The Cardinals took both ends of a twin bill from the Padres, 6-1 and 6-5, extending San Diego's losing streak to seven games. The Redbirds scored a run in the second inning of the first game on an error by Padres second baseman Juan Bonilla and tallied three times in the third on a two-run double by George Hendrick and a sacrifice fly by Sixto Lezcano. Ken Oberkfell led off the fourth with his first homer of the season.

St. Louis scored five times in the second inning of the second contest as Padres starter Juan Eichelberger gave up five walks, three of them forcing in runs. Doubles by Darrell Porter and Mike Ramsey in the third frame resulted in another St. Louis run. Bruce Sutter pitched the last two innings to record his 17th save. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, San Diego Padres 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, August    29, 1981 (Night game) at Jack Murphy Stadium
Cardinals    0  1  3    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   6 10  1
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  9  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Herr 2b               4   0   0   0     1   0   .268      Smith ss              4   0   2   0     1   0   .257
Landrum lf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Bonilla 2b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .290
Hernandez 1b          4   2   3   0     1   0   .295        Littlefield p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hendrick cf           3   2   2   2     2   0   .286        Gwosdz ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Lezcano rf            3   0   0   1     1   2   .244        Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
Tenace c              3   0   0   0     2   0   .214        Bass ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Oberkfell 3b          4   1   3   2     1   0   .295      Richards lf           5   1   1   0     0   1   .267
Ramsey ss             4   0   0   1     0   0   .302      Jones cf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .243
Sorensen p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .057      Kennedy c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .289
  Shirley p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .150      Perkins 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .297
                                                          Salazar 3b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .313
                                                          Lefebvre rf           2   0   1   0     0   0   .244
                                                            Edwards ph,rf       1   0   0   0     1   0   .206
                                                          Welsh p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .063
                                                            Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
                                                            Flannery 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Moreno ph,2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .118

Totals               34   6  10   6     8   3             Totals               34   1   9   1     5   5

Time of Game: 2:31
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Padres 11
DP: Cardinals 1, Padres 2
Errors: Ramsey, Bonilla
Doubles: Hendrick (11), Hernandez (18), Richards (11)
Home Runs: Oberkfell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Lezcano (3)
GIDP: Ramsey (4), Herr (6), Smith (5)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen W(6-5)         5.2   7   1   1   3   2   0  25   3.15
Shirley SV(1)           3.1   2   0   0   2   3   0  14   4.25
Totals                  9     9   1   1   5   5   0  39

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welsh L(5-6)            4     5   5   5   2   2   1  19   3.33
Urrea                   1     2   1   1   2   0   0   7   1.00
Littlefield             2     1   0   0   3   0   0   9   4.11
Curtis                  2     2   0   0   1   1   0   8   5.46
Totals                  9    10   6   6   8   3   1  43

Wild Pitches: Sorensen (1)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Paul Runge


CARDINALS 1ST: Herr grounded out (third to first); Landrum flied
out to center; Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); Bonilla
singled to center; Bonilla was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Richards flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick walked; Lezcano was called out on
strikes; Tenace walked [Hendrick to second]; Oberkfell singled
to right [Hendrick to third, Tenace to second]; Ramsey reached
on an error by Bonilla [Hendrick scored, Tenace out at home
(shortstop to third), Oberkfell to second, Ramsey to first];
Sorensen struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres
0.

PADRES 2ND: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Kennedy
walked; Sorensen threw a wild pitch [Kennedy to second]; Perkins
grounded out (third to first); Salazar lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Herr lined to left; Landrum singled to left;
Hernandez singled to right [Landrum to second]; Hendrick doubled
to left [Landrum scored, Hernandez scored, Hendrick to third (on
throw to home)]; Lezcano hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hendrick
scored]; Tenace flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Lefebvre singled to left; On a bunt Welsh struck
out; Smith grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
pitcher) [Lefebvre out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Oberkfell homered; Ramsey grounded out (third to
first); Sorensen grounded out (third to first); Herr flied out
to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Bonilla singled to shortstop; Richards flied out to
left; Jones walked [Bonilla to second]; Kennedy flied out to
left; Perkins flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: URREA REPLACED WELSH (PITCHING); Landrum grounded
out (third to first); Hernandez singled to right; Hendrick
singled to left [Hernandez to third]; Lezcano flied out to right
[Hendrick to second]; Tenace walked; Oberkfell walked [Hernandez
scored, Hendrick to third, Tenace to second]; Ramsey made an out
to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Salazar singled to center; Lefebvre forced Salazar
(shortstop to second); TURNER BATTED FOR URREA; Turner flied out
to left; Smith walked [Lefebvre to second]; Bonilla flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Padres 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: LITTLEFIELD REPLACED BONILLA (PITCHING); FLANNERY
REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING 2B); Sorensen popped to third in foul
territory; Herr walked; Landrum grounded out (third to first)
[Herr to second]; Hernandez walked; Hendrick forced Hernandez
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Richards doubled to left; Jones struck out; Kennedy
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Richards to third]; Perkins
singled to left [Richards scored]; Salazar singled to shortstop
[Perkins to third (error by Ramsey)]; SHIRLEY REPLACED SORENSEN
(PITCHING); EDWARDS BATTED FOR LEFEBVRE; Edwards walked [Salazar
to second]; MORENO BATTED FOR FLANNERY; Moreno made an out to
shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MORENO
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Lezcano walked; Tenace flied out to
center; Oberkfell singled to right [Lezcano to second]; Ramsey
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Oberkfell out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: Smith singled to left; GWOSDZ BATTED FOR
LITTLEFIELD; Gwosdz struck out; Richards struck out; Jones
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: CURTIS REPLACED GWOSDZ (PITCHING); Shirley
singled to center; Herr grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Shirley out at second]; Landrum grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: Kennedy struck out; Perkins grounded out (second to
first); Salazar walked; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez doubled to center; Hendrick was walked
intentionally; Lezcano struck out; Tenace made an out to second;
Oberkfell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Cardinals 6, Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: Moreno flied out to left; Smith singled to left;
BASS BATTED FOR CURTIS; Bass flied out to right; Richards
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
6, Padres 1.