Pushing across a run in the bottom of the 13th inning, the Cardinals outlasted the Padres, 2-1. With the game tied, 1-1, Jim Kaat began the Redbirds' 13th with a base on balls and was sacrificed to second by Tommy Herr.

After Garry Templeton drew an intentional pass, Keith Hernandez singled to left to plate the winning run. Kaat, who allowed one hit over the final two frames, gained his 267th career victory. [The Sporting News]
St. Louis Cardinals 2, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Friday, June 5, 1981 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   1  8  1
Cardinals    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   2 13  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Smith ss              6   0   0   0     0   0   .259      xHerr 2b              3   0   1   0     2   1   .000
Jones cf              6   0   0   0     0   2   .231      Templeton ss          6   0   1   0     1   0   .261
Richards lf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .261      Hernandez 1b          7   0   1   1     0   1   .286
Kennedy c             5   0   2   0     0   0   .310      Hendrick cf           6   0   1   0     0   1   .282
Bass 1b               5   0   0   0     0   2   .219      Iorg lf               6   1   2   0     0   0   .307
Lefebvre rf           4   0   2   0     1   1   .235      Oberkfell 3b          5   0   1   0     1   0   .285
Salazar 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .295      Lezcano rf            5   0   2   0     1   0   .257
Bonilla 2b            5   0   2   0     0   0   .293      Sanchez c             2   0   0   1     0   1   .333
Eichelberger p        2   0   0   0     0   1   .160        Tenace ph,c         3   0   1   0     0   1   .210
  Perkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .319      Martinez p            3   0   3   0     0   0   .333
  Boone p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Landrum ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Braun ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .182
  Lucas p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Scott pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Kaat p              0   1   0   0     1   0   .500

Totals               44   1   8   0     1   8             Totals               47   2  13   2     7   5

Time of Game: 3:14   Attendance: 16,832
Left on Base: Padres 7, Cardinals 18
DP: Padres 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Kennedy, Templeton
Doubles: Kennedy (12), Iorg (5), Martinez (2)
Triples: Richards (7), Oberkfell (2)
Stolen Bases: Lefebvre (4)
Caught Stealing: Landrum (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Salazar (1), Lucas (2), Herr (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Sanchez (1)
GIDP: Eichelberger (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eichelberger            6     8   1   1   4   3   0  30   2.84
Boone                   3     2   0   0   0   1   0  10   2.17
Urrea                   1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   7   0.33
Lucas                   1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.64
Curtis L(1-3)           0.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   4   6.29
Totals                 12.1  13   2   2   7   5   0  57

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martinez                8     6   1   1   1   5   0  30   4.21
Sutter                  3     1   0   0   0   3   0  10   3.41
Kaat W(3-1)             2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   1.80
Totals                 13     8   1   1   1   8   0  47

Balks: Eichelberger (4)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Dave Pallone, 3B - Terry Tata


PADRES 1ST: Smith grounded out (third to first); Jones popped to
third; Richards grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Herr walked; Eichelberger balked [Herr to
second]; Templeton grounded out (second to pitcher) [Herr to
third]; Hernandez struck out; Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 2ND: Kennedy lined to first; Bass struck out; Lefebvre
singled to right; Lefebvre stole second; Salazar struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg doubled to right; Oberkfell grounded out
(second to first) [Iorg to third]; Lezcano walked; Sanchez hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Iorg scored]; Martinez singled to right
[Lezcano to second]; Herr walked [Lezcano to third, Martinez to
second]; Templeton grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 3RD: Bonilla grounded out (shortstop to first);
Eichelberger was called out on strikes; Smith lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Hernandez popped to shortstop; Hendrick singled
to left; Iorg flied to center; Oberkfell walked [Hendrick to
second]; Lezcano flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 4TH: Jones struck out; Richards popped to third; Kennedy
doubled to center; Bass struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Sanchez flied to center; Martinez singled to
center; Herr singled to center [Martinez to second]; Templeton
popped to second; Hernandez flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 5TH: Lefebvre walked; Salazar grounded out (third to
first) [Lefebvre to second]; Bonilla singled to pitcher
[Lefebvre to third]; Eichelberger grounded into a double play
(shortstop to shortstop to first) [Bonilla out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hendrick struck out; Iorg singled to right;
Oberkfell popped to shortstop; Lezcano singled to left [Iorg to
second]; Sanchez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 1.

PADRES 6TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Jones flied to
center; Richards tripled to left [Richards scored (error by
Templeton) (no RBI)]; Kennedy singled to third; Bass flied to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Martinez doubled to left; Herr flied to center;
Templeton grounded out (second to first) [Martinez to third];
Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 7TH: Lefebvre singled to right; Salazar out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Lefebvre to second]; Bonilla
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lefebvre to third]; PERKINS
BATTED FOR EICHELBERGER; Perkins flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: BOONE REPLACED PERKINS (PITCHING); Hendrick
grounded out (pitcher to first); Iorg lined to right; Oberkfell
tripled to center; Lezcano grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 8TH: Smith lined to third; Jones grounded out (second to
first); Richards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: TENACE BATTED FOR SANCHEZ; Tenace singled to
left; LANDRUM BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; On a bunt Landrum forced
Tenace (pitcher to shortstop); Landrum was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Herr struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 9TH: TENACE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SUTTER REPLACED
LANDRUM (PITCHING); Kennedy lined to shortstop; Bass grounded
out (first unassisted); Lefebvre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Templeton lined to left; Hernandez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Hendrick flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 10TH: Salazar struck out; Bonilla grounded out (shortstop
to first); TURNER BATTED FOR BOONE; Turner grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 10TH: URREA REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Iorg grounded
out (second to first); Oberkfell grounded out (second to first);
Lezcano grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 11TH: Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Jones struck
out; Richards singled to right; Kennedy grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 11TH: Tenace grounded out (pitcher to first); BRAUN
BATTED FOR SUTTER; Braun walked; SCOTT RAN FOR BRAUN; Herr
reached on catcher's interference by Kennedy [Scott to second];
Templeton singled to third [Scott to third, Herr to second];
LUCAS REPLACED URREA (PITCHING); Hernandez popped to shortstop;
Hendrick grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 12TH: KAAT REPLACED SCOTT (PITCHING); Bass flied to
center; Lefebvre lined to left; Salazar grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 12TH: Iorg flied to left; Oberkfell grounded out
(first unassisted); Lezcano singled to left; Tenace struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 13TH: Bonilla singled to right; Lucas out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Bonilla to second]; Smith grounded out
(first unassisted) [Bonilla to third]; Jones grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 13TH: CURTIS REPLACED LUCAS (PITCHING); Kaat walked;
Herr out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kaat to
second]; Templeton was walked intentionally; Hernandez singled
to left [Kaat scored, Templeton to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 2.
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