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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