A perfect squeeze bunt by Bake McBride climaxed a three-run rally in the fifth inning and brought the Cardinals a 4-3 victory over the Pirates. Ted Simmons homered for the Cards' initial run in the second. St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3Game Played on Sunday, April 17, 1977 (Day game) at Busch Stadium IIPirates 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Cardinals 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 x - 4 9 2 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 4 2 3 0 0 0 .300 Brock lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290 Moreno cf 4 0 2 2 0 1 .130 Youngblood lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Parker rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .438 Templeton ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .263 Oliver lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .176 McBride cf 2 0 1 1 1 0 .296 Dilone lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Scott cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .462 Kirkpatrick 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mumphrey pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Macha 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Simmons c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .343 Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Garner 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 Reitz 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .156 Dyer c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Tyson 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .429 Demery pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Denny p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Reuss p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .400 Freed ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DaVanon pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schultz p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 36 3 10 3 0 2 Totals 28 4 9 4 3 2 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 28,574 Left on Base: Pirates 6, Cardinals 4 DP: Pirates 2, Cardinals 0 Errors: Simmons, Denny Doubles: Moreno (2), Garner (3) Home Runs: Simmons (2) Stolen Bases: Taveras 2 (4), Dilone 2 (3), Brock (2), Scott 2 (2) Caught Stealing: Parker (2), Templeton (3), McBride (1) Sacrifice Flies: Templeton (1) GIDP: Reitz (1), Simmons (4) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuss L(0-2) 4.1 7 4 4 1 0 1 18 3.94 Jackson 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 1.50 Forster 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 12.00 Totals 8 9 4 4 3 2 1 32 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(3-0) 5 7 3 3 0 2 0 21 3.57 Schultz 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.80 Urrea SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 10 3 3 0 2 0 36 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to center; Taveras stole second [Taveras to third (error by Simmons)]; Moreno struck out; Parker singled to center [Taveras scored]; Oliver flied out to left; Parker was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton singled to right; Templeton was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); McBride walked; McBride was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 2ND: Kirkpatrick grounded out (second to first); Stennett reached on an error by Denny [Stennett out at second (pitcher to first)]; Rennie Stennett rounded 1B too far; Garner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons homered; Hernandez singled to center; Reitz grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hernandez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 3RD: Dyer lined to left; Reuss grounded out (pitcher to first); Taveras singled to center; Taveras stole second; Moreno doubled to right [Taveras scored]; Parker flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (second to first); Denny grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 4TH: Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: DILONE REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING LF); McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); Anderson flied out to left; Simmons flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 5TH: Garner grounded out (third to first); Dyer grounded out (third to first); Reuss singled to shortstop; Taveras singled to right [Reuss to second]; Moreno singled to center [Reuss scored, Taveras to third]; Parker grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Reitz singled to left; Tyson singled to right [Reitz to third]; FREED BATTED FOR DENNY; Freed singled to left [Reitz scored, Tyson to second]; DAVANON RAN FOR FREED; JACKSON REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Brock walked [Tyson to third, DaVanon to second]; Templeton hit a sacrifice fly to center [Tyson scored, DaVanon to third]; McBride singled to pitcher [DaVanon scored, Brock to second]; Anderson forced McBride (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 4. PIRATES 6TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED DAVANON (PITCHING); Dilone grounded out (third to first); Kirkpatrick popped to third; Stennett lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons flied out to center; Hernandez popped to catcher in foul territory; Reitz popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 4. PIRATES 7TH: Garner flied out to right; Dyer singled to center; HELMS BATTED FOR JACKSON; Helms flied out to center; Taveras flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 7TH: FORSTER REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); Tyson struck out (catcher to first); Schultz struck out; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 4. PIRATES 8TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); SCOTT REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING CF); Moreno flied out to center; Parker grounded out (pitcher to first); Dilone singled to left; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; Dilone stole second; Dilone stole third; Gonzalez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: MACHA REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING 1B); Templeton grounded out (second to first); Scott singled to left; Scott stole second; Scott stole third; Anderson walked; MUMPHREY RAN FOR ANDERSON; Simmons grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Mumphrey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 4. PIRATES 9TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Stennett grounded out (first unassisted); Garner doubled to right; Dyer reached on a fielder's choice [Garner out at third (third unassisted)]; DEMERY RAN FOR DYER; ROBINSON BATTED FOR FORSTER; URREA REPLACED SCHULTZ (PITCHING); Robinson forced Demery (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 4. |
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