The St. Louis Cardinals were defeated by the Chicago Cubs, 5 to 4, on September 24, 1978.

1978 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

CHC

Cubs

77-78

5

STL

Cardinals

67-90

4

CHC

STL

1

1

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

2

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

2

0

R

5

4

H

15

11

E

0

1

Top 1st

CHC

STL

Cubs

Home run by Bill Buckner.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

CHC

STL

Cardinals

Single by Jim Lentine; Ted Simmons scored.

1

1

Top 6th

CHC

STL

Cubs

Single by Bobby Murcer; Bill Buckner and Larry Biittner scored.

3

1

Bottom 6th

CHC

STL

Cardinals

Roger Freed walked; Ken Reitz scored.

3

2

Cardinals

Garry Templeton grounded out; Mike Tyson scored.

3

3

Bottom 8th

CHC

STL

Cardinals

Triple by Garry Templeton; Jerry Mumphrey scored.

3

4

Top 9th

CHC

STL

Cubs

Single by Mike Vail; Ivan De Jesus scored.

4

4

Cubs

Single by Larry Biittner; Rodney Scott scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Greg Gross RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Mike Vail PH,RF 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rodney Scott PR,3B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1B 5 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Larry Biittner LF 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Scot Thompson CF,RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Manny Trillo 2B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Dave Rader C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tim Blackwell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davey Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Sember PR,3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry White PH,CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mick Kelleher 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gene Clines PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Cox C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Holtzman P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lynn McGlothen P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Kingman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 15 5 1 1 9 1 2 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ken Holtzman 5.0 8 3 3 4 1 0
Lynn McGlothen (W) 3.0 3 1 1 2 3 0
Bruce Sutter (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 11 4 4 6 6 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Garry Templeton SS 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jerry Morales RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
Keith Hernandez 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ted Simmons C 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
George Hendrick CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Reitz 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mike Tyson 2B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Wayne Garrett PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Lentine LF 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Mumphrey PH,LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Vuckovich P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roger Freed PH 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Ramsey PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Schultz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bruno P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aurelio Lopez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Littell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 3 0 6 6 1 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pete Vuckovich 6.0 8 3 3 0 7 1
Buddy Schultz 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bruno (L) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0
Aurelio Lopez 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Littell 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 15 5 5 1 9 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Gorman

Nolan Gorman

RBI

12

Donovan

Brendan Donovan

AVG

.299

Winn

Masyn Winn

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Helsley

Ryan Helsley

K

26

Lynn

Lance Lynn

ERA

1.04

Gray

Sonny Gray

Team Rankings

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HR

16

29th

R

87

26th

SO

208

20th

ERA

4.11

20th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
15 8 .652
Cubs Cubs
15 9 .625 0.5
Reds Reds
14 10 .583 1.5
Pirates Pirates
13 12 .520 3.0
Cardinals Cardinals
11 14 .440 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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STL Cardinals

11-14

5

Final

1

ARI Diamondbacks

12-14

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

36

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

40

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

39

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

430.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM