John Milner, playing first base in place of the injured Willie Stargell, smashed a pair of two-run homers to enable the Pirates to defeat the Cardinals, 7-6. Milner's first homer came in the third inning when the Pirates scored five runs. After the Cards came back to tie the score, Milner hit his second homer in the seventh for the game-winning blow. [The Sporting News]
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Game Played on Friday, April 13, 1979 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals    0  2  0    3  0  0    0  1  0  -   6 10  1
Pirates      0  0  5    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   7  9  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   0   0   0     0   3   .167      Taveras ss            4   1   2   1     0   0   .300
Templeton ss          5   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Moreno cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .240
Hernandez 1b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .333      Parker rf             3   2   1   0     0   1   .250
Simmons c             4   2   2   0     0   0   .318      Milner 1b             3   2   2   4     1   0   .636
Hendrick cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .211      B. Robinson lf        4   0   0   0     0   2   .192
Scott rf              4   1   3   1     0   1   .545      Stennett 2b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .160
Reitz 3b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .500      Ott c                 4   0   0   0     0   1   .368
Tyson 2b              3   1   1   1     0   1   .077      Garner 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .308
  Carbo ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kison p               1   1   1   0     0   0   .333
  Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bibby p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .500
  Phillips 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Vuckovich p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Iorg ph             1   0   1   2     0   0   .333
  Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Oberkfell ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grieve ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Dimmel pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  10   5     2   9             Totals               33   7   9   5     2   8

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance:  4,395
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Pirates 5
DP: Cardinals 0, Pirates 1
Errors: Templeton, Parker, Kison
Doubles: Tyson (1), Iorg (1), Simmons (2), Kison (1), Parker (1)
Home Runs: Milner 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Dimmel (1), Garner (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (1)
Hit by Pitch: Parker (2,by Bruno)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Vuckovich               3     5   5   1   0   2   1  14   2.25
Bruno                   3     2   0   0   2   3   0  14   0.00
Schultz L(0-1)          2     2   2   2   0   3   1   8   9.00
Totals                  8     9   7   3   2   8   2  36

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison                   3.1   7   5   4   1   5   0  18   5.59
Bibby W(1-0)            4.1   2   1   1   0   3   0  15   2.08
Tekulve                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   8.31
Jackson SV(1)           1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    10   6   5   2   9   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Bruno (1)
Wild Pitches: Vuckovich 2 (2), Bruno (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe Schratz, 1B - Lanny Harris, 2B - Ron Hutson, 3B - Harry Smail


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Templeton struck out; Hernandez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied out to center; Moreno flied out to
left; Parker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to center; Hendrick singled to
right [Simmons to second]; Scott singled to pitcher [Simmons
scored (error by Kison) (no RBI), Hendrick to third, Scott to
second]; Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hendrick scored
(unearned)]; Tyson struck out; Vuckovich grounded out (pitcher
to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Milner grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock lined to first; Templeton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hernandez walked; Simmons lined to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Ott flied out to right; Garner singled to left;
Garner was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Kison
doubled to left; Vuckovich threw a wild pitch [Kison to third];
Taveras singled to center [Kison scored]; Moreno singled to
right [Taveras to third]; Parker reached on an error by
Templeton [Taveras scored (unearned) (no RBI), Moreno scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Parker to second]; Vuckovich threw a wild
pitch [Parker to third]; Milner homered (unearned) [Parker
scored (unearned)]; B. Robinson struck out; 5 R (1 ER), 5 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick struck out; Scott singled to first;
Reitz singled to right [Scott to second]; Tyson doubled to
center [Scott scored, Reitz to third]; IORG BATTED FOR
VUCKOVICH; Iorg doubled to right [Reitz scored, Tyson scored,
Iorg to third (error by Parker)]; BIBBY REPLACED KISON
(PITCHING); Brock struck out; Templeton grounded out (shortstop
to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 4TH: BRUNO REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); Stennett walked;
Ott flied out to right; Garner was called out on strikes; Bibby
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Pirates 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hernandez flied out to center; Simmons popped to
second; Hendrick popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 5TH: Taveras singled to center; Bruno threw a wild pitch
[Taveras to second]; Moreno flied out to center; Parker was hit
by a pitch; Milner walked [Taveras to third, Parker to second];
B. Robinson struck out; Stennett grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Pirates 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Scott struck out; Reitz grounded out (third to
first); Tyson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Pirates 5.

PIRATES 6TH: Ott grounded out (first to pitcher); Garner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bibby singled to right;
Taveras forced Bibby (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 5, Pirates 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: OBERKFELL BATTED FOR BRUNO; Oberkfell struck out;
Brock grounded out (second to first); Templeton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Pirates 5.

PIRATES 7TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED OBERKFELL (PITCHING); Moreno
grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker doubled to center;
Milner homered [Parker scored]; B. Robinson flied out to left;
Stennett struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Pirates
7.

CARDINALS 8TH: Hernandez flied out to left; Simmons doubled to
right; Hendrick flied out to right; Scott singled to left
[Simmons scored]; TEKULVE REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Reitz
singled to left [Scott to third]; CARBO BATTED FOR TYSON;
JACKSON REPLACED TEKULVE (PITCHING); FREED BATTED FOR CARBO;
Freed flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Pirates 7.

PIRATES 8TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED FREED (PLAYING 2B); Ott struck
out; Garner struck out; Jackson popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Pirates 7.

CARDINALS 9TH: GRIEVE BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Grieve walked; DIMMEL
RAN FOR GRIEVE; Brock struck out while Dimmel was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Templeton grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Pirates
7.
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