The Cardinals, who compiled a a 5-1 record on the road before coming home, disappointed their opening night crowd of 41,226 at Busch Stadium by bowing to the Pirates, 7-0. Jim Rooker, who lost to the Redbirds, 8-7, in Pittsburgh April 10, pitched a three-hitter to regain his mastery of the Cardinals, whom he beat five straight times in 1976. Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 0Game Played on Friday, April 15, 1977 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIPirates 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 - 7 11 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 4 0 2 0 1 0 .273 Brock lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .308 Garner 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .273 Youngblood lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Parker rf 3 2 2 2 1 1 .458 Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Oliver lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .182 McBride cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Robinson 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .350 Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .148 Stennett 2b 4 2 2 2 0 1 .364 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .407 Dilone cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Hernandez 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Dyer c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .267 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Rooker p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Kessinger 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Tyson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 7 11 7 3 5 Totals 30 0 3 0 1 5 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 41,226 Left on Base: Pirates 4, Cardinals 4 DP: Pirates 1, Cardinals 0 Errors: Taveras Doubles: Garner (2), Parker (3) Home Runs: Dyer (2), Parker (1), Stennett (1) Stolen Bases: Stennett (2), Brock (1) Caught Stealing: Taveras (2), Robinson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Dyer (1) GIDP: Kessinger (1) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker W(1-1) 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 31 5.73 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 31 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone L(0-1) 6 6 5 5 3 4 3 25 11.57 Sutton 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 7 5.40 Hrabosky 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 5.40 Totals 9 11 7 7 3 5 3 38 Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Bob Engel PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to center; Taveras was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Garner grounded out (pitcher to first); Parker walked; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Templeton struck out; McBride was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 2ND: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Stennett grounded out (second to first); Dilone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 3RD: Dyer homered; Rooker popped to first in foul territory; Taveras walked; Garner struck out; Parker struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz grounded out (third to first); Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Falcone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 4TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Robinson walked; Robinson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Stennett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Templeton reached on an error by Taveras [Brock stayed at second, Templeton to first]; McBride forced Brock (pitcher to third) [Templeton to second]; Cruz flied out to right; Simmons lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 5TH: Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Rooker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Hernandez walked; Reitz flied out to left; Kessinger grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hernandez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 6TH: Taveras flied out to center; Garner doubled to left; Parker homered [Garner scored]; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson singled to center; Stennett hit an inside the park homer to right [Robinson scored]; Dilone flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: TYSON BATTED FOR FALCONE; Tyson grounded out (first unassisted); Brock flied out to center; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 7TH: SUTTON REPLACED TYSON (PITCHING); Dyer popped to catcher in foul territory; Rooker was called out on strikes; Taveras grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: McBride flied out to center; Cruz was called out on strikes; Simmons flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 8TH: Garner grounded out (third to first); Parker doubled to left; Oliver singled to center [Parker scored, Oliver out at second (center to first to shortstop to second)]; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Hernandez flied out to center; Reitz grounded out (third to first); Kessinger singled to left; ANDERSON BATTED FOR SUTTON; Anderson singled to center [Kessinger to second]; Brock forced Anderson (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 6, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 9TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Stennett singled to center; Stennett stole second; Dilone grounded out (second to first) [Stennett to third]; Dyer hit a sacrifice fly to right [Stennett scored]; Rooker singled to center; Taveras singled to center [Rooker to second]; Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 7, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 9TH: Templeton popped to first in foul territory; McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Cardinals 0. |
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