Lou Brock collected three hits to raise his career total to 2,985 and drove in the Cardinals' deciding run with a single in the ninth inning to beat the Phillies, 5-4. A double by Garry Templeton, triple by Brock and single by Tony Scott started the Cards' scoring in the first inning. After adding an unearned run in the second, the Cards counted in the seventh on a single by Templeton, double by Brock and infield out by Keith Hernandez.

Pete Rose had a pair of run-scoring doubles for the Phillies and Greg Luzinski homered. Garry Maddox hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth to tie the score at 4-4, but Mike Phillips tripled for the Cards in the ninth and counted on Brock's third hit. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Game Played on Saturday, July 28, 1979 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cardinals 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 5 12 0 Phillies 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 4 11 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 5 2 2 1 0 1 .324 McBride rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .262 Brock lf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .324 Boone c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 1 1 0 .324 Bowa ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .253 Simmons c 2 0 0 0 3 0 .325 Rose 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .312 Hendrick rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .314 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Scott cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .274 Luzinski lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .262 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Anderson pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Oberkfell 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .322 Maddox cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .277 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Trillo 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .260 Fulgham p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Rader c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .179 McEnaney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Unser ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .313 Phillips 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .257 Noles p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .091 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Gross ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .351 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 McCarver ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Totals 34 5 12 5 5 2 Totals 34 4 11 4 2 5 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 40,063 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Phillies 6 DP: Cardinals 2, Phillies 3 Doubles: Templeton (17), Reitz (27), Brock (8), Rose 2 (30), Luzinski (15), McBride (11) Triples: Brock (4), Phillips (1) Home Runs: Luzinski (11) Stolen Bases: McBride (19) Caught Stealing: Scott (9) Sacrifice Hits: Fulgham (6) Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (6) GIDP: Hendrick (13), Rader (2) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fulgham 6.2 9 3 3 1 3 1 27 3.09 McEnaney 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3.29 Littell W(7-3) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 3.11 Totals 9 11 4 4 2 5 1 37 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Noles 6 7 4 3 4 1 0 28 2.77 McGraw 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.67 Reed L(6-6) 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 8 4.71 Totals 9 12 5 4 5 2 0 40 Passed Balls: Rader (1) Umpires: HP - Dave Pallone, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bob Engel CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton doubled to left; Brock tripled to center [Templeton scored]; Hernandez walked; Simmons walked [Hernandez to second]; Hendrick flied out to center; Scott singled to left [Brock scored, Hernandez to third, Simmons to second]; Reitz lined into a double play (third to first) [Scott out at first]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: McBride walked; Bowa popped to third in foul territory; McBride stole second; Rose doubled to left [McBride scored]; Schmidt flied out to center [Rose to third]; Luzinski flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Oberkfell singled to right; Fulgham out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Oberkfell to second]; Rader allowed a passed ball [Oberkfell to third]; Templeton grounded out (first unassisted) [Oberkfell scored (unearned)]; Brock grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox grounded out (second to first); Trillo singled to shortstop; Rader grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Trillo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Hernandez lined to right; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Hendrick was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 3RD: Noles singled to pitcher; McBride lined into a double play (second to first) [Noles out at first]; Bowa popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Scott grounded out (second to first); Reitz doubled to right; Oberkfell grounded out (second to first) [Reitz to third]; Fulgham grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 4TH: Rose flied out to left; Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski doubled to right; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Templeton grounded out (third to first); Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez singled to center; Simmons walked [Hernandez to second]; Hendrick forced Simmons (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 5TH: Trillo grounded out (third to first); Rader struck out; Noles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Scott flied out to left; Reitz grounded out (third to first); Oberkfell walked; Fulgham popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 6TH: McBride doubled to right; Bowa grounded out (second to first) [McBride to third]; Rose doubled to right [McBride scored, Rose out at third (right to second to third)]; Schmidt popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Phillies 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Templeton singled to center; MCGRAW REPLACED NOLES (PITCHING); Brock doubled to right [Templeton to third]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Templeton scored, Brock to third]; Simmons was walked intentionally; Hendrick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski homered; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Trillo singled to left; UNSER BATTED FOR RADER; Unser struck out; GROSS BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Gross singled to center [Trillo to third]; MCENANEY REPLACED FULGHAM (PITCHING); McBride forced Gross (second unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 3. CARDINALS 8TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); REED REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); BOONE REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING C ); Scott singled to center; Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Reitz grounded out (second to first); Oberkfell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa singled to left; Rose singled to right [Bowa to third]; LITTELL REPLACED OBERKFELL (PITCHING); PHILLIPS REPLACED MCENANEY (PLAYING 2B); Schmidt popped to shortstop; Luzinski walked [Rose to second]; ANDERSON RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bowa scored, Rose to third]; Trillo grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Phillies 4. CARDINALS 9TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Phillips tripled to right; Templeton struck out; Brock singled to center [Phillips scored]; Hernandez singled to left [Brock to second]; Simmons lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Hernandez out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 9TH: Unser struck out; MCCARVER BATTED FOR REED; McCarver was called out on strikes; Boone popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Phillies 4.

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