Duffy Dyer came off the disabled list and immediately won the game for the Pirates, slashing a pinch-double in the ninth inning and driving in two runs to beat the Cardinals, 8-7. The Cardinals failed to hold a 6-3 lead but went ahead again in the eighth when Keith Hernandez walked, Lou Brock sacrificed and Roger Freed doubled.

However, in the ninth, with two out, Ed Ott doubled and Phil Garner walked. Dyer, who had been on the disabled list for 15 days with a broken thumb, came off the bench as a pinch-hitter for Kent Tekulve and popped his double down the left field line to give the Pirates their victory. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Game Played on Saturday, April 22, 1978 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 - 7 8 2 Pirates 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 - 8 14 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mumphrey cf 4 1 0 1 1 1 .056 Taveras ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Templeton ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .211 Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Morales rf 4 1 1 2 1 0 .260 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Simmons c 5 1 1 1 0 0 .306 Fregosi ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Hernandez 1b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .356 Moreno cf 3 0 1 0 2 1 .250 Brock lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .290 Parker rf 4 1 2 0 1 1 .310 Sutherland 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Robinson lf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .294 Reitz 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .267 Stargell 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .269 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Stennett 2b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .242 Phillips ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Ott c 5 1 2 0 0 0 .206 Freed ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .182 Garner 3b,ss 3 1 1 1 1 1 .129 Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Denny p 1 0 1 0 1 0 .250 Brye ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 Iorg ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dyer ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 1.000 Scott ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Totals 35 7 8 5 4 5 Totals 38 8 14 7 6 8 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 5,173 Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Pirates 11 DP: Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 Errors: Templeton, Tyson, Blyleven Doubles: Freed (2), Stennett (1), Ott (1), Dyer (1) Triples: Garner (1) Home Runs: Simmons (1), Morales (1), Stargell (2) Stolen Bases: Brock (3), Moreno 2 (4) Caught Stealing: Taveras (1) Sacrifice Hits: Brock (1) Sacrifice Flies: Garner (1) GIDP: Parker (2) Hit by Pitch: Reitz (2,by Blyleven) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny 6 8 3 3 1 5 1 26 2.63 Hamilton 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 21.60 Vuckovich 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 6 3.60 Schultz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.17 Urrea L(0-2) 1.2 3 2 2 3 2 0 11 11.00 Totals 8.2 14 8 8 6 8 1 45 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven 7 6 6 2 2 4 2 31 4.50 Jackson 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 5.79 Tekulve W(1-0) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.17 Totals 9 8 7 3 4 5 2 41 Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (1) Wild Pitches: Denny 4 (4) Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Templeton struck out; Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied out to left; Moreno singled to center; Parker grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Moreno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to third; Hernandez flied out to right; Brock singled to shortstop; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: B. Robinson singled to shortstop [B. Robinson to second (error by Templeton)]; Denny threw a wild pitch [B. Robinson to third]; Denny threw a wild pitch [B. Robinson scored]; Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); Stennett singled to third; Ott singled to right [Stennett to third]; Garner hit a sacrifice fly to right [Stennett scored]; Blyleven forced Ott (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Denny walked; Mumphrey walked [Denny to second]; Templeton flied out to right; Morales popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras singled to left; Taveras was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Moreno walked; Moreno stole second; Denny threw a wild pitch [Moreno to third]; Parker struck out; B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons homered; Hernandez flied out to center; Brock grounded out (second to first); Reitz flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 4TH: Stargell was called out on strikes; Stennett doubled to center; Ott grounded out (third to first) [Stennett to third]; Garner flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to right; Denny singled to center; Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Templeton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 5TH: Blyleven struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Taveras struck out; Moreno reached on an error by Tyson [Blyleven to third, Moreno to first]; Parker was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to second [Blyleven stayed at third, Moreno out at second (second unassisted)]; B. Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Simmons flied out to center; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2. PIRATES 6TH: Stargell homered; Stennett flied out to right; Ott grounded out (first unassisted); Garner struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Reitz was hit by a pitch; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR TYSON; Phillips struck out; IORG BATTED FOR DENNY; Iorg singled to right [Brock to third, Reitz to second]; Mumphrey reached on an error by Blyleven [Brock scored (RBI), Reitz scored (unearned) (no RBI), Iorg scored (unearned) (no RBI), Mumphrey to third]; Templeton was called out on strikes; Morales homered (unearned) [Mumphrey scored (unearned)]; Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); 5 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Pirates 3. PIRATES 7TH: PHILLIPS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HAMILTON REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); BRYE BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Brye walked; VUCKOVICH REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); MILNER BATTED FOR TAVERAS; Milner made an out to second; Moreno struck out; Parker singled to shortstop [Brye to second]; B. Robinson singled to center [Brye scored, Parker to third]; Stargell walked [B. Robinson to second]; Stennett singled to left [Parker scored, B. Robinson scored, Stargell to second]; SCHULTZ REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Ott forced Stennett (first to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Pirates 6. CARDINALS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); MENDOZA REPLACED BRYE (PLAYING SS); Hernandez walked; Brock out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hernandez to second]; Reitz singled to left [Hernandez to third]; FREED BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Freed doubled to left [Hernandez scored, Reitz to third]; SCOTT BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Scott was called out on strikes; Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 6. PIRATES 8TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SUTHERLAND REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING 2B); URREA REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Garner tripled to left; SANGUILLEN BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); FREGOSI BATTED FOR JACKSON; Fregosi struck out; Moreno walked; Moreno stole second; Parker was walked intentionally; B. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 6. CARDINALS 9TH: FREGOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GARNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); TEKULVE REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PITCHING); Templeton grounded out (second to first); Morales walked; Simmons popped to third; Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 6. PIRATES 9TH: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Stennett grounded out (second to first); Ott doubled to center; Garner walked; DYER BATTED FOR TEKULVE; Dyer doubled to left [Ott scored, Garner scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Pirates 8.

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