A bases-loaded pinch-single by Jerry Turner with two out in the 14th inning lifted the Padres to a 4-3 win over the Cardinals, dealing the Cards their fifth straight loss. Reliever Pete Vuckovich entered the game in the last of the 14th and retired the first batter he faced, but then yielded a single to George Hendrick. Bill Almon forced Hendrick at second and advanced on a wild pitch. Gene Tenace and Rick Sweet drew walks to load the bases and Turner followed with the game-winning hit.

A two-run homer by Gene Tenace and solo swat by Sweet -- his first major league round-tripper -- gave the Padres a 3-1 lead in the seventh. The Cardinals tied the game in the eighth as Ted Simmons singled home one tally and the tying marker scored on Dave Winfield's throwing error. Card starter Bob Forsch was forced to leave the game after five innings because of a pulled hanstring while in a scoreless duel with Gaylord Perry. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Game Played on Monday, May 15, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 2 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 6 2 3 0 0 0 .274 Thomas 2b,cf,2b 6 0 0 0 0 2 .220 Templeton ss 6 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Smith ss 5 0 0 0 1 1 .278 Hernandez 1b 5 1 2 0 1 0 .326 Richards cf,lf,cf 6 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Simmons c 5 0 1 1 1 1 .314 Winfield rf 5 1 2 0 1 0 .285 Iorg rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Gamble lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Freed ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Hendrick ph,lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .202 Schultz p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Almon 3b 6 1 2 0 0 0 .311 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Tenace 1b 4 1 1 2 2 1 .194 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sweet c 5 1 2 1 1 1 .200 Morales cf 6 0 1 0 0 1 .220 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Reitz 3b 6 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Tyson 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Ashford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mumphrey rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .174 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Turner ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .205 Totals 50 3 10 1 2 6 Totals 48 4 9 4 5 6 Time of Game: 3:33 Attendance: 17,199 Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Padres 9 DP: Cardinals 1, Padres 2 Errors: Winfield, Tenace Doubles: Brock (4), Winfield (5) Home Runs: Tenace (3), Sweet (1) Stolen Bases: Brock (7), Almon (4), Smith (7) Sacrifice Hits: Perry (3) GIDP: Simmons (5), Brock (3), Almon (3) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 18 2.39 Hamilton 2 3 3 3 0 1 2 9 9.39 Schultz 6 1 0 0 2 4 0 21 3.32 Vuckovich L(0-4) 0.2 2 1 1 2 0 0 6 2.66 Totals 13.2 9 4 4 5 6 2 54 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry 10 8 3 1 2 4 0 38 1.99 Fingers 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 2.84 Lee W(2-1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.45 Totals 14 10 3 1 2 6 0 52 Wild Pitches: Vuckovich (1) Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Andy Olsen CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to center; Templeton lined to left; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Brock to second]; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Thomas popped to shortstop; Smith grounded out (second to first); Richards struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales flied out to center; Reitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield walked; Gamble flied out to left; Almon grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Winfield out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (second to first); Forsch grounded out (second to first); Brock lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Tenace flied out to center; Sweet singled to left; Perry out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Sweet to second]; Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton flied out to center; Hernandez singled to right; Simmons walked [Hernandez to second]; Iorg singled to left [Hernandez to third, Simmons out at third (left to catcher to second)]; Ted Simmons was caught thinking that Keith Hernandez would continue to HP; Morales popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Richards grounded out (pitcher to first); Winfield singled to center; Gamble popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson flied out to center; Forsch grounded out (pitcher to first); Bob Forsch pulled hamstring; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. PADRES 5TH: Almon singled to left; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first) [Almon to second]; Sweet grounded out (second to first) [Almon to third]; Perry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock doubled to left; Templeton reached on an error by Tenace [Brock stayed at second, Templeton to first]; Hernandez singled to right [Brock to third, Templeton to second]; Simmons grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brock scored (unearned), Templeton to third, Hernandez out at second]; Iorg grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 0. PADRES 6TH: HAMILTON REPLACED IORG (PITCHING); MUMPHREY REPLACED FORSCH (PLAYING RF); Thomas struck out; Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Richards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Reitz lined to shortstop; Tyson popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 0. PADRES 7TH: Winfield doubled to center; Gamble lined to second; Almon flied out to center; Tenace homered [Winfield scored]; Sweet homered; Perry flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 3. CARDINALS 8TH: BAKER REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 2B); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Mumphrey singled to right; Brock forced Mumphrey (shortstop to second); Templeton flied out to center; Hernandez walked [Brock to second]; Simmons singled to right [Brock scored, Hernandez scored (error by Winfield) (unearned) (no RBI), Simmons to third]; FREED BATTED FOR HAMILTON; Freed struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. PADRES 8TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith popped to first; Richards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. CARDINALS 9TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Reitz flied out to right; Tyson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. PADRES 9TH: Winfield grounded out (second to first); HENDRICK BATTED FOR BAKER; Hendrick flied out to center; Almon singled to shortstop; Almon stole second; Tenace was walked intentionally; Sweet grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. CARDINALS 10TH: HENDRICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Mumphrey singled to left; Brock grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Mumphrey out at second]; Templeton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. PADRES 10TH: REYNOLDS BATTED FOR PERRY; Reynolds popped to first in foul territory; Thomas struck out; Smith was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. CARDINALS 11TH: FINGERS REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); Hernandez popped to catcher in foul territory; Simmons flied out to center; Schultz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. PADRES 11TH: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield popped to second; Hendrick lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. CARDINALS 12TH: Morales struck out; Reitz flied out to right; Tyson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. PADRES 12TH: Almon flied out to right; Tenace struck out; Sweet was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. CARDINALS 13TH: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Templeton grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Brock to third]; Hernandez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. PADRES 13TH: ASHFORD BATTED FOR FINGERS; Ashford lined to left; Thomas flied out to right; Smith walked; Smith stole second; Richards lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. CARDINALS 14TH: LEE REPLACED ASHFORD (PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (second to first); DWYER BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Dwyer grounded out (first unassisted); Morales singled to center; Reitz forced Morales (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 3. PADRES 14TH: VUCKOVICH REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Winfield flied out to center; Hendrick singled to center; Almon forced Hendrick (third to second); Vuckovich threw a wild pitch [Almon to second]; Tenace walked; Sweet walked [Almon to third, Tenace to second]; TURNER BATTED FOR LEE; Turner singled to right [Almon scored, Tenace to third, Sweet to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 4.

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