLACED LEON (PLAYING C ); GARBER REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Bruce Benedict; Reitz grounded out (second to first); Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5. BRAVES 9TH: Beall grounded out (second to first); Ruiz grounded out (catcher to first); Chaney singled to right; Benedict singled to left [Chaney to second]; Office grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5.

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