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Sunday April 23, 1978
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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, April 23, 1978 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals    2  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Pirates      0  1  0    3  0  1    0  0  x  -   5  7  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .306      Taveras ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .231	
Templeton ss          5   0   0   0     0   0   .197        Milner ph           0   0   0   1     1   0   .100	
Morales cf            4   1   1   2     1   0   .259        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000	
Freed rf              4   1   1   2     0   2   .200        Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000	
  Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stargell ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .258	
Hernandez 1b          2   0   0   0     2   2   .346        D. Robinson p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000	
Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .275      Moreno cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256	
Swisher c             2   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Parker rf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .353	
  Simmons ph,c        1   0   1   0     0   0   .321      B. Robinson 1b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .286	
Tyson 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .216      Stennett 2b           4   2   2   1     0   0   .293	
Falcone p             2   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Garner 3b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .132
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brye lf               3   2   1   0     1   1   .333	
  Sutherland ph       0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Dyer c                3   0   1   1     1   0   .500	
  Iorg ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Reuss p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000	
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tekulve p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000	
  Mumphrey rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Fregosi ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .167	
	                                                    Mendoza ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000	

Totals               33   4   7   4     6   7             Totals               30   5   7   5     4   4

Time of Game: 3:16   Attendance: 10,008
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Pirates 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Pirates 1
Doubles: Morales (2), Simmons (6), B. Robinson (3)
Triples: Stennett (1), Dyer (1)
Home Runs: Freed (1), Stennett (1), Parker (4)
Stolen Bases: Mendoza (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Garner (2)
GIDP: Templeton (2)
Hit by Pitch: Mendoza (1,by Vuckovich)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone                 3.2   5   4   4   2   3   2  18   7.59
Littell                 1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.13
Vuckovich L(0-3)        1     1   1   1   1   1   0   6   4.15
Urrea                   2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   9.00
Totals                  8     7   5   5   4   4   2  36

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss                   2.1   5   4   4   1   3   1  12   6.57
Tekulve                 1.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   7   0.96
Jackson                 1.1   1   0   0   2   1   0   7   4.50
Bibby W(2-1)            0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.25
D. Robinson SV(1)       3     1   0   0   1   1   0  11   3.14
Totals                  9     7   4   4   6   7   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Vuckovich (1)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Templeton grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brock out at
second]; Morales walked; Freed homered [Morales scored];
Hernandez was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied out to center; Moreno grounded out
(second to first); Parker singled to center; B. Robinson lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz flied out to center; Swisher struck out;
Tyson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stennett homered; Garner popped to second; Brye
struck out; Dyer flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Pirates 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Falcone singled to left; Brock singled to right
[Falcone to second]; Templeton flied out to right; Morales
doubled to center [Falcone scored, Brock scored]; TEKULVE
REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Freed struck out; Hernandez was
walked intentionally; Reitz walked [Morales to third, Hernandez
to second]; Swisher grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: Tekulve was called out on strikes; Taveras grounded
out (second to first); Moreno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Tyson grounded out (third to first); Falcone
grounded out (second to first); Brock flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Parker homered; B. Robinson flied out to left;
Stennett tripled to left; Garner hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Stennett scored]; Brye singled to left; Dyer walked [Brye to
second]; FREGOSI BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Fregosi walked [Brye to
third, Dyer to second]; LITTELL REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING);
MILNER BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Milner walked [Brye scored, Dyer to
third, Fregosi to second]; Moreno popped to third; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: MENDOZA REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING SS); JACKSON
REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Templeton popped to catcher in foul
territory; Morales popped to third; Freed flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 5TH: Parker flied out to center; B. Robinson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Stennett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez struck out; Reitz singled to pitcher;
Swisher walked [Reitz to second]; Tyson walked [Reitz to third,
Swisher to second]; SUTHERLAND BATTED FOR LITTELL; BIBBY
REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); IORG BATTED FOR SUTHERLAND; Iorg
struck out; Brock flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 6TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); Garner lined to
third; Brye walked; Dyer tripled to right [Brye scored]; Mendoza
was hit by a pitch; STARGELL BATTED FOR BIBBY; Mendoza stole
second; Stargell struck out; Moreno grounded out (first to
pitcher); game suspended due to curfew to allow the Cardinals
to catch the last Montreal-bound flight; game resumed 6/26;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: D. ROBINSON REPLACED STARGELL (PITCHING);
Templeton flied out to center; Morales grounded out (shortstop
to first); Freed struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Pirates 5.

PIRATES 7TH: URREA REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); MUMPHREY REPLACED
VUCKOVICH (PLAYING RF); Parker grounded out (shortstop to
first); B. Robinson doubled to left; Stennett grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garner popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Hernandez walked; Reitz flied out to right;
SIMMONS BATTED FOR SWISHER; Simmons doubled to right [Hernandez
to third]; Tyson popped to third; Mumphrey lined to third; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 8TH: SIMMONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Brye popped to
shortstop; Dyer grounded out (third to first); Mendoza grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Pirates 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Templeton
popped to shortstop; Morales popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Pirates 5.



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