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August 21, 1978

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Cardinals 14 23 1
Reds 6 8 0
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Cardinals 14 23 1
Reds 8 9 0

Ken Griffey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .289
OBP .500 .342
At Bats 4 498
Hits 2 144
• Singles 1 104
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 4 41

Buddy Schultz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 5
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Riverfront Stadium - August 21, 1978
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Home Run
Buddy Schultz
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Mike Phillips
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Tony Scott
George Hendrick
Jerry Mumphrey
Ken Griffey
Pete Rose
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Griffey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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Bottom 9 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Scott. Rose reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Buddy Schultz now pitching. Ray Knight pinch hits for Manny Sarmiento. Knight hits a popup into right field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ken Oberkfell pinch hits for Silvio Martinez. Oberkfell hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hernandez tags and scores.
Top 9 Mumphrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to third.
Top 9 Reitz strikes out.
Top 9 Vic Correll now catching. Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Lum hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Tony Scott now playing left field. Driessen hits a line drive towards first. Hernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out.
Top 8 Hendrick hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Lum. Hendrick reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Brock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Foster hits a line drive towards third. Reitz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Griffey hits a fly ball into right field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mumphrey. Rose reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Mumphrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores.
Top 7 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. Hernandez moves to second.
Top 7 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Simmons hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Dave Tomlin. Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Concepcion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bench scores.
Bottom 6 Bench hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Hendrick, who is chasing the ball. Bench reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Martinez covering, for the out.
Top 6 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Templeton hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reitz scores. Mumphrey moves to third. Phillips moves to second.
Top 6 Martinez strikes out.
Top 6 Phillips is hit by the pitch. Reitz moves to third. Mumphrey moves to second.
Top 6 Mumphrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reitz moves to second.
Top 6 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Reitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Griffey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dave Collins pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Collins is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hendrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock scores. Templeton moves to second.
Top 5 Templeton takes first base on ball four. Brock moves to second.
Top 5 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Concepcion bunts towards the mound. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ken Reitz now playing third base. Bench strikes out.
Top 4 Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reitz scores.
Top 4 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ken Reitz pinch hits for Wayne Garrett. Pedro Borbon now pitching. Reitz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lum. Reitz reaches second base with a double. Hendrick scores. Simmons scores. There goes Hernandez trying to get to home. Lum throws the ball in to Concepcion who relays the ball to Bench, who tags Hernandez, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 4 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Simmons hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Lum. Simmons reaches second base with a double. Templeton scores. Hendrick moves to third.
Top 4 Hendrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Templeton moves to third.
Top 4 Fred Norman now pitching. Templeton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Driessen strikes out.
Bottom 3 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morgan scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lum scores. Auerbach scores. Morgan moves to third. Griffey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Lum moves to third. Auerbach moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rick Auerbach pinch hits for Bill Bonham. Auerbach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lum moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips misplays the ball. That's an error on Phillips.
Top 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brock for the out.
Top 3 Martinez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garrett scores.
Top 3 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mumphrey strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Garrett. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Garrett steals second.
Top 3 Garrett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Driessen takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hernandez for the out.
Top 2 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Templeton scores. Hendrick moves to second.
Top 2 Hendrick takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Templeton. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Templeton steals third.
Top 2 Templeton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Templeton reaches second base with a double. Martinez scores. Brock goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mumphrey scores. Martinez moves to second.
Top 2 Martinez bunts towards the mound. Bonham fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mumphrey moves to second.
Top 2 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mumphrey bunts towards the mound. Bonham fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Garrett hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Griffey hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a popup towards third. Garrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 1 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hendrick moves to second.
Top 1 Hendrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Templeton for the out.
Top 1 Brock strikes out.