The Phillies' lead in the N.L. East was cut to one game as the Cardinals captured the first half of a doubleheader, 3-2, but the Phillies came back to take the nightcap, 10-2. The Cards trailed, 2-0, going into the bottom of the eighth inning of the first game, but went ahead on a single by Steve Swisher, double by Mike Tyson, two-run pinch-double by Ted Simmons, sacrifice by Garry Templeton and sacrifice fly by Tony Scott. The Phils had a runner on third with nobody out in the top of the ninth but Greg Luzinski fanned, Bob Boone lined out and Mike Schmidt popped out.

The Phillies took advantage of seven bases on balls and five Cardinal errors in the second game as Bake McBride tripled home one run and scored two others while Jim Lonborg got credit for his first win since June 28. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Phillies 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x - 3 6 1 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McBride rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .272 Templeton ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Bowa ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .302 Scott lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .239 Maddox cf 3 0 2 2 1 0 .280 Morales rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boone c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Hendrick cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .246 Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .247 McCarver 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Freed 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Hernandez 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Lerch p 3 1 2 0 0 0 .204 Swisher c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramsey pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Mumphrey rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Tyson 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .242 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Simmons ph,c 1 1 1 2 0 0 .287 Totals 31 2 7 2 2 1 Totals 28 3 6 3 0 2 Time of Game: 1:50 Left on Base: Phillies 4, Cardinals 3 DP: Phillies 0, Cardinals 3 Errors: Simmons Doubles: Maddox (26), Tyson 2 (15), Simmons (36) Triples: Maddox (3) Stolen Bases: Schmidt (12), Maddox (30), Scott (5) Sacrifice Hits: Templeton (2) Sacrifice Flies: Scott (2) GIDP: McBride (4) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lerch L(8-8) 7.2 6 3 3 0 2 0 29 4.04 Reed 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.45 Totals 8 6 3 3 0 2 0 30 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(11-15) 8 7 2 2 1 0 0 29 3.46 Littell SV(9) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.92 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 1 0 33 Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Ed Montague PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (first unassisted); Bowa lined to third; Maddox doubled to center; Luzinski flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott singled to right; Scott stole second; Morales flied out to center; Hendrick flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Boone flied out to center; Schmidt singled to center; McCarver lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Schmidt out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz flied out to left; Freed grounded out (shortstop to first); Swisher flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); Lerch singled to center; McBride singled to left [Lerch to second]; Bowa popped to second; Maddox tripled to right [Lerch scored, McBride scored]; Luzinski popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson doubled to center; Forsch flied to right in foul territory; Templeton grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Boone popped to catcher in foul territory; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); McCarver flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Hendrick popped to second; Reitz singled to shortstop; Freed forced Reitz (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Sizemore flied out to left; Lerch grounded out (first to pitcher); McBride grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Swisher grounded out (second to first); Tyson flied out to right; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa singled to right; Maddox lined into a double play (second to first) [Bowa out at first]; Luzinski lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 7TH: Boone popped to catcher in foul territory; Schmidt walked; Schmidt stole second; McCarver flied out to left; Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Reitz grounded out (third to first); Freed grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 8TH: Lerch singled to right; McBride grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lerch out at second]; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Swisher singled to center; RAMSEY RAN FOR SWISHER; Tyson doubled to center [Ramsey to third]; Debut game for Mike Ramsey; SIMMONS BATTED FOR FORSCH; Simmons doubled to center [Ramsey scored, Tyson scored]; Templeton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Simmons to third]; Scott hit a sacrifice fly to left [Simmons scored]; REED REPLACED LERCH (PITCHING); Morales popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 3. PHILLIES 9TH: SIMMONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HERNANDEZ REPLACED FREED (PLAYING 1B); MUMPHREY REPLACED RAMSEY (PLAYING RF); LITTELL REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Maddox walked; Maddox stole second [Maddox to third (error by Simmons)]; Luzinski struck out; Boone lined to shortstop; Schmidt popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 3.

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