Friday August 10, 1979
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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, August 10, 1979 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Cubs 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0 Cardinals 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 x - 5 10 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .280 Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .335 Thompson rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .344 Brock lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .316 Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .289 Mumphrey cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .326 Capilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hernandez 1b 4 1 4 2 0 0 .338 Kingman lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .298 Carbo rf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .289 Martin cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .285 Hendrick rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Kennedy c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Foote c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .249 Oberkfell 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .308 Caudill p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Forsch p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .149 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Littell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Biittner ph,1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .297 Totals 33 3 7 3 1 9 Totals 34 5 10 5 2 11 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 49,467 Left on Base: Cubs 4, Cardinals 7 DP: Cubs 0, Cardinals 1 Doubles: Hernandez (33) Triples: De Jesus (7) Home Runs: Kingman (39), Carbo (2) Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (11), Hernandez (7) GIDP: Buckner (12) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caudill L(0-4) 4.1 9 5 5 1 7 1 23 4.85 Tidrow 2.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 10 3.87 Capilla 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6.75 Totals 8 10 5 5 2 11 1 36 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(6-10) 7.1 6 2 2 1 7 0 29 4.62 Littell SV(7) 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1 5 2.98 Totals 9 7 3 3 1 9 1 34 Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Lanny Harris, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Ed Montague CUBS 1ST: De Jesus struck out; Thompson flied out to center; Buckner walked; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton was called out on strikes; Brock popped to shortstop; Mumphrey singled to right; Hernandez singled to center [Mumphrey to third]; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CUBS 2ND: Martin grounded out (third to first); Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Foote flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Kennedy grounded out (second to first); Reitz flied out to center; Oberkfell walked; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Cardinals 0. CUBS 3RD: Sizemore singled to center; On a bunt Caudill struck out; De Jesus tripled to center [Sizemore scored]; Thompson singled to left [De Jesus scored]; Buckner forced Thompson (first to shortstop); Kingman struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton grounded out (first to pitcher); Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Mumphrey singled to second [Brock to third]; Hernandez singled to left [Brock scored, Mumphrey to second]; Carbo flied out to right [Mumphrey to third]; Kennedy struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 1. CUBS 4TH: Martin struck out; Ontiveros struck out; Foote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz struck out; Oberkfell struck out; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 1. CUBS 5TH: Sizemore grounded out (second to first); Caudill struck out; De Jesus grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Templeton flied out to center; Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Mumphrey singled to center [Brock scored, Mumphrey to second (on throw to home)]; Hernandez doubled to right [Mumphrey scored]; Carbo homered [Hernandez scored]; TIDROW REPLACED CAUDILL (PITCHING); Kennedy grounded out (second to first); Reitz struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 5. CUBS 6TH: Thompson flied out to left; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 6TH: Oberkfell flied out to right; Forsch was called out on strikes; Templeton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 5. CUBS 7TH: Martin grounded out (first to pitcher); Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Foote singled to center; Sizemore forced Foote (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 7TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez singled to right; Hernandez stole second; Carbo walked; Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 5. CUBS 8TH: HENDRICK REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING RF); BIITTNER BATTED FOR TIDROW; Biittner singled to center; De Jesus forced Biittner (first to shortstop); Thompson singled to left [De Jesus to second]; LITTELL REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Buckner grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 8TH: BIITTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); CAPILLA REPLACED BUCKNER (PITCHING); Reitz lined to left; Oberkfell flied out to left; Littell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Cardinals 5. CUBS 9TH: Kingman homered; Martin struck out; Ontiveros struck out; Foote flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Cardinals 5.

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