Graciously accepting six runs handed to them by inept fielding by the Cardinals, the Pirates breezed to a 6-1 victory. The Cards led, 1-0, going into the seventh when singles by Willie Stargell and Ed Ott and a walk to Phil Garner loaded the bases with one out. Ken Macha hit what appeared to be a double-play grounder to Garry Templeton, but the shortstop booted the ball for his 26th error of the season. Two runs scored on the play and Macha reached second.

Roy Thomas relieved Bob Forsch on the mound for the Cards and Frank Taveras hit a pop fly that center fielder George Hendrick and second baseman Mike Tyson let drop between them for a single, two more tallies crossing the plate. After a single by Moreno, Thomas was derricked in favor of Buddy Schultz. John Milner got a single when Hendrick permitted his pop fly to drop safely and two runs scored when Hendrick kicked the ball into right field. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Sunday, July 9, 1978 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II

Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 - 6 8 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 5 1 1 2 0 0 .277 Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Moreno cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .224 Mumphrey lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Milner lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .307 Hendrick cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .238 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Robinson rf,lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .311 Stargell 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .290 Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Ott c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .249 Morales rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .235 Garner 2b 3 1 1 0 1 2 .246 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Macha 3b 2 1 0 1 1 0 .211 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Brye rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Brock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .130 Phillips 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229 Stennett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Forsch p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Mendoza 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Thomas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scott ph,cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Totals 35 6 8 4 3 7 Totals 33 1 6 1 3 6 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 22,101 Left on Base: Pirates 5, Cardinals 8 DP: Pirates 1, Cardinals 0 Errors: Garner, Templeton, Hendrick Doubles: Hendrick (14), Forsch (6) Home Runs: Hendrick (9) Caught Stealing: Taveras (16) GIDP: Reitz (8) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(9-5) 6 4 1 1 1 2 1 23 3.26 Tekulve SV(13) 3 2 0 0 2 4 0 13 2.27 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 6 1 36 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch L(9-8) 6.2 4 4 1 3 4 0 27 3.14 Thomas 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 5.19 Schultz 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 3.62 Littell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.44 Totals 9 8 6 1* 3 7 0 38 Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno flied out to left; Milner singled to right; B. Robinson lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Hendrick doubled to left; Simmons walked; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Ott grounded out (second to first); Garner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz flied out to center; Tyson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 3RD: Macha walked; Blyleven struck out; Taveras forced Macha (pitcher to shortstop); Taveras was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Forsch was called out on strikes; Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 4TH: Moreno popped to shortstop; Milner flied out to center; B. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick homered; Simmons popped to shortstop; Hernandez reached on an error by Garner [Hernandez to first]; Morales singled to right [Hernandez to third]; Reitz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 5TH: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Ott walked; Garner singled to left [Ott to second]; Macha grounded out (pitcher to first) [Ott to third, Garner to second]; Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to center; Forsch doubled to center; Templeton grounded out (second to first) [Forsch to third]; Mumphrey lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 6TH: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno flied out to center; Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 6TH: Hendrick was called out on strikes; Simmons flied out to center; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 7TH: B. Robinson popped to third in foul territory; Stargell singled to center; Ott singled to right [Stargell to second]; Garner walked [Stargell to third, Ott to second]; Macha reached on an error by Templeton [Stargell scored (RBI), Ott scored (unearned) (no RBI), Garner to third, Macha to second]; STENNETT BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); THOMAS REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Taveras singled to right [Garner scored (unearned), Macha scored (unearned)]; Moreno singled to left [Taveras to second]; SCHULTZ REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Milner singled to center [Taveras scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Moreno scored (error by Hendrick) (unearned) (no RBI), Milner to third]; B. Robinson struck out; 6 R (2 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 6, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: MENDOZA REPLACED STENNETT (PLAYING 3B); B. ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BRYE REPLACED MACHA (PLAYING RF); TEKULVE REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Morales was called out on strikes; Reitz flied out to left; BROCK BATTED FOR TYSON; Brock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 8TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING 2B); Stargell struck out; Ott popped to catcher in foul territory; Garner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: SCOTT BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Scott singled to center; Templeton struck out; Mumphrey singled to pitcher [Scott to second]; Hendrick popped to second; Simmons struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 6, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 9TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LITTELL REPLACED HENDRICK (PITCHING); Brye flied out to right; Mendoza singled to center; Taveras forced Mendoza (shortstop to second); Moreno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 6, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Hernandez popped to third in foul territory; Morales walked; Reitz flied out to center; Phillips walked [Morales to second]; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 6, Cardinals 1.

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