Wretched Cincinnati relief pitching enabled the Cardinals to shade the Reds, 4-3. The Reds led, 3-2, going into the bottom of the seventh inning, when Mario Soto took over the pitching chores from joe Price, who was making his major league debut.

Keith Hernandez belted Soto's first pitch to deep center for a double and Ted Simmons cracked the next offering into the right field corner for another two-bagger. Simmons moved to third on an infield out and scored the decisive run on a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      14, 1980 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         1  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   3  9  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  1  1    2  0  x  -   4  8  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Collins cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .288      Templeton ss          4   0   2   1     0   0   .295
  Soto p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Herr 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .188
  Spilman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Hernandez 1b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .344
Concepcion ss         4   1   1   0     1   0   .222      Simmons c             4   1   1   1     0   0   .297
Griffey rf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Hendrick rf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .300
Foster lf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .217      Reitz 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .318
Knight 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Iorg lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .330
Bench c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .250      Scott cf              2   1   1   0     1   0   .223
Driessen 1b           3   0   2   1     0   0   .282      Kaat p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kennedy 2b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .287        Littlefield p       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Price p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Geronimo cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .265

Totals               34   3   9   3     4   1             Totals               28   4   8   3     2   1

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 29,844
Left on Base: Reds 9, Cardinals 3
DP: Reds 0, Cardinals 1
Doubles: Driessen 2 (12), Bench (6), Scott (6), Hernandez (17), Simmons (11), Iorg (6)
Home Runs: Hendrick (13)
Stolen Bases: Collins (24), Herr (2)
Caught Stealing: Hernandez (4), Templeton (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Kaat (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Driessen (4)
GIDP: Knight (11)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Price                   6     4   2   2   1   0   1  20   3.00
Soto L(0-2)             2     4   2   2   1   1   0  11   4.24
Totals                  8     8   4   4   2   1   1  31

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    6.1   7   3   3   4   0   0  30
Littlefield W(2-0)      2.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.86
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   1   0  39

Wild Pitches: Soto (2)

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - John McSherry


REDS 1ST: Collins singled to center; Debut game for Joe
Price; Concepcion singled to left [Collins to second];
Griffey flied out to center [Collins to third]; Foster forced
Concepcion (shortstop to second) [Collins scored]; Knight forced
Foster (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton popped to first in foul territory; Herr
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez walked; Hernandez was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (third to first); Driessen doubled
to right; Kennedy flied out to right; Price grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to center; Hendrick grounded
out (third to first); Reitz grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

REDS 3RD: Collins singled to center; Collins stole second;
Concepcion grounded out (second to first) [Collins to third];
Griffey grounded out (first unassisted); Foster grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Iorg flied out to center; Scott flied out to
right; Kaat popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

REDS 4TH: Knight lined to third; Bench walked; Driessen grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Bench to second]; Kennedy was walked
intentionally; Price grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton singled to left; Templeton was picked
off first (pitcher to first); Herr flied out to center;
Hernandez popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Cardinals 0.

REDS 5TH: Collins grounded out (third to first); Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons popped to second; Hendrick homered; Reitz
flied out to center; Iorg grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Cardinals 1.

REDS 6TH: Foster singled to right; Knight flied to right in foul
territory; Bench doubled to left [Foster to third]; Driessen
lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Foster scored]; Kennedy
was walked intentionally; Price flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Scott doubled to left; Kaat out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Scott to third]; Templeton singled to
left [Scott scored]; Templeton was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Herr flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Cardinals 2.

REDS 7TH: Collins lined to second; Concepcion walked; Griffey
singled to right [Concepcion to second]; LITTLEFIELD REPLACED
KAAT (PITCHING); Foster singled to center [Concepcion scored,
Griffey to second]; Knight grounded into a double play (pitcher
to second to first) [Foster out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: SOTO REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); GERONIMO
REPLACED PRICE (PLAYING CF); Hernandez doubled to center;
Simmons doubled to right [Hernandez scored]; Hendrick grounded
out (second to first) [Simmons to third]; Soto threw a wild
pitch [Simmons scored]; Reitz struck out; Iorg doubled to left;
Scott was walked intentionally; Littlefield grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Cardinals 4.

REDS 8TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Driessen doubled
to right; Kennedy lined to center; Geronimo lined to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Templeton flied out to right; Herr singled to
center; Herr stole second; Hernandez lined to right; Simmons
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cardinals 4.

REDS 9TH: SPILMAN BATTED FOR SOTO; Spilman struck out;
Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Griffey flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cardinals 4.