For the first time in their club history, the Padres completed a sweep of a season series at home by beating the Cardinals, 2-1, for their sixth straight victory in meetings with the Redbirds in San Diego. The defeat was the Cards' seventh in a row in their longest losing streak since 1974.

The Padres began the scoring with a run in the third inning on a single by Tucker Ashford and triple by Gene Richards. Dave Winfield singled in the sixth and counted the other run on a double by George Hendrick. The Cards' counter off Bob Shirley in the seventh was unearned. Rollie Fingers pitched the last two innings and earned his 30th save. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    31, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  0
Padres       0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   2  7  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti lf,rf         5   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Richards lf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .272
Templeton ss          4   0   2   1     0   0   .318      Almon ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
Mumphrey cf           4   0   2   0     0   2   .308      Winfield rf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .285
Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .332      Hendrick cf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .309
Hernandez 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Tenace 1b             1   0   0   0     2   1   .230
Anderson rf           2   0   0   0     1   1   .242      Roberts c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Brock ph,lf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Sutherland 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .271        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Tyson 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .238        Scanlon 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .183
  Rader ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Ashford 3b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .216
Underwood p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .120      Shirley p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .086
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .243        Rettenmund ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .304
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Iorg ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .178

Totals               35   1   8   1     2   5             Totals               28   2   7   2     3   2

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance:  8,269
Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Padres 5
DP: Cardinals 2, Padres 0
Errors: Almon
Doubles: Hendrick (21)
Triples: Templeton (14), Richards (8)
Stolen Bases: Mumphrey (18), Brock (29), Ashford (1)
Caught Stealing: Rettenmund (2)
GIDP: Winfield (11), Roberts (3)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(7-10)       6     6   2   2   2   1   0  24   5.18
Metzger                 2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.34
Totals                  8     7   2   2   3   2   0  31

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley W(9-16)         7     7   1   0   2   5   0  30   3.91
Fingers SV(30)          2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.76
Totals                  9     8   1   0   2   5   0  37

Balks: Shirley (6)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Bill Williams


CARDINALS 1ST: Bosetti lined to second; Templeton singled to
right; Templeton was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Mumphrey singled to center; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to right; Almon singled to
shortstop; Winfield grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Almon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez struck out; Anderson popped to
shortstop; Reitz singled to left; Tyson singled to right [Reitz
to third]; Underwood grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Hendrick flied out to right; Tenace walked; Roberts
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Tenace
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Bosetti singled to third; Shirley balked [Bosetti
to second]; Templeton flied out to right; Mumphrey was called
out on strikes; Simmons walked; Hernandez popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ashford singled to right; Ashford stole second; On a bunt
Shirley popped to first in foul territory; Richards tripled to
center [Ashford scored]; Almon flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Anderson struck out; Reitz lined to first; Tyson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield flied out to center; Hendrick singled to
left; Tenace walked [Hendrick to second]; Roberts flied out to
right; Sutherland flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Underwood flied out to right; Bosetti grounded
out (third to first); Templeton lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Ashford flied out to center; Shirley grounded out
(third to first); Richards grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey singled to shortstop; Mumphrey stole
second; Simmons flied out to center; Hernandez flied out to
center; Anderson walked; Reitz grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Almon flied out to right; Winfield singled to left;
Hendrick doubled to left [Winfield scored]; Tenace struck out;
Roberts grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Padres 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson lined to shortstop; CRUZ BATTED FOR
UNDERWOOD; Cruz struck out; Bosetti reached on an error by Almon
[Bosetti to second]; Templeton tripled to right [Bosetti scored
(unearned)]; Mumphrey struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: METZGER REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); TURNER BATTED FOR
SUTHERLAND; Turner flied out to right; Ashford grounded out
(shortstop to first); RETTENMUND BATTED FOR SHIRLEY; Rettenmund
walked; Rettenmund was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); SCANLON
REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING 2B); Simmons flied out to left;
Hernandez flied out to right; BROCK BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Brock
singled to center; Brock stole second; Reitz flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: BROCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BOSETTI CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Richards popped to third in foul
territory; Almon was called out on strikes; Winfield singled to
center; Hendrick forced Winfield (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: RADER BATTED FOR TYSON; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); IORG BATTED FOR METZGER; Iorg grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 2.