Posting the first complete game and first shutout of his major league career, Bob Owchinko breezed to a 7-0 victory over the Cardinals after Dave Kingman hit a grand-slam homer for the Padres in the first inning. Bill Almon singled and Gene Tenace drew a walk from Tom Underwood to start the game. After a double steal, Almon scored when George Hendrick was safe on an error by Garry Templeton. Dave Winfield beat out an infield hit to load the bases, setting the stage for Kingman's clout. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 7, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Game Played on Sunday, August    21, 1977 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Padres       5  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   7 11  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Almon ss              5   1   2   0     0   1   .258      Brock lf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Tenace 1b             3   2   0   0     2   0   .232      Bosetti cf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .400
Ivie 3b               5   0   2   0     0   1   .282      Templeton ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .322
  Ashford 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .331
Hendrick cf           3   2   1   2     0   0   .300        Rader c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Winfield rf           4   1   3   0     0   0   .289      Hernandez 1b          2   0   0   0     2   1   .290
Kingman lf            4   1   2   4     0   0   .224        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Richards pr,lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Anderson rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
Champion 2b           4   0   0   1     0   0   .227      Reitz 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .276
Roberts c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Tyson 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .234
Owchinko p            4   0   1   0     0   0   .118      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .130
                                                            Carroll p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
                                                            Mumphrey ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .308
                                                            Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Freed 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .345

Totals               36   7  11   7     2   3             Totals               36   0   8   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 30,343
Left on Base: Padres 5, Cardinals 11
DP: Padres 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Almon, Templeton
Doubles: Kingman (15)
Home Runs: Kingman (19)
Stolen Bases: Almon 2 (15), Tenace (4), Brock (23)
Caught Stealing: Almon (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Hendrick (1)
GIDP: Kingman (6)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko W(6-8)         9     8   0   0   2   4   0  38   4.14
Totals                  9     8   0   0   2   4   0  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(7-9)        2     5   6   5   1   2   1  13   5.13
Carroll                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.23
Eastwick                3     4   1   1   1   0   0  12   3.62
Metzger                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.21
Hrabosky                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.24
Totals                  9    11   7   6   2   3   1  39

Wild Pitches: Underwood (7)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Andy Olsen


PADRES 1ST: Almon singled to right; Tenace walked [Almon to
second]; Almon stole third and Tenace stole second; Ivie struck
out; Hendrick reached on an error by Templeton [Almon scored
(RBI), Tenace to third, Hendrick to first]; Winfield singled to
second [Tenace stayed at third, Hendrick to second]; Kingman
homered [Tenace scored, Hendrick scored, Winfield scored
(unearned)]; Champion grounded out (third to first); Roberts
struck out; 5 R (4 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to center; Bosetti was called out
on strikes; Templeton singled to center; Simmons lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 2ND: Owchinko singled to left; Almon forced Owchinko
(catcher to shortstop); Almon stole second; Tenace grounded out
(shortstop to first); Underwood threw a wild pitch [Almon to
third]; Ivie lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez walked; Anderson struck out; Reitz
grounded out (second to first) [Hernandez to second]; Tyson
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
5, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 3RD: Hendrick singled to left; CARROLL REPLACED UNDERWOOD
(PITCHING); Winfield singled to left [Hendrick to third];
Kingman flied out to center; Champion grounded out (second to
first) [Hendrick scored, Winfield to second]; Roberts grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Carroll reached on an error by Almon [Carroll to
first]; Brock forced Carroll (shortstop to second); Brock stole
second; Bosetti singled to right [Brock to third]; Templeton
lined to right; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 6, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 4TH: Owchinko grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
flied out to left; Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez struck out; Anderson popped to first in
foul territory; Reitz singled to right; Tyson singled to center
[Reitz to second]; CRUZ BATTED FOR CARROLL; Cruz flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 6, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 5TH: EASTWICK REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Ivie singled to
center; Hendrick lined to left; Winfield singled to center [Ivie
to third]; Kingman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Winfield out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Padres 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock flied out to left; Bosetti grounded out
(shortstop to first); Templeton grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 6TH: Champion popped to second; Roberts flied out to
center; Owchinko popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hernandez walked; Anderson singled to center [Hernandez to
second]; Reitz forced Anderson (first to shortstop) [Hernandez
to third]; Tyson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 6, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 7TH: Almon singled to center; Almon was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Tenace walked; Ivie singled to right
[Tenace to third]; Hendrick hit a sacrifice fly to left [Tenace
scored]; Winfield lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: MUMPHREY BATTED FOR EASTWICK; Mumphrey grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brock struck out; Bosetti singled to
center; Templeton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 7, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 8TH: METZGER REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); Kingman
doubled to left; RICHARDS RAN FOR KINGMAN; Champion grounded out
(shortstop to first); Roberts popped to second; Owchinko
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
7, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: RICHARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Simmons
singled to left; Hernandez flied out to center; Anderson flied
out to left; Reitz singled to center [Simmons to second]; Tyson
popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 7, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 9TH: FREED REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING 1B); HRABOSKY
REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); RADER REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C
); Almon struck out; Tenace flied out to right; Ivie popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 7,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: ASHFORD REPLACED IVIE (PLAYING 3B); Freed
grounded out (third to first); Brock grounded out (pitcher to
first); Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 7, Cardinals 0.