Homers by Bill Robinson and Willie Stargell paced the Pirates to a 7-1 rout of the Cardinals. Robinson smashed a three-run homer in the third inning and added a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Stargell had a circut clout in the seventh with Omar Moreno and Dave Parker aboard via walks. Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1Game Played on Wednesday, September 13, 1978 (Night game) at Three Rivers StadiumCardinals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Pirates 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 x - 7 3 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Taveras ss 1 1 0 0 2 1 .280 Mumphrey cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .253 Moreno cf 1 1 0 0 3 0 .228 Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Parker rf 3 2 0 0 1 1 .315 Simmons lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .289 B. Robinson lf 2 1 1 4 1 0 .243 Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Stargell 1b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .290 Iorg rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .220 Garner 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .268 Kennedy c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Berra 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .194 Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Dyer c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .213 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Blyleven p 4 1 1 0 0 0 .143 Frazier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Lopez p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .154 Oberkfell 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .132 Totals 30 1 5 0 3 7 Totals 23 7 3 7 11 5 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 6,398 Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Pirates 5 DP: Cardinals 1, Pirates 1 Doubles: Iorg (2) Home Runs: B. Robinson (11), Stargell (25) Stolen Bases: Taveras (38) Caught Stealing: Mumphrey (9) Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (10) Sacrifice Flies: B. Robinson (11) GIDP: Iorg (1), Dyer (5) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone L(2-7) 2.2 1 3 3 8 0 1 15 5.76 Lopez 4 1 3 3 3 4 0 16 4.12 Schultz 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3.81 Frazier 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.43 Totals 8 3 7 7 11 5 2 36 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(13-9) 9 5 1 1 3 7 0 33 3.01 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 7 0 33 Wild Pitches: Falcone 2 (8), Lopez (5), Blyleven (6) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Bill Williams CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey struck out; Hernandez walked; Simmons walked [Hernandez to second]; Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Taveras walked; Falcone threw a wild pitch [Taveras to second]; Moreno walked; Moreno was picked off first (catcher to first); Falcone threw a wild pitch [Taveras to third]; Parker lined to shortstop; B. Robinson walked; Stargell lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg doubled to center; Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first) [Iorg to third]; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Iorg scored]; Phillips was called out on strikes; Falcone flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Garner walked; Berra walked [Garner to second]; Dyer grounded into a double play (third to second) [Dyer to first, Garner out at third, Berra out at second]; Blyleven popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey walked; Mumphrey was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Hernandez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras walked; Taveras stole second; Moreno walked; Parker forced Moreno (first to shortstop) [Taveras to third]; B. Robinson homered [Taveras scored, Parker scored]; Stargell popped to first; Garner walked; LOPEZ REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Berra flied out to center; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons singled to right; Garrett flied out to left; Iorg grounded into a double play (second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. PIRATES 4TH: Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Blyleven grounded out (first unassisted); Taveras was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Kennedy struck out; Phillips struck out; Lopez singled to second; Templeton forced Lopez (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. PIRATES 5TH: Moreno grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker struck out; B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. PIRATES 6TH: Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); Garner was called out on strikes; Berra walked; Dyer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Iorg singled to left; Kennedy struck out; Phillips flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. PIRATES 7TH: Blyleven singled to right; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Blyleven to second]; Moreno walked; Lopez threw a wild pitch [Blyleven to third, Moreno to second]; Parker was walked intentionally; B. Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Blyleven scored]; SCHULTZ REPLACED PHILLIPS (PITCHING); OBERKFELL REPLACED LOPEZ (PLAYING 2B); Stargell homered [Moreno scored, Parker scored]; Garner flied out to right; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 7. CARDINALS 8TH: Oberkfell grounded out (shortstop to first); Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey singled to right; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 7. PIRATES 8TH: FRAZIER REPLACED SCHULTZ (PITCHING); Berra grounded out (second to first); Dyer was called out on strikes; Blyleven grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 7. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Garrett grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 7. |
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