Graciously accepting six runs handed to them by inept fielding by the Cardinals, the Pirates breezed to a 6-1 victory. The Cards led, 1-0, going into the seventh when singles by Willie Stargell and Ed Ott and a walk to Phil Garner loaded the bases with one out. Ken Macha hit what appeared to be a double-play grounder to Garry Templeton, but the shortstop booted the ball for his 26th error of the season. Two runs scored on the play and Macha reached second.

Roy Thomas relieved Bob Forsch on the mound for the Cards and Frank Taveras hit a pop fly that center fielder George Hendrick and second baseman Mike Tyson let drop between them for a single, two more tallies crossing the plate. After a single by Moreno, Thomas was derricked in favor of Buddy Schultz. John Milner got a single when Hendrick permitted his pop fly to drop safely and two runs scored when Hendrick kicked the ball into right field. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      9, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  0    6  0  0  -   6  8  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            5   1   1   2     0   0   .277      Templeton ss          4   0   0   0     0   1   .240
Moreno cf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .224      Mumphrey lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Milner lf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .307      Hendrick cf           4   1   2   1     0   1   .238
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
B. Robinson rf,lf     4   0   0   0     0   2   .238      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .311
Stargell 1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .290      Hernandez 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Ott c                 3   1   1   0     1   0   .249      Morales rf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .235
Garner 2b             3   1   1   0     1   2   .246      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Macha 3b              2   1   0   1     1   0   .211      Tyson 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .246
  Brye rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Brock ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .130        Phillips 2b         0   0   0   0     1   0   .229
  Stennett ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Forsch p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .250
  Mendoza 3b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .263        Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Scott ph,cf         2   0   1   0     0   1   .242

Totals               35   6   8   4     3   7             Totals               33   1   6   1     3   6

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 22,101
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Cardinals 8
DP: Pirates 1, Cardinals 0
Errors: Garner, Templeton, Hendrick
Doubles: Hendrick (14), Forsch (6)
Home Runs: Hendrick (9)
Caught Stealing: Taveras (16)
GIDP: Reitz (8)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(9-5)         6     4   1   1   1   2   1  23   3.26
Tekulve SV(13)          3     2   0   0   2   4   0  13   2.27
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   6   1  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(9-8)           6.2   4   4   1   3   4   0  27   3.14
Thomas                  0     2   2   1   0   0   0   2   5.19
Schultz                 1.1   1   0   0   0   3   0   5   3.62
Littell                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.44
Totals                  9     8   6   1*  3   7   0  38

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


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno flied
out to left; Milner singled to right; B. Robinson lined to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (second to first);
Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Hendrick doubled to
left; Simmons walked; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Ott
grounded out (second to first); Garner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
flied out to center; Tyson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Macha walked; Blyleven struck out; Taveras forced
Macha (pitcher to shortstop); Taveras was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Forsch was called out on strikes; Templeton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey lined to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Moreno popped to shortstop; Milner flied out to
center; B. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick homered; Simmons popped to shortstop;
Hernandez reached on an error by Garner [Hernandez to first];
Morales singled to right [Hernandez to third]; Reitz grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales out
at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Ott
walked; Garner singled to left [Ott to second]; Macha grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Ott to third, Garner to second];
Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to center; Forsch doubled to
center; Templeton grounded out (second to first) [Forsch to
third]; Mumphrey lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
0, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno flied
out to center; Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Hendrick was called out on strikes; Simmons flied
out to center; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 7TH: B. Robinson popped to third in foul territory;
Stargell singled to center; Ott singled to right [Stargell to
second]; Garner walked [Stargell to third, Ott to second]; Macha
reached on an error by Templeton [Stargell scored (RBI), Ott
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Garner to third, Macha to second];
STENNETT BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Stennett grounded out (shortstop
to first); THOMAS REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Taveras singled to
right [Garner scored (unearned), Macha scored (unearned)];
Moreno singled to left [Taveras to second]; SCHULTZ REPLACED
THOMAS (PITCHING); Milner singled to center [Taveras scored
(unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Moreno scored (error by
Hendrick) (unearned) (no RBI), Milner to third]; B. Robinson
struck out; 6 R (2 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: MENDOZA REPLACED STENNETT (PLAYING 3B); B.
ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BRYE REPLACED MACHA
(PLAYING RF); TEKULVE REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Morales was
called out on strikes; Reitz flied out to left; BROCK BATTED FOR
TYSON; Brock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
6, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 8TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING 2B); Stargell
struck out; Ott popped to catcher in foul territory; Garner was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: SCOTT BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Scott singled to
center; Templeton struck out; Mumphrey singled to pitcher [Scott
to second]; Hendrick popped to second; Simmons struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 6, Cardinals 1.

PIRATES 9TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LITTELL REPLACED
HENDRICK (PITCHING); Brye flied out to right; Mendoza singled to
center; Taveras forced Mendoza (shortstop to second); Moreno
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
6, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez popped to third in foul territory;
Morales walked; Reitz flied out to center; Phillips walked
[Morales to second]; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 6, Cardinals 1.