| The Cardinals edged the Giants, 2-1, behind the combined pitching of Bob Forsch and Mark Littell. George Hendrick broke the scoreless tie with a homer in the seventh inning. The Cards added the decisive tally in the same frame on a single by Ken Reitz, double by Ken Oberkfell and infield hit by Garry Templeton. [The Sporting News] |
St. Louis Cardinals 2, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August 28, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 8 1 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 2 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Templeton ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 .329 Herndon cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .252 Mumphrey lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296 Strain 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .255 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .343 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .297 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Hendrick rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .303 Johnston lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .172 Scott cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Evans 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Reitz 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .268 Metzger ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Oberkfell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .322 Littlejohn c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Forsch p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .145 Whitfield ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .288 Littell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Sadek pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Knepper p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .311 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 2 8 2 1 6 Totals 32 1 7 1 2 4 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 18,836 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Giants 6 DP: Cardinals 0, Giants 1 Errors: Reitz, Strain, McCovey Doubles: Forsch (2), Mumphrey (7), Oberkfell (15), Evans (18) Home Runs: Hendrick (12) Caught Stealing: Herndon (4), Strain (3) GIDP: Scott (11) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(7-10) 6.2 6 1 1 2 1 0 26 4.20 Littell SV(9) 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 2.63 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 4 0 34 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knepper L(9-9) 7 8 2 2 0 5 1 29 4.30 Minton 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 2.01 Totals 9 8 2 2 1 6 1 37 Umpires: HP - Fred Brocklander, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - John McSherry CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Hernandez singled to shortstop; Simmons made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Herndon walked; Herndon was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Strain walked; Strain was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (third to first); Reitz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Johnston grounded out (first to pitcher); Evans doubled to left; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Oberkfell was called out on strikes; Forsch doubled to left; Templeton grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Littlejohn grounded out (shortstop to first); Knepper struck out; Herndon singled to center [Herndon out at second (center to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez grounded out (first to pitcher); Simmons struck out; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Strain grounded out (third to first); Clark singled to left; McCovey forced Clark (second to shortstop); Johnston grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz singled to left; Oberkfell forced Reitz (second unassisted); Forsch forced Oberkfell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Evans flied out to center; Metzger grounded out (third to first); Littlejohn reached on an error by Reitz [Littlejohn to first]; Knepper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey doubled to right; Hernandez flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Herndon flied out to left; Strain grounded out (third to first); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Giants 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Hendrick homered; Scott struck out; Reitz singled to left; Oberkfell doubled to left [Reitz to third]; Forsch struck out; Templeton singled to shortstop [Reitz scored, Oberkfell to third]; Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Johnston singled to right; Evans flied out to center; Metzger singled to right [Johnston to third]; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR LITTLEJOHN; Whitfield singled to right [Johnston scored, Metzger to third]; SADEK RAN FOR WHITFIELD; IVIE BATTED FOR KNEPPER; LITTELL REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Ivie struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 1. CARDINALS 8TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MINTON REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Hernandez flied out to center; Simmons walked; Hendrick reached on an error by Strain [Simmons to second, Hendrick to first]; Scott grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Hendrick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 8TH: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Strain singled to center; Clark was called out on strikes; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 1. CARDINALS 9TH: Reitz reached on an error by McCovey (assist by Metzger) [Reitz to second]; Oberkfell grounded out (second to first) [Reitz to third]; Littell struck out; Templeton grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 1. GIANTS 9TH: Johnston grounded out (first to pitcher); Evans grounded out (second to first); Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Giants 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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