Never a previous winner in St. Louis, losing six times, Randy Jones conquered his jinx and pitched the Padres to a 2-1 victory over the Cardinals with the aid of Rollie Fingers, who relieved in the ninth inning. The victory was only Jones' third against eight defeats in his career meetings with the Cards.

The Padres, after picking up a run in the second inning on singles by Bill Almon and Mike Champion around a stolen base, tacked on their deciding tally in the third when Gene Richards and Oscar Gamble tripled. A double by Ted Simmons and two groundouts produced the Cards' run in the seventh. When Keith Hernandez doubled in the ninth, Fingers came in to retire the last three batters. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Friday, May 5, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Padres 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .224 Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .303 Smith ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .321 Templeton ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .193 Gamble rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .268 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .330 Thomas pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Simmons c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .307 Winfield cf,rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Morales cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .226 Tenace 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .188 Freed rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .227 Sweet c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .189 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Almon 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .326 Tyson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .279 Champion 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .278 Urrea p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Jones p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .167 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 34 2 9 2 0 10 Totals 31 1 6 1 2 5 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 7,831 Left on Base: Padres 5, Cardinals 5 DP: Padres 2, Cardinals 0 Errors: Champion 2 Doubles: Simmons (10), Hernandez (10) Triples: Richards (1), Gamble (1), Smith 2 (2) Stolen Bases: Smith (6), Almon (3), Tyson (1) Caught Stealing: Sweet 2 (3) GIDP: Freed (1), Simmons (3) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones W(2-2) 8 6 1 1 2 3 0 30 3.75 Fingers SV(6) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.93 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 5 0 33 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Urrea L(2-3) 7.1 9 2 2 0 7 0 29 3.41 Hamilton 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.20 Vuckovich 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 2.89 Totals 9 9 2 2 0 10 0 34 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first unassisted); Smith singled to left; Smith stole second; Gamble was called out on strikes; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cardinals 0. PADRES 2ND: Tenace struck out; Sweet grounded out (first unassisted); Almon singled to left; Almon stole second; Champion singled to right [Almon scored]; Jones was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to left [Simmons out at second (left to second)]; Morales walked; Freed grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Cardinals 0. PADRES 3RD: Richards tripled to right; Smith grounded out (third to first); Gamble tripled to right [Richards scored]; Winfield grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz lined to left; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Urrea singled to right; Brock reached on an error by Champion [Urrea to second, Brock to first]; Templeton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. PADRES 4TH: Sweet singled to right; Sweet was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Almon flied out to center; Champion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez walked; Simmons grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hernandez out at second]; Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. PADRES 5TH: Jones struck out; Richards flied out to center; Smith tripled to right; Gamble flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Freed grounded out (pitcher to first); Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. PADRES 6TH: Winfield grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Sweet singled to center; Sweet was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Urrea grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock reached on an error by Champion [Brock to first]; Templeton grounded out (pitcher to first) [Brock to second]; Hernandez grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. PADRES 7TH: Almon popped to first in foul territory; Champion flied out to center; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons doubled to left; Morales grounded out (second to first) [Simmons to third]; Freed grounded out (second to first) [Simmons scored]; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 1. PADRES 8TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith tripled to right; HAMILTON REPLACED URREA (PITCHING); Gamble reached on a fielder's choice [Smith out at home (second to catcher)]; THOMAS RAN FOR GAMBLE; VUCKOVICH REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Winfield lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Tyson singled to left; Tyson stole second; Vuckovich struck out; Brock struck out; Templeton singled to second [Tyson out at home (second to first to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 1. PADRES 9TH: Tenace struck out; Sweet was called out on strikes; Almon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez doubled to right; FINGERS REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Simmons flied out to left; Morales was called out on strikes; Freed struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Cardinals 1.

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