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Saturday April 22, 1978
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Duffy Dyer came off the disabled list and immediately won the game for the Pirates, slashing a pinch-double in the ninth inning and driving in two runs to beat the Cardinals, 8-7. The Cardinals failed to hold a 6-3 lead but went ahead again in the eighth when Keith Hernandez walked, Lou Brock sacrificed and Roger Freed doubled.

However, in the ninth, with two out, Ed Ott doubled and Phil Garner walked. Dyer, who had been on the disabled list for 15 days with a broken thumb, came off the bench as a pinch-hitter for Kent Tekulve and popped his double down the left field line to give the Pirates their victory. [The Sporting News]


Pittsburgh Pirates 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Game Played on Saturday, April 22, 1978 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals    0  0  0    1  0  0    5  1  0  -   7  8  2
Pirates      0  2  0    0  0  1    3  0  2  -   8 14  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mumphrey cf           4   1   0   1     1   1   .056      Taveras ss            3   0   1   0     0   1   .200
Templeton ss          5   0   0   0     0   2   .211        Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Morales rf            4   1   1   2     1   0   .260        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Simmons c             5   1   1   1     0   0   .306        Fregosi ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Hernandez 1b          4   1   0   0     1   0   .356      Moreno cf             3   0   1   0     2   1   .250
Brock lf              3   1   2   0     0   0   .290      Parker rf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .310
  Sutherland 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      B. Robinson lf        5   2   2   1     0   1   .294
Reitz 3b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Stargell 1b           4   1   1   1     1   1   .269
Tyson 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Stennett 2b           5   1   3   2     0   0   .242
  Phillips ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Ott c                 5   1   2   0     0   0   .206
  Freed ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .182      Garner 3b,ss          3   1   1   1     1   1   .129
  Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Denny p               1   0   1   0     1   0   .250        Brye ph             0   1   0   0     1   0   .333
  Iorg ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .167        Mendoza ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sanguillen ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Dyer ph             1   0   1   2     0   0  1.000
  Scott ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .179

Totals               35   7   8   5     4   5             Totals               38   8  14   7     6   8

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance:  5,173
Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Pirates 11
DP: Cardinals 1, Pirates 0
Errors: Templeton, Tyson, Blyleven
Doubles: Freed (2), Stennett (1), Ott (1), Dyer (1)
Triples: Garner (1)
Home Runs: Simmons (1), Morales (1), Stargell (2)
Stolen Bases: Brock (3), Moreno 2 (4)
Caught Stealing: Taveras (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Brock (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Garner (1)
GIDP: Parker (2)
Hit by Pitch: Reitz (2,by Blyleven)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   6     8   3   3   1   5   1  26   2.63
Hamilton                0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1  21.60
Vuckovich               0.2   3   2   2   1   1   0   6   3.60
Schultz                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.17
Urrea L(0-2)            1.2   3   2   2   3   2   0  11  11.00
Totals                  8.2  14   8   8   6   8   1  45

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven                7     6   6   2   2   4   2  31   4.50
Jackson                 1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   5.79
Tekulve W(1-0)          1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.17
Totals                  9     8   7   3   4   5   2  41

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (1)
Wild Pitches: Denny 4 (4)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry


CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first);
Templeton struck out; Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied out to left; Moreno singled to
center; Parker grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Moreno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to third; Hernandez flied out to
right; Brock singled to shortstop; Reitz grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson singled to shortstop [B. Robinson to
second (error by Templeton)]; Denny threw a wild pitch [B.
Robinson to third]; Denny threw a wild pitch [B. Robinson
scored]; Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); Stennett
singled to third; Ott singled to right [Stennett to third];
Garner hit a sacrifice fly to right [Stennett scored]; Blyleven
forced Ott (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Denny
walked; Mumphrey walked [Denny to second]; Templeton flied out
to right; Morales popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Taveras singled to left; Taveras was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Moreno walked; Moreno
stole second; Denny threw a wild pitch [Moreno to third]; Parker
struck out; B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons homered; Hernandez flied out to center;
Brock grounded out (second to first); Reitz flied out to right;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell was called out on strikes; Stennett
doubled to center; Ott grounded out (third to first) [Stennett
to third]; Garner flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to right; Denny singled to
center; Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Templeton grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Pirates 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Blyleven struck out but advanced to first on a wild
pitch; Taveras struck out; Moreno reached on an error by Tyson
[Blyleven to third, Moreno to first]; Parker was credited with a
single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to second
[Blyleven stayed at third, Moreno out at second (second
unassisted)]; B. Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Simmons
flied out to center; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell homered; Stennett flied out to right; Ott
grounded out (first unassisted); Garner struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Pirates 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Reitz
was hit by a pitch; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR TYSON; Phillips struck
out; IORG BATTED FOR DENNY; Iorg singled to right [Brock to
third, Reitz to second]; Mumphrey reached on an error by
Blyleven [Brock scored (RBI), Reitz scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Iorg scored (unearned) (no RBI), Mumphrey to third]; Templeton
was called out on strikes; Morales homered (unearned) [Mumphrey
scored (unearned)]; Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); 5 R
(1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HAMILTON
REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); BRYE BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Brye walked;
VUCKOVICH REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); MILNER BATTED FOR
TAVERAS; Milner made an out to second; Moreno struck out; Parker
singled to shortstop [Brye to second]; B. Robinson singled to
center [Brye scored, Parker to third]; Stargell walked [B.
Robinson to second]; Stennett singled to left [Parker scored, B.
Robinson scored, Stargell to second]; SCHULTZ REPLACED VUCKOVICH
(PITCHING); Ott forced Stennett (first to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Pirates 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); MENDOZA
REPLACED BRYE (PLAYING SS); Hernandez walked; Brock out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hernandez to second]; Reitz
singled to left [Hernandez to third]; FREED BATTED FOR PHILLIPS;
Freed doubled to left [Hernandez scored, Reitz to third]; SCOTT
BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Scott was called out on strikes; Mumphrey
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
7, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 8TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SUTHERLAND
REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING 2B); URREA REPLACED FREED (PITCHING);
Garner tripled to left; SANGUILLEN BATTED FOR MENDOZA;
Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); FREGOSI BATTED FOR
JACKSON; Fregosi struck out; Moreno walked; Moreno stole second;
Parker was walked intentionally; B. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Pirates 6.

CARDINALS 9TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GARNER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); TEKULVE REPLACED SANGUILLEN
(PITCHING); Templeton grounded out (second to first); Morales
walked; Simmons popped to third; Hernandez flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Pirates 6.

PIRATES 9TH: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Stennett
grounded out (second to first); Ott doubled to center; Garner
walked; DYER BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Dyer doubled to left [Ott
scored, Garner scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7,
Pirates 8.



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