Tuesday September 29, 1970
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Although the winner of 23 games, Bob Gibson wound up without a victory over the Pirates when the East division champs beat the Cardinals, 7-2. The decision was the Pirates' third over the Redbird ace this season. Gibson pitched shutout ball until the seventh when the Pirates tied the score at 1-1. Then, in the eighth, Richie Hebner singled and took third on a single by Gene Alley, who moved up an extra base on an error by Jose Cardenal. With first base open, Gibson passed Jerry May intentionally.

Milt May, the son of former major leaguer Pinky May, came up as a pinch-hitter and doubled, driving in two runs. A grounder by Matty Alou and single by Dave Cash added two more tallies before the inning ended. Hebner homered with a man on base off Bob Chlupsa in the ninth. Gibson fanned seven and broke his own Cardinal strikeout record with a total of 274. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 29, 1970 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 - 7 15 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alou cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .295 Brock lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Cash 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .314 Javier 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .253 Oliver rf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .269 Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Stargell lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .265 Crosby ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Jeter pr,lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .233 Hague 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .271 Kopacz 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .188 Torre 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .318 Hebner 3b 4 2 3 2 1 0 .288 Cardenal cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .290 Alley ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .245 Melendez rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .323 J. May c 3 1 0 0 2 1 .195 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .243 Walker p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .130 Maxvill ss,2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .203 Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308 M. May ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .500 Gibson p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .303 Lamb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chlupsa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .227 Totals 40 7 15 7 4 7 Totals 31 2 7 2 6 7 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 13,232 Left on Base: Pirates 10, Cardinals 8 DP: Pirates 2, Cardinals 0 Errors: Cardenal Doubles: Alley (16), M. May (1), Jeter (3) Home Runs: Hebner (11) Stolen Bases: Cash (5) Caught Stealing: Jeter (5), Cardenal (9) GIDP: Simmons (4), Brock (10) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Walker 6 4 1 1 5 6 0 24 3.04 Dal Canton W(9-4) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4.57 Lamb SV(3) 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 9 2.78 Totals 9 7 2 2 6 7 0 37 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gibson L(23-7) 8 13 5 5 4 7 0 39 3.12 Chlupsa 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 5 8.82 Totals 9 15 7 7 4 7 1 44 Passed Balls: Simmons (15) Wild Pitches: Lamb (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Doug Harvey PIRATES 1ST: Alou grounded out (first unassisted); Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver singled to center; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Javier struck out; Hague walked; Torre grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 2ND: Kopacz singled to center; Hebner flied out to center; Alley forced Kopacz (third to second); J. May popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Cardenal singled to left; Cardenal was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Melendez struck out; Simmons singled to center; Maxvill grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 3RD: Walker grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou grounded out (second to first); Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson struck out; Brock flied out to center; Javier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 4TH: Oliver singled to left; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Oliver to second]; Stargell struck out; Kopacz grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner walked; Alley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hague grounded out (first unassisted); Torre walked; Cardenal walked [Torre to second]; Melendez singled to center [Torre scored, Cardenal to third]; Simmons grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Melendez out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 5TH: J. May struck out; Walker was called out on strikes; Alou singled to left; Cash singled to center [Alou to third]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Maxvill walked; Gibson struck out; Brock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Maxvill out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 6TH: Stargell popped to shortstop; Kopacz struck out; Hebner singled to center; Alley doubled to center [Hebner to third]; J. May was walked intentionally; Walker forced J. May (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Javier singled to left; Hague popped to second; Torre struck out; Cardenal walked [Javier to second]; Melendez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 7TH: Alou flied out to right; Cash walked; Cash stole second; Oliver singled to center [Cash scored]; Stargell singled to right [Oliver out at third (right to shortstop to third)]; JETER RAN FOR STARGELL; Jeter was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: JETER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DAL CANTON REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Simmons was called out on strikes; Maxvill singled to left; Gibson popped to second; Brock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 8TH: Kopacz struck out; Hebner singled to center; Alley singled to center [Hebner to third (error by Cardenal), Alley to second]; J. May was walked intentionally; M. MAY BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; M. May doubled to right [Hebner scored, Alley scored, J. May to third]; Alou grounded out (second to first) [J. May scored, M. May to third]; Cash singled to center [M. May scored]; Oliver flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: LAMB REPLACED M. MAY (PITCHING); DAVALILLO BATTED FOR JAVIER; Davalillo grounded out (second to first); Hague grounded out (second to first); Torre popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 9TH: CROSBY REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING SS); MAXVILL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); CHLUPSA REPLACED GIBSON (PITCHING); Jeter doubled to right; Kopacz grounded out (first unassisted) [Jeter to third]; Hebner homered [Jeter scored]; Alley grounded out (shortstop to first); J. May grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Cardenal popped to second; Melendez singled to center; Lamb threw a wild pitch [Melendez to second]; Simmons grounded out (second to first) [Melendez to third]; CRUZ BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Cruz walked; LEE BATTED FOR CHLUPSA; Lee singled to right [Melendez scored, Cruz to second]; Brock grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 7, Cardinals 2.

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