Completing the three-game series sweep, the Dodgers outlasted the Cardinals in a 15-inning marathon, 4-2. In the final frame, Derrel Thomas singled with one out and Davey Lopes drew a walk. Both runners advanced on a groundout by Bill Russell and scored on a single by Steve Garvey. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Thursday, August    16, 1979 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4 10  0
Cardinals    0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   2   0   0     3   1   .262      Templeton ss          7   0   2   0     0   1   .329
Russell ss            7   0   1   1     0   0   .269      Brock lf              5   0   0   0     2   1   .322
Garvey 1b             7   0   2   2     0   0   .318      Hernandez 1b          7   0   3   1     0   1   .338
Cey 3b                7   1   2   1     0   2   .276      Simmons c             6   1   1   1     1   2   .301
Baker lf              5   0   1   0     0   2   .289      Iorg rf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .285
  Beckwith p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hendrick ph,rf      3   0   0   0     1   0   .296
  Mota ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .353      Mumphrey cf           6   0   0   0     0   1   .313
  Castillo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Oberkfell 3b,2b       5   0   1   0     1   1   .306
Thomasson cf,lf       4   0   1   0     2   1   .243      Phillips 2b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Hatcher rf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .429        Reitz ph,3b         2   0   1   0     0   0   .262
Yeager c              6   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Forsch p              3   1   0   0     0   0   .140
Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .154        Scott ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .280        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brett p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .375        Carbo ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .265
  Thomas cf           2   1   1   0     0   1   .271        Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Herr ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               51   4  10   4     5  11             Totals               52   2   9   2     6   8

Time of Game: 3:39   Attendance: 19,551
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Cardinals 12
DP: Dodgers 1, Cardinals 3
Doubles: Russell (22)
Home Runs: Cey (23), Simmons (20)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (34), Templeton (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Hatcher (1), Mota (2), Reitz (2)
GIDP: Thomasson (4), Yeager (11), Hatcher (1), Simmons (7)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  7     3   2   2   2   0   1  26   4.08
Brett                   3     1   0   0   0   2   0  10   3.57
Beckwith                3     1   0   0   4   3   0  13   4.86
Castillo W(1-0)         2     4   0   0   0   3   0  10   0.00
Totals                 15     9   2   2   6   8   1  59

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch                 10     7   2   2   2   8   1  38   4.44
Littell                 2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.86
Thomas                  2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.26
Frazier L(2-3)          1     2   2   2   1   1   0   6   5.09
Totals                 15    10   4   4   5  11   1  58

Wild Pitches: Forsch (6)

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Andy Olsen


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes lined to center; Russell lined to third;
Garvey singled to right; Cey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); Brock
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Baker grounded out (second to first); Thomasson
singled to center; Hatcher singled to left [Thomasson to
second]; Yeager grounded out (third to first) [Thomasson to
third, Hatcher to second]; Sutton grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to right; Iorg singled to
right; Mumphrey flied out to left; Oberkfell grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes struck out; Russell popped to shortstop in
foul territory; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Phillips walked; Forsch forced Phillips (pitcher
to shortstop); Templeton popped to third in foul territory;
Brock walked [Forsch to second]; Hernandez singled to right
[Forsch scored, Brock to second]; Simmons lined to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (third to first); Baker singled to
second; Thomasson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Baker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Iorg flied out to left; Mumphrey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oberkfell grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Hatcher grounded out (third to first); Yeager
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sutton grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Phillips flied out to left; Forsch grounded out
(shortstop to first); Templeton popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes flied out to center; Russell popped to
second; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons homered; Iorg
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals
2.

DODGERS 7TH: Cey homered; Baker struck out; Thomasson struck
out; Hatcher singled to right; Forsch threw a wild pitch
[Hatcher to second]; Yeager struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Mumphrey grounded out (first to pitcher);
Oberkfell grounded out (shortstop to first); Phillips popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 8TH: JOSHUA BATTED FOR SUTTON; Joshua struck out; Lopes
walked; Lopes stole second; Russell doubled to center [Lopes
scored]; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: BRETT REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); Forsch grounded
out (second to first); Templeton singled to right; Templeton
stole second; Brock flied out to center [Templeton to third];
Hernandez grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson
flied out to center; Hatcher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons struck out (catcher to first); HENDRICK
BATTED FOR IORG; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 10TH: HENDRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Yeager
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett struck out; Lopes
walked; Lopes stole second; Russell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 10TH: Oberkfell was called out on strikes; REITZ
BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Reitz flied out to center; SCOTT BATTED FOR
FORSCH; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 11TH: LITTELL REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); OBERKFELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); REITZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
3B); Garvey popped to first in foul territory; Cey flied out to
center; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 11TH: BECKWITH REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); THOMAS
REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING CF); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); Templeton struck out; Brock walked; Hernandez
struck out; Simmons walked [Brock to second]; Hendrick walked
[Brock to third, Simmons to second]; Mumphrey flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 12TH: Thomasson walked; Hatcher reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Thomasson to second]; Yeager
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Thomasson to third, Hatcher out at second]; Thomas struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 12TH: Oberkfell walked; Reitz out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Oberkfell to second]; CARBO BATTED FOR
LITTELL; Carbo struck out; Templeton flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 13TH: THOMAS REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING); Lopes grounded
out (third to first); Russell lined to shortstop; Garvey
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 13TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez
singled to left; Simmons grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop) [Hernandez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 14TH: Cey singled to right; MOTA BATTED FOR BECKWITH;
Mota out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cey to
second]; Thomasson was walked intentionally; Hatcher grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Thomasson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 14TH: CASTILLO REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Hendrick
grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey struck out; Oberkfell
singled to center; Reitz singled to right [Oberkfell to second];
HERR BATTED FOR THOMAS; Herr grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 15TH: FRAZIER REPLACED HERR (PITCHING); Yeager grounded
out (shortstop to first); Thomas singled to center; Lopes walked
[Thomas to second]; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Thomas to third, Lopes to second]; Garvey singled to center
[Thomas scored, Lopes scored]; Cey was called out on strikes; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 15TH: Templeton singled to first; Brock struck out;
Hernandez singled to left [Templeton to second]; Simmons struck
out; Hendrick forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 2.