Extending their winning streak to 11 games -- longest in the league this season -- the Pirates trumped the Cardinals, 4-1, as rookie righthander Don Robinson got credit for his seventh straight victory. Ed Ott led off the second inning with a double, moved to third on a double by Bill Robinson and scored on a groundout by John Milner. Phil Garner hit sacrifice fly to plate Robinson. The Bucs upped their margin to 3-0 in the fifth on successive one-out singles by Omar Moreno, Dave Parker and Willie Stargell. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 6, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Pirates 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 12 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .276 Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Moreno cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .236 Templeton ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 .285 Parker rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .315 Hendrick cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .284 Stargell 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .293 Simmons c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .288 Ott c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .278 Hernandez 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .255 B. Robinson 3b,lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .245 Mumphrey rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Milner lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .272 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Berra 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .273 Garner 2b 1 0 0 1 2 0 .270 Denny p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .177 D. Robinson p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .135 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Garrett ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 34 4 12 4 2 3 Totals 30 1 5 1 0 9 Time of Game: 2:04 Attendance: 7,945 Left on Base: Pirates 8, Cardinals 2 DP: Pirates 1, Cardinals 2 Errors: Ott, Simmons Doubles: Ott (15), B. Robinson (30), Hernandez (29), Hendrick (26) Stolen Bases: Taveras (36) Caught Stealing: Stargell (1) Sacrifice Hits: Moreno (14) Sacrifice Flies: Garner (6), Parker (2) GIDP: Milner (6), Simmons (16) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Robinson W(12-5) 9 5 1 1 0 9 0 30 3.21 Totals 9 5 1 1 0 9 0 30 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny L(11-10) 6 9 3 3 2 2 0 27 3.16 Lopez 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 4.09 Schultz 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.77 Totals 9 12 4 4 2 3 0 39 Wild Pitches: D. Robinson (8) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Dutch Rennert PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to shortstop; Moreno out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Taveras to second]; Parker grounded out (first unassisted) [Taveras to third]; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Templeton struck out; Hendrick singled to right; D. Robinson threw a wild pitch [Hendrick to third (error by Ott)]; Simmons popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 2ND: Ott doubled to center; B. Robinson doubled to right [Ott to third]; Milner grounded out (second to first) [Ott scored, B. Robinson to third]; Garner hit a sacrifice fly to right [B. Robinson scored]; D. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey flied out to left; Reitz popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 3RD: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno grounded out (second to first); Parker singled to center; Stargell lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Phillips was called out on strikes; Denny struck out; Brock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 4TH: Ott singled to center; B. Robinson singled to left [Ott to second]; Milner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ott to third, B. Robinson out at second]; Garner was walked intentionally; D. Robinson popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Templeton struck out; Hendrick singled to third; Simmons grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hendrick out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 5TH: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno singled to center; Parker singled to right [Moreno to second]; Stargell singled to right [Moreno scored, Parker to third]; Ott struck out while Stargell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Hernandez doubled to pitcher; Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hernandez to third]; Reitz popped to third; Phillips grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 6TH: B. Robinson popped to third; Milner flied out to center; Garner walked; D. Robinson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: BERRA REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING 3B); B. ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); OBERKFELL BATTED FOR DENNY; Oberkfell was called out on strikes; Brock grounded out (third to first); Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Cardinals 0. PIRATES 7TH: LOPEZ REPLACED OBERKFELL (PITCHING); Taveras singled to right; Taveras stole second [Taveras to third (error by Simmons)]; Moreno grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker hit a sacrifice fly to left [Taveras scored]; Stargell singled to left; Ott flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Hendrick doubled to left; Simmons singled to right [Hendrick scored, Simmons out at second (right to shortstop)]; Hernandez struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 8TH: B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Berra flied out to center; Garner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Reitz flied out to right; Phillips struck out; GARRETT BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Garrett was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Cardinals 1. PIRATES 9TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); D. Robinson singled to left; Taveras struck out; Moreno flied out to left; Parker forced D. Robinson (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Brock popped to third in foul territory; Templeton struck out; Hendrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Cardinals 1.

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