An error by second baseman Mike Tyson opened the floodgates for four unearned runs in the first inning and triggered the Padres to a 7-5 decision over the Cardinals who went down to their sixth straight loss. Derrel Thomas opened the Padres' first with a single and was sacrificed to second. After Gene Richards walked and Dave Winfield struck out, Oscar Gamble, who hadn't had a hit in his last 16 times at bat, slapped a routine grounder to Tyson, who let the ball go through his legs, allowing Thomas to score.

Bill Almon then singled home Richards and a triple by Gene Tenace plated two more runs. A two-run homer by Ted Simmons in the eighth inning pulled the Cardinals to within two runs, but Padre reliever John D'Acquisto slammed the door to preserve the victory. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5
Game Played on Tuesday, May       16, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  0  0    2  2  0  -   5  9  3
Padres       4  0  0    1  0  1    1  0  x  -   7  8  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .265      Thomas 2b,cf          4   1   1   0     1   0   .221
  Freed ph            1   0   1   2     0   0   .269      Smith ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .271
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Richards cf,lf        3   1   1   0     1   1   .263
  Phillips ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Templeton ss          5   0   1   0     0   1   .231      Gamble lf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .218
Hernandez 1b          3   1   0   0     2   1   .319        Baker 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .375
Simmons c             5   2   3   2     0   1   .325      Almon 3b              3   2   2   1     1   1   .320
Morales rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .221      Tenace 1b             2   1   2   3     2   0   .217
Reitz 3b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .259      Sweet c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .222
Mumphrey cf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .181      Owchinko p            2   0   0   1     0   0   .059
Tyson 2b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .275        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Iorg ph,lf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .235        D'Acquisto p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Urrea p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Scott ph,lf         1   1   0   0     1   1   .221
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   5     5   6             Totals               29   7   8   5     7   5

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 14,434
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Padres 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Padres 1
Errors: Simmons, Reitz, Tyson
Doubles: Simmons (14), Freed (3)
Triples: Tenace (2)
Home Runs: Simmons (4)
Stolen Bases: Almon (5)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Smith (7), Owchinko (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (2)
GIDP: Urrea (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Urrea L(2-5)            6     7   6   2   3   3   0  28   4.24
Littell                 1     1   1   1   3   1   0   7   3.23
Hamilton                1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   8.31
Totals                  8     8   7   3   7   5   0  38

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko W(3-2)         7     6   4   4   4   3   0  30   3.33
Spillner                0.1   3   1   1   0   0   1   4   3.98
D'Acquisto SV(1)        1.2   0   0   0   1   3   0   6   0.90
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5   6   1  40

Passed Balls: Sweet (3)
Balks: Urrea (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jim Quick


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock was called out on strikes; Templeton
singled to third; Hernandez walked [Templeton to second];
Simmons popped to shortstop; Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Thomas singled to center; Smith out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Thomas to second]; Richards walked;
Winfield was called out on strikes; Gamble reached on an error
by Tyson [Thomas scored (unearned) (no RBI), Richards to third];
Almon singled to center [Richards scored (unearned), Gamble to
third]; Almon stole second; Tenace tripled to left [Gamble
scored (unearned), Almon scored (unearned)]; the ball caromed
of the wall; the Cardinals wanted fan interference on the play
while the Padres thought it was a home run; Cardinals Coach
Sonny Ruberto and Padres Dave Roberts ejected by HP umpire Jerry
Crawford; Sweet grounded out (second to first); 4 R (0 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Reitz flied out to left; Mumphrey flied out to
center; Tyson singled to right; Urrea grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 4.

PADRES 2ND: Owchinko grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomas
grounded out (second to first); Reitz dropped a foul fly hit by
Smith for an error; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 4.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton
flied out to left; Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 4.

PADRES 3RD: Richards struck out; Winfield popped to third;
Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 4.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons doubled to left; Morales grounded out
(second to first) [Simmons to third]; Reitz lined out on a
sacrifice fly to right [Simmons scored]; Mumphrey flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 4.

PADRES 4TH: Almon walked; Almon was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Simmons [Almon scored]; Tenace walked; Sweet
singled to right [Tenace to second]; Urrea balked [Tenace to
third, Sweet to second]; Owchinko grounded out (shortstop to
first); Thomas popped to catcher in foul territory; Smith flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson singled to left; Urrea grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tyson out at
second]; Brock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Padres 5.

PADRES 5TH: Richards flied out to center; Winfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gamble flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton grounded out (third to first);
Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons singled to
center; Sweet allowed a passed ball [Simmons to second]; Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Padres 5.

PADRES 6TH: Almon singled to center; Almon was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Tenace singled to right; Sweet singled to
center [Tenace to third]; Owchinko out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Tenace scored, Sweet to second]; Thomas
flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres
6.

CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz flied out to left; Mumphrey walked; Tyson
popped to shortstop; SCOTT BATTED FOR URREA; Scott walked
[Mumphrey to second]; FREED BATTED FOR BROCK; Freed doubled to
right [Mumphrey scored, Scott scored]; Templeton struck out; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 6.

PADRES 7TH: LITTELL REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); SCOTT STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Smith walked; On a bunt Richards singled
[Smith to second]; Winfield grounded out (third to first) [Smith
to third, Richards to second]; Gamble was walked intentionally;
Almon struck out; Tenace walked [Smith scored, Richards to
third, Gamble to second]; Sweet grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: BAKER REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 2B); THOMAS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); Hernandez walked; SPILLNER REPLACED OWCHINKO
(PITCHING); Simmons homered [Hernandez scored]; Morales singled
to left; Reitz flied out to right; Mumphrey singled to left
[Morales to second]; D'ACQUISTO REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING);
IORG BATTED FOR TYSON; Iorg walked [Morales to third, Mumphrey
to second]; Scott struck out; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR LITTELL;
Phillips flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals
5, Padres 7.

PADRES 8TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); IORG STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); HAMILTON REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING);
D'Acquisto struck out; Thomas walked; Thomas was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Smith grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Padres 7.

CARDINALS 9TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hernandez was called out on strikes; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Padres 7.