Beaten by the slugging of Gene Tenace, the Cardinals lost to the Padres, 8-3, for their 10th straight defeat in San Diego since July 17, 1976. Tenace hit two homers and a single, driving in five runs. Oscar Gamble accounted for the Padres' three other tallies with a double and single. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 9 0 Padres 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 x - 8 11 2 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 4 2 4 1 0 0 .270 Richards lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .307 Mumphrey lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .240 Smith ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .266 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Perkins 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Simmons c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Thomas ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Hendrick cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Winfield cf,rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .290 Morales rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Gamble rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .298 Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Roberts pr,c 0 1 0 0 0 0 .214 Oberkfell pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Tenace c,1b 3 2 3 5 1 0 .238 Coluccio ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez 2b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .228 Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Almon 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Denny p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .170 Jones p 4 1 1 0 0 3 .200 Freed ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 9 3 0 1 Totals 31 8 11 8 6 5 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 17,217 Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Padres 6 DP: Cardinals 2, Padres 2 Errors: Almon 2 Doubles: Denny (2), Reitz (18), Gamble (13) Triples: Templeton (6) Home Runs: Tenace 2 (12) Stolen Bases: Templeton (17), Winfield (16), Smith (27) Sacrifice Hits: Richards (2) GIDP: Hendrick (9), Perkins (3), Smith (7) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny L(8-8) 6 7 3 3 4 3 1 26 3.12 Schultz 0.2 3 4 4 1 1 0 6 4.15 Lopez 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4.63 Totals 8 11 8 8 6 5 2 38 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones W(8-9) 9 9 3 3 0 1 0 35 3.14 Totals 9 9 3 3 0 1 0 35 Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt CARDINALS 1ST: On a bunt Templeton singled to pitcher; Mumphrey hit into a double play (right to first) [Templeton out at second]; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Richards singled to pitcher; Smith forced Richards (second to shortstop); Perkins grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (third to first); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble grounded out (first to pitcher); Tenace walked; Gonzalez singled to right [Tenace to third]; Almon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson struck out (catcher to first); Denny doubled to left; Templeton singled to right [Denny scored, Templeton to second (on throw to home)]; Mumphrey flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Jones struck out; Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith walked; Smith was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Simmons reached on an error by Almon [Simmons to first]; Hendrick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Perkins flied out to right; Winfield singled to third; Winfield stole second; Gamble doubled to right [Winfield scored]; Tenace singled to right [Gamble scored, Tenace to second (on throw to home)]; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon was walked intentionally; Jones struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz popped to second; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 2. PADRES 5TH: Richards singled to right; Smith grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Richards out at second]; Perkins flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Padres 2. CARDINALS 6TH: On a bunt Denny grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton singled to pitcher; Templeton stole second; Mumphrey singled to center [Templeton scored, Mumphrey to second (on throw to home)]; Hernandez singled to right [Mumphrey out at home (right to catcher)]; Simmons reached on an error by Almon [Hernandez to third, Simmons to second]; Hendrick grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 2. PADRES 6TH: Winfield popped to first in foul territory; Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Tenace homered; Gonzalez walked; Almon was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Reitz doubled to left; OBERKFELL RAN FOR REITZ; Tyson flied out to center; FREED BATTED FOR DENNY; Freed flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 3. PADRES 7TH: OBERKFELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SCHULTZ REPLACED FREED (PITCHING); Jones singled to right; Richards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jones to second]; Smith singled to center [Jones to third]; THOMAS BATTED FOR PERKINS; Smith stole second; Thomas struck out; Winfield was walked intentionally; Gamble singled to center [Jones scored, Smith scored, Winfield to third]; ROBERTS RAN FOR GAMBLE; LOPEZ REPLACED SCHULTZ (PITCHING); Tenace homered [Winfield scored, Roberts scored]; Gonzalez walked; Almon flied out to center; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Padres 8. CARDINALS 8TH: THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Templeton tripled to right; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first) [Templeton scored]; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Simmons singled to left; Hendrick grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 8. PADRES 8TH: Jones struck out; Richards flied out to right; Smith lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 8. CARDINALS 9TH: Morales lined to right; COLUCCIO BATTED FOR OBERKFELL; Coluccio grounded out (pitcher to first); Tyson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 8.

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