After squandering a 6-1 lead, the Cardinals finally beat the Phillies, 8-6, in 10 innings. The Phils tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on a walk to Larry Bowa, a stolen base, an infield grounder and a sacrifice fly by pitch-hitter Tim McCarver.

In the Redbird 10th, Ken Reitz blooped a triple into right field with two out to score pinch-runner Mike Ramsey and break the deadlock. Ramsey was running for Ted Simmons, who opened the inning with a single. Reitz scored an insurance run when first baseman Jose Cardenal dropped a throw from shortstop on a grounder by Mike Tyson. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 8, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Game Played on Sunday, September 10, 1978 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium

Cardinals 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 - 8 11 0 Phillies 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 - 6 10 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 .280 McBride rf 5 2 1 0 1 0 .276 Mumphrey rf 3 0 1 0 2 1 .252 Bowa ss 3 2 2 0 3 0 .301 Hendrick cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .277 Maddox cf 5 1 1 3 0 0 .282 Simmons c 4 1 3 0 1 1 .292 Luzinski lf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .272 Ramsey pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Morrison pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .157 Swisher c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Martin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Hernandez 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .254 Hebner 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Iorg lf 3 2 2 1 0 0 .196 Smith pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 McCarver ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .252 Frazier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .254 Reitz 3b 5 1 1 2 0 1 .245 Boone c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .284 Tyson 2b 5 1 1 1 0 2 .242 Harrelson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Martinez p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .186 Foote c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Sizemore 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Scott ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Lonborg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Brusstar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Dineen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Cardenal ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Cruz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 8 11 7 4 8 Totals 38 6 10 6 7 3 Time of Game: 3:13 Attendance: 33,106 Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Phillies 11 DP: Cardinals 1, Phillies 0 Errors: Cardenal Doubles: Mumphrey (12), Iorg (1), Simmons 2 (39), Bowa (29) Triples: Reitz (2) Home Runs: Hendrick (19), Luzinski (30) Stolen Bases: Bowa 2 (25), Smith (2), Harrelson (5) Caught Stealing: Mumphrey (8) Sacrifice Hits: Martinez (6), Hernandez (1) Sacrifice Flies: Iorg (1), McCarver (3) GIDP: Dineen (1) Hit by Pitch: Luzinski (10,by Littell) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Martinez 6.2 7 5 5 5 2 1 31 3.90 Lopez 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.93 Littell W(2-8) 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 2.94 Frazier 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.60 Schultz SV(6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.70 Totals 10 10 6 6 7 3 1 47 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lonborg 2 6 4 4 1 3 1 13 5.23 Brusstar 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.32 Eastwick 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 13 3.71 McGraw 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 2.99 Reed L(2-3) 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 2.41 Totals 10 11 8 7 4 8 1 45 Hit by Pitch: Littell (3) Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton made an out to second; Mumphrey doubled to left; Hendrick lined to third; Simmons walked; Hernandez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: McBride popped to third in foul territory; Bowa walked; Maddox forced Bowa (pitcher to shortstop); Luzinski singled to left [Maddox to second]; Hebner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg doubled to right; Reitz struck out; Tyson singled to center [Iorg scored]; Martinez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Tyson to second]; Templeton singled to right [Tyson scored]; Mumphrey was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt singled to center; Boone grounded out (first to pitcher) [Schmidt to second]; Sizemore flied out to center; Lonborg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Hendrick homered; Simmons doubled to right; BRUSSTAR REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted) [Simmons to third]; Iorg hit a sacrifice fly to left [Simmons scored]; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: McBride walked; Bowa singled to left [McBride to third]; Maddox grounded out (second to first) [McBride scored, Bowa to second]; Luzinski walked; Hebner popped to third; Schmidt struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Martinez grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 4TH: Boone walked; Sizemore popped to second; DINEEN BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; Dineen grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Boone out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 5TH: EASTWICK REPLACED DINEEN (PITCHING); Mumphrey walked; Mumphrey was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hendrick flied out to center; Simmons was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 5TH: McBride grounded out (first to pitcher); Bowa walked; Bowa stole second; Maddox flied out to left; Luzinski flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez walked; Iorg singled to center [Hernandez to third]; Reitz grounded out (third to first) [Hernandez scored, Iorg to second]; Tyson struck out; Martinez singled to center [Iorg scored]; Templeton flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 6TH: Hebner flied out to center; Schmidt was called out on strikes; Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons doubled to right; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 7TH: Sizemore flied out to right; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Gonzalez popped to catcher in foul territory; McBride singled to right; Bowa doubled to right [McBride to third]; Maddox singled to center [McBride scored, Bowa scored]; Luzinski homered [Maddox scored]; LOPEZ REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Hebner singled to right; SMITH RAN FOR HEBNER; Smith stole second; Schmidt flied out to center; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 5. CARDINALS 8TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MCGRAW REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Iorg grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz lined to shortstop; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 8TH: Boone singled to center; HARRELSON RAN FOR BOONE; Sizemore struck out; CARDENAL BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; Cardenal popped to second; Harrelson stole second; McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 5. CARDINALS 9TH: FOOTE REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING C ); CARDENAL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SCOTT BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Scott was called out on strikes; Templeton flied out to center; Mumphrey walked; Hendrick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 9TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LITTELL REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); Bowa walked; Bowa stole second; Maddox grounded out (third to first) [Bowa to third]; Luzinski was hit by a pitch; MORRISON RAN FOR LUZINSKI; MCCARVER BATTED FOR MCGRAW; McCarver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bowa scored]; Schmidt walked [Morrison to second]; Foote grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Phillies 6. CARDINALS 10TH: REED REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); MARTIN REPLACED MORRISON (PLAYING LF); Simmons singled to right; RAMSEY RAN FOR SIMMONS; Hernandez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Ramsey to second]; GARRETT BATTED FOR LITTELL; Garrett grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ramsey to third]; Reitz tripled to right [Ramsey scored]; Tyson reached on an error by Cardenal [Reitz scored (unearned) (no RBI), Tyson to first]; Scott popped to third; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Phillies 6. PHILLIES 10TH: SWISHER REPLACED RAMSEY (PLAYING C ); FRAZIER REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Sizemore singled to shortstop; Cardenal forced Sizemore (third to second); CRUZ RAN FOR CARDENAL; SCHULTZ REPLACED FRAZIER (PITCHING); McBride popped to catcher in foul territory; Bowa flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Phillies 6.

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