Beaten by the slugging of Gene Tenace, the Cardinals lost to the Padres, 8-3, for their 10th straight defeat in San Diego since July 17, 1976. Tenace hit two homers and a single, driving in five runs. Oscar Gamble accounted for the Padres' three other tallies with a double and single. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Friday, July      28, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  9  0
Padres       0  0  0    2  0  1    5  0  x  -   8 11  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Templeton ss          4   2   4   1     0   0   .270      Richards lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .307
Mumphrey lf           4   0   1   2     0   0   .240      Smith ss              4   1   1   0     1   0   .266
Hernandez 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Perkins 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .216
Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .299        Thomas ph,cf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Winfield cf,rf        3   2   1   0     1   0   .290
Morales rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Gamble rf             4   1   2   3     0   0   .298
Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .236        Roberts pr,c        0   1   0   0     0   0   .214
  Oberkfell pr,3b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Tenace c,1b           3   2   3   5     1   0   .238
  Coluccio ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gonzalez 2b           2   0   1   0     2   0   .228
Tyson 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Almon 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .255
Denny p               2   1   1   0     0   0   .170      Jones p               4   1   1   0     0   3   .200
  Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   9   3     0   1             Totals               31   8  11   8     6   5

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 17,217
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Padres 6
DP: Cardinals 2, Padres 2
Errors: Almon 2
Doubles: Denny (2), Reitz (18), Gamble (13)
Triples: Templeton (6)
Home Runs: Tenace 2 (12)
Stolen Bases: Templeton (17), Winfield (16), Smith (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Richards (2)
GIDP: Hendrick (9), Perkins (3), Smith (7)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny L(8-8)            6     7   3   3   4   3   1  26   3.12
Schultz                 0.2   3   4   4   1   1   0   6   4.15
Lopez                   1.1   1   1   1   1   1   1   6   4.63
Totals                  8    11   8   8   6   5   2  38

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones W(8-9)            9     9   3   3   0   1   0  35   3.14
Totals                  9     9   3   3   0   1   0  35

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CARDINALS 1ST: On a bunt Templeton singled to pitcher; Mumphrey
hit into a double play (right to first) [Templeton out at
second]; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards singled to pitcher; Smith forced Richards
(second to shortstop); Perkins grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (third to first); Hendrick
grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres
0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble
grounded out (first to pitcher); Tenace walked; Gonzalez singled
to right [Tenace to third]; Almon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
struck out (catcher to first); Denny doubled to left; Templeton
singled to right [Denny scored, Templeton to second (on throw to
home)]; Mumphrey flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Jones struck out; Richards grounded out (second to
first); Smith walked; Smith was picked off first (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Simmons
reached on an error by Almon [Simmons to first]; Hendrick
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Perkins flied out to right; Winfield singled to
third; Winfield stole second; Gamble doubled to right [Winfield
scored]; Tenace singled to right [Gamble scored, Tenace to
second (on throw to home)]; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Almon was walked intentionally; Jones struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
popped to second; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Richards singled to right; Smith grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Richards out at
second]; Perkins flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Padres 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: On a bunt Denny grounded out (pitcher to first);
Templeton singled to pitcher; Templeton stole second; Mumphrey
singled to center [Templeton scored, Mumphrey to second (on
throw to home)]; Hernandez singled to right [Mumphrey out at
home (right to catcher)]; Simmons reached on an error by Almon
[Hernandez to third, Simmons to second]; Hendrick grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: Winfield popped to first in foul territory; Gamble
grounded out (first unassisted); Tenace homered; Gonzalez
walked; Almon was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Padres 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Reitz
doubled to left; OBERKFELL RAN FOR REITZ; Tyson flied out to
center; FREED BATTED FOR DENNY; Freed flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 7TH: OBERKFELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SCHULTZ
REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Jones singled to right; Richards out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jones to second]; Smith
singled to center [Jones to third]; THOMAS BATTED FOR PERKINS;
Smith stole second; Thomas struck out; Winfield was walked
intentionally; Gamble singled to center [Jones scored, Smith
scored, Winfield to third]; ROBERTS RAN FOR GAMBLE; LOPEZ
REPLACED SCHULTZ (PITCHING); Tenace homered [Winfield scored,
Roberts scored]; Gonzalez walked; Almon flied out to center; 5
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 8.

CARDINALS 8TH: THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); ROBERTS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Templeton tripled
to right; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first) [Templeton
scored]; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Simmons
singled to left; Hendrick grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 8.

PADRES 8TH: Jones struck out; Richards flied out to right; Smith
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 8.

CARDINALS 9TH: Morales lined to right; COLUCCIO BATTED FOR
OBERKFELL; Coluccio grounded out (pitcher to first); Tyson flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 8.