After faking a bunt, Ken Reitz swung away and singled in the ninth inning, driving in George Hendrick, to give the Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Phillies. Greg Luzinski and Mike Schmidt hit consecutive homers in the fourth for the Phils' runs. St. Louis Cardinals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2Game Played on Saturday, April 7, 1979 (Day game) at Busch Stadium IIPhillies 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 Cardinals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 10 1 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .429 Templeton ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Bowa ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Scott rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .750 McBride rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .429 Luzinski lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hendrick cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .167 Grieve lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Dimmel lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Iorg ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Boone c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Reitz 3b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .714 Lerch p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 4 2 1 3 Totals 31 3 10 3 2 1 Time of Game: 1:50 Attendance: 15,294 Left on Base: Phillies 4, Cardinals 7 DP: Phillies 2, Cardinals 0 Errors: Templeton Doubles: Templeton (1), Reitz (3), Hendrick (1) Home Runs: Luzinski (1), Schmidt (1), Hernandez (1) Stolen Bases: Scott (1), Templeton (1) Caught Stealing: Scott (1) GIDP: Tyson (1) Hit by Pitch: Reitz (1,by Lerch) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lerch 8 8 2 2 1 1 1 31 2.25 Reed L(0-1) 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 10 3 3 2 1 1 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich W(1-0) 9 4 2 2 1 3 2 33 2.00 Totals 9 4 2 2 1 3 2 33 Hit by Pitch: Lerch (1) Umpires: HP - Bob Sharp, 1B - Ray Perez, 2B - Bud Miller, 3B - Bob Hantak PHILLIES 1ST: Debut for umpire Bob Hantak; Rose singled to first; Bowa flied out to center; McBride popped to second; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton doubled to right; Scott singled to third [Templeton stayed at second]; Hernandez lined into a double play (right to shortstop) [Templeton out at second]; Scott stole second; Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt flied out to left; Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); Trillo lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick lined to center; Grieve grounded out (second to first); Reitz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Boone grounded out (third to first); Lerch flied out to right; Rose singled to left; Bowa popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson flied out to right; Vuckovich grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 4TH: McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski homered; Schmidt homered; Maddox reached on an error by Templeton [Maddox to second]; Trillo flied out to center [Maddox to third]; Boone struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Scott singled to left; Hernandez homered [Scott scored]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick flied out to right; Grieve popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 5TH: Lerch grounded out (second to first); Rose grounded out (second to first); Bowa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz doubled to left; Tyson grounded out (second to first) [Reitz to third]; Vuckovich flied out to center; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 6TH: McBride flied out to center; Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Schmidt walked; Maddox flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Scott singled to center; Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Hernandez walked; Simmons singled to left [Hernandez to second]; Hendrick popped to first; Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 7TH: DIMMEL REPLACED GRIEVE (PLAYING LF); Trillo grounded out (third to first); Boone popped to shortstop; Lerch grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Reitz was hit by a pitch; Tyson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Reitz out at second]; Vuckovich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 8TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (third to first); McBride grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 8TH: Templeton singled to third; Scott flied out to left; Templeton stole second; Hernandez struck out; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 9TH: Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 9TH: REED REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); GROSS REPLACED LERCH (PLAYING LF); Hendrick doubled to left; IORG BATTED FOR DIMMEL; Iorg was walked intentionally; Reitz singled to center [Hendrick scored, Iorg to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 2, Cardinals 3. |
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