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Friday June 29, 1979
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The slugging of Greg Luzinski, who drove in four runs with four hits and also scored twice, enabled the Phillies to win the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, 8-7, but the Cardinals came back to gain a 7-1 victory in the nightcap. Luzinski batted in two runs with a single in the first inning of the lidlifter and doubled and scored in the third. Mike Schmidt hit a homer in the fourth to give the Phillies a 5-2 lead, but the Cardinals rallied for five runs in their half, three coming on a bases-loaded double by Ken Oberkfell. Luzinski tied the score with a two-run triple in the sixth and scored the Phillies' deciding run on a sacrifice fly by Garry Maddox.

In the second game, Tony Scott and Keith Hernandez each batted in two runs to lead the Cardinals' attack, providing a split. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, June 29, 1979 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Phillies     3  0  1    1  0  3    0  0  0  -   8 13  0
Cardinals    1  0  1    5  0  0    0  0  0  -   7 13  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Templeton ss          5   2   3   1     0   0   .320
Bowa ss               5   2   2   0     0   0   .282      Brock lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .348
Rose 1b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .331        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Schmidt 3b            3   3   1   1     2   1   .247        Iorg ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Luzinski lf           4   2   4   4     1   0   .268      Scott cf              5   1   1   1     0   0   .294
  Anderson pr,lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Hernandez 1b          5   0   1   1     0   1   .315
Maddox cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .282      Hendrick rf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .344
Trillo 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .303      Kennedy c             3   1   1   0     0   1   .111
Rader c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .259        Freed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Boone ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .276        Swisher c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .094
Espinosa p            2   0   1   0     0   1   .143      Reitz 3b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .271
  Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Oberkfell 2b          2   1   2   3     0   0   .302
  Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .310        Tyson ph,2b         2   0   2   0     0   0   .224
  Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Forsch p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .152
  Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Mumphrey ph,lf      2   0   0   0     0   1   .267

Totals               39   8  13   6     5   3             Totals               38   7  13   7     1   5

Time of Game: 2:51
Left on Base: Phillies 10, Cardinals 6
DP: Phillies 1, Cardinals 0
Doubles: Espinosa (1), Luzinski (11), Scott (10), Hernandez (19), Templeton 2 (9), Kennedy (1), Oberkfell (6)
Triples: Luzinski (1), Oberkfell (3)
Home Runs: Schmidt (22)
Stolen Bases: Luzinski (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (4)
GIDP: Freed (1)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa                3     7   6   6   1   3   0  17   3.57
Brusstar                1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   5.40
Saucier W(1-0)          2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   2.79
McGraw SV(7)            3     2   0   0   0   0   0  10   2.30
Totals                  9    13   7   7   1   5   0  40

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(3-8)           5.1  12   8   8   4   3   1  32   4.85
Schultz                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.81
McEnaney                3     1   0   0   1   0   0  11   1.38
Totals                  9    13   8   8   5   3   1  45

Passed Balls: Kennedy (2)
Wild Pitches: Forsch 2 (5)

Umpires: HP - Fred Brocklander, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Satch Davidson


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride singled to second; Bowa singled to center
[McBride to second]; Kennedy allowed a passed ball [McBride to
third, Bowa to second]; Rose grounded out (pitcher to first);
Schmidt walked; Luzinski singled to right [McBride scored, Bowa
scored, Schmidt to third]; Forsch threw a wild pitch [Schmidt
scored]; Luzinski stole second; Maddox struck out; Trillo
walked; Rader lined to third; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton flied out to center; Brock flied out to
center; Scott doubled to left; Hernandez doubled to left [Scott
scored]; Hendrick popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 3, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Espinosa doubled to right; McBride lined to
center; Bowa grounded out (second to first) [Espinosa to third];
Rose walked; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies
3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Kennedy lined to center; Reitz struck out;
Oberkfell tripled to center; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Luzinski doubled to left; Maddox lined to second;
Trillo singled to third [Luzinski stayed at second]; Rader
singled to right [Luzinski to third, Trillo to second]; Forsch
threw a wild pitch [Luzinski scored, Trillo to third, Rader to
second]; Espinosa struck out; McBride grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton doubled to left; Brock flied out to
center [Templeton to third]; Scott grounded out (second to
first) [Templeton scored]; Hernandez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa popped to third in foul territory; Rose
grounded out (second to first); Schmidt homered; Luzinski
singled to right; Maddox singled to center [Luzinski to second];
Trillo flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick singled to center; Kennedy doubled to
left [Hendrick to third]; Reitz walked; Oberkfell doubled to
left [Hendrick scored, Kennedy scored, Reitz scored]; BRUSSTAR
REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Oberkfell to third]; Templeton doubled to
left [Oberkfell scored]; Brock singled to right [Templeton
scored]; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first) [Brock to
second]; Hernandez lined to first; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 5, Cardinals 7.

PHILLIES 5TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); GROSS BATTED
FOR BRUSSTAR; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); McBride
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
5, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: SAUCIER REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Hendrick lined
to second; Kennedy struck out; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Cardinals 7.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa singled to left; Rose flied out to center;
Schmidt walked [Bowa to second]; Luzinski tripled to right [Bowa
scored, Schmidt scored]; SCHULTZ REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING);
Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to left [Luzinski scored]; Trillo
lined to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: TYSON BATTED FOR OBERKFELL; Tyson singled to
right; MUMPHREY BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Mumphrey was called out on
strikes; Templeton singled to third [Tyson to second]; Brock
flied out to center; Scott forced Templeton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cardinals 7.

PHILLIES 7TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); TYSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MCENANEY REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); BOONE
BATTED FOR RADER; Boone grounded out (shortstop to first);
CARDENAL BATTED FOR SAUCIER; Cardenal flied out to left; McBride
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
8, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: BOONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MCGRAW
REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Hernandez grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hendrick singled to center; FREED BATTED FOR KENNEDY;
Freed grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Hendrick out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8,
Cardinals 7.

PHILLIES 8TH: SWISHER REPLACED FREED (PLAYING C ); Bowa grounded
out (shortstop to first); Rose singled to center; Schmidt popped
to second in foul territory; Luzinski walked [Rose to second];
ANDERSON RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Reitz
popped to third in foul territory; Tyson singled to left;
Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first) [Tyson to second];
Templeton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 8,
Cardinals 7.

PHILLIES 9TH: Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Boone
flied out to center; McGraw grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 9TH: IORG BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Iorg grounded out
(second to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 8, Cardinals 7.



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