Pushing across a run in the eighth inning, the Cardinals scored their seventh consecutive victory, downing the Giants, 6-5. Tony Scott led off the inning with an infield hit and moved to second on a sacrifice by Ken Reitz. After Ken Oberkfell received an intentional pass, Gary Lavelle replaced Randy Moffitt on the mound for the Giants. St. Louis Cardinals 6, San Francisco Giants 5Game Played on Wednesday, June 6, 1979 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIGiants 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 5 10 0 Cardinals 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 x - 6 13 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 0 2 1 1 1 .255 Templeton ss 4 1 3 1 1 0 .332 Herndon lf 4 2 1 1 1 1 .306 Mumphrey lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .291 Clark rf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .286 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .312 Ivie 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .244 Simmons c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .305 Madlock 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Hendrick rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .339 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 2 2 .260 Scott cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .294 LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .323 Reitz 3b 3 1 1 0 0 2 .259 McCovey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Tyson 2b 2 1 1 2 0 0 .245 Metzger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Oberkfell ph,2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Hill c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .173 Sykes p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .059 Nastu p 2 0 0 0 1 0 .063 Freed ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bruno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moffitt p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Iorg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .371 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 10 5 6 6 Totals 35 6 13 6 2 3 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 19,003 Left on Base: Giants 10, Cardinals 8 DP: Giants 0, Cardinals 0 Doubles: Hill (1), Ivie (2), Scott (7) Triples: Mumphrey (2), Templeton (7) Home Runs: Clark 2 (8), Herndon (3), Hendrick (6), Tyson (3) Stolen Bases: Madlock (7), North (18) Caught Stealing: Templeton (6) Sacrifice Hits: Reitz (1) Sacrifice Flies: Ivie (2) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nastu 5.2 7 3 3 1 2 2 24 3.60 Griffin 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 5 4.69 Roberts 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.70 Moffitt L(1-4) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 7.27 Lavelle 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.17 Totals 8 13 6 6 2 3 2 38 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sykes 5 6 4 3 4 3 2 25 5.06 Bruno 1.2 2 1 1 2 0 1 8 3.28 McEnaney 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.84 Schultz W(4-2) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.90 Littell SV(4) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.89 Totals 9 10 5 4 6 6 3 42 Passed Balls: Simmons (6) Wild Pitches: Griffin (4) Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Satch Davidson GIANTS 1ST: North was called out on strikes; Herndon flied out to center; Clark homered; Ivie flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton walked; Templeton was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Mumphrey tripled to right; Hernandez reached on a fielder's choice [Mumphrey out at home (third to catcher)]; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. GIANTS 2ND: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans walked; LeMaster walked [Evans to second]; Hill flied out to right; Nastu forced LeMaster (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick homered; Scott flied out to left; Reitz singled to left; Tyson homered [Reitz scored]; Sykes struck out; Templeton flied to left in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Cardinals 3. GIANTS 3RD: North grounded out (third to first); Herndon walked; Clark singled to left [Herndon to third]; Ivie hit a sacrifice fly to right [Herndon scored]; Madlock forced Clark (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey flied out to right; Hernandez flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Cardinals 3. GIANTS 4TH: Evans flied out to center; LeMaster was called out on strikes; Hill doubled to right; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Hill to third]; Nastu walked; North singled to pitcher [Hill scored (unearned), Nastu to second]; Herndon forced North (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick flied out to center; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Cardinals 3. GIANTS 5TH: Clark homered; Ivie flied out to center; Madlock singled to shortstop; Evans struck out while Madlock stole second; LeMaster flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson grounded out (second to first); FREED BATTED FOR SYKES; Freed grounded out (third to first); Templeton tripled to right; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Cardinals 3. GIANTS 6TH: BRUNO REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Hill flied out to center; Nastu grounded out (second to first); North walked; North was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez flied out to left; Simmons made an out to second; Hendrick singled to left; Scott doubled to right [Hendrick to third]; GRIFFIN REPLACED NASTU (PITCHING); Reitz struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Cardinals 3. GIANTS 7TH: Herndon homered; Clark flied out to left; Ivie doubled to left; Madlock popped to first in foul territory; Evans was walked intentionally; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR LEMASTER; MCENANEY REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING); McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: METZGER REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING SS); OBERKFELL BATTED FOR TYSON; Oberkfell made an out to shortstop; IORG BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Iorg grounded out (second to first); Templeton singled to left; Griffin threw a wild pitch [Templeton to second]; Mumphrey singled to left [Templeton scored]; ROBERTS REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Hernandez singled to left [Mumphrey to second]; Simmons singled to center [Mumphrey scored, Hernandez to third]; MOFFITT REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Hendrick made an out to second; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Cardinals 5. GIANTS 8TH: OBERKFELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SCHULTZ REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); Hill struck out; Moffitt popped to second; North singled to center; North stole second; Herndon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: Scott singled to shortstop; Reitz out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Scott to second]; Oberkfell was walked intentionally; BROCK BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; LAVELLE REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING); Brock made an out to shortstop; Templeton singled to center [Scott scored, Oberkfell to third]; Mumphrey forced Templeton (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Cardinals 6. GIANTS 9TH: LITTELL REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie grounded out (third to first); Madlock singled to left; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Cardinals 6. |
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