April 15, 1979 St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 14
CLE 4 NYY 6
@CHW 5 MIL 4
BAL 2 CAL 8
@OAK 1 MIN 18
@SEA 6 DET 11
@TEX 6 KCR 12
@TOR 10 ATL 11
@LAD 4 CHC 5
@MON 1 PHI 3
@NYM 2 PHI 6
@NYM 3 STL 9
@PIT 4
(10) SDP 6
CIN 3 CIN 7
@SDP 5 HOU 4
@SFG 3 HOU 9
@SFG 1

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 3,012

Sunday, April 15, 1979, 1:26PM
Time of Game: 3:27

Cardinals

4-3

Won 1

2nd, 1 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  0  1   0  0  0   0  2  1   5    9 15  1
Pirates         2  0  0   0  0  1   1  0  0   0    4 10  3

W: M Littell (1-0), L: K Tekulve (0-2)

Pirates

4-5

Lost 1

4th, 2 GB

BATTING

St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Templeton SS                6   2   3   0    0   0  .242  .551    0    4   2   GDP
T Scott RF                    6   1   2   1    0   1  .424 1.000    0    5   0   SB,GDP
K Hernandez 1B                6   0   1   3    0   3  .290  .978    0    6   0   2B
T Simmons C                   5   1   2   1    1   0  .300  .864    0    7   1   2B
G Hendrick CF                 5   1   1   0    0   0  .214  .683    0    3   0   
  M Littell P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
K Reitz 3B                    4   0   2   2    1   0  .440 1.140    0    3   1   2B,SB
T Grieve LF                   1   1   0   0    1   0  .000  .286    0    0   0   
  D Iorg PH-LF                1   0   0   0    0   1  .125  .472    0    0   0   
  R Freed PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  M Dimmel LF                 1   1   1   0    0   0  .333  .666    0    0   0   
M Tyson 2B                    2   0   1   0    0   0  .222  .564    0    2   0   
  K Oberkfell PH-2B           1   0   0   0    0   1  .250  .650    0    0   1   
  S Swisher PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  M Phillips 2B               1   1   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    0    0   3   
B Sykes P                     1   0   0   0    0   1  .250  .650    0    0   1   HBP
  T Bruno P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  L Brock PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .623    0    0   0   
  B Schultz P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Carbo PH-CF               1   1   1   1    0   0 1.000 1.500    0    0   0   SF
Totals                       45   9  15   8    3   7                    30   9

BATTING

2B: K Reitz (5, off G Jackson); T Simmons (3, off E Romo); K Hernandez (3, off K Tekulve).

SF: B Carbo (1, off K Tekulve).

HBP: B Sykes (1, by J Candelaria).

TB: K Reitz 3; T Simmons 3; G Templeton 3; K Hernandez 2; T Scott 2; M Phillips; B Carbo; G Hendrick; M Dimmel; M Tyson.

GIDP: G Templeton (1); T Scott (1).

RBI: K Hernandez 3 (11); K Reitz 2 (7); T Scott (7); B Carbo (1); T Simmons (2).

2-out RBI: T Simmons.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 5 for 18.

FIELDING

DP: 1. K Reitz-G Templeton-M Tyson.

E: K Oberkfell (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: K Reitz (1, 3rd base off G Jackson/S Nicosia); T Scott (3, 2nd base off J Candelaria/S Nicosia).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Taveras SS                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .306  .695    0    1   2   
  D Berra SS                  3   0   1   0    0   0  .333  .666    0    2   2   
P Garner 3B                   3   1   1   0    2   1  .273  .799    0    3   2   
D Parker RF                   5   1   1   0    0   0  .250  .837    0    2   0   
B Robinson LF                 5   1   2   1    0   2  .229  .663    0    1   0   2B
J Milner 1B                   3   1   0   0    1   1  .529 1.668    0    7   0   CS
  W Stargell 1B               1   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .833    0    0   0   
R Stennett 2B                 5   0   1   1    0   2  .176  .449    0    3   3   
S Nicosia C                   5   0   2   0    0   0  .286  .857    0    7   1   2B
O Moreno CF                   3   0   2   1    1   0  .323  .787    0    4   0   3B,SB
J Candelaria P                2   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   GDP
  E Romo P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  L Lacy PH                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .333  .762    0    0   0   
  G Jackson P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   2   
  K Tekulve P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       39   4  10   3    4   7                    30  12

BATTING

2B: B Robinson (3, off B Sykes); S Nicosia (1, off B Sykes).

3B: O Moreno (1, off B Sykes).

TB: O Moreno 4; B Robinson 3; S Nicosia 3; D Parker; D Berra; R Stennett; P Garner.

GIDP: J Candelaria (1).

RBI: R Stennett (2); O Moreno (2); B Robinson (4).

2-out RBI: R Stennett.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 2. R Stennett-J Milner; R Stennett-F Taveras-J Milner.

E: B Robinson (1); P Garner (3); F Taveras (2).

BASERUNNING

SB: O Moreno (3, 2nd base off T Bruno/T Simmons).

CS: J Milner (1, Home by B Schultz/T Simmons).

PITCHING

St. Louis Cardinals           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Sykes                        5.1   7   3   2    3   3   0   1.59   26     -       ·  ·      3· 9· 1· 7     44    -     1.00  -0.13
T Bruno                        0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    2     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    1.07   0.07
B Schultz                      2     2   1   1    1   0   0   7.20    8     -       ·  ·      3· 2· 0· 2          0-0    0.52  -0.01
M Littell, W (1-0)             2     1   0   0    0   3   0   0.00    7     -       ·  ·      1· 2· 0· 1          0-0    1.81   0.14
Totals                        10    10   4   3    4   7   0          43     -       ·  ·      7·14· 1·10          2-0

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Candelaria                   5     3   1   0    2   5   0   2.45   21     -       ·  ·      4· 5· 1· 3     62    -     1.28   0.18
E Romo, H (1)                  1     1   0   0    1   2   0  10.13    5     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 1          0-0    2.21   0.08
G Jackson, BS (2)              2.2   6   3   2    0   0   0   3.38   14     -       ·  ·      6· 2· 0· 6          0-0    2.90  -0.33
K Tekulve, L (0-2)             1.1   5   5   4    0   0   0  12.71   10     -       ·  ·      2· 2· 1· 5          2-0    1.96  -0.36
Totals                        10    15   9   6    3   7   0          50     -       ·  ·     12·10· 2·15          2-0

Balks: None.

WP: B Sykes (1); B Schultz 2 (2); K Tekulve (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: J Candelaria (1; B Sykes).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ron Hutson, 1B - Lanny Harris, 2B - Joe Schratz, 3B - Harry Smail.

Time of Game: 3:27.

Attendance: 3,012.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   St. Louis Cardinals           Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. G Templeton          SS    1. F Taveras            SS 
2. T Scott              RF    2. P Garner             3B 
3. K Hernandez          1B    3. D Parker             RF 
4. T Simmons            C     4. B Robinson           LF 
5. G Hendrick           CF    5. J Milner             1B 
6. K Reitz              3B    6. R Stennett           2B 
7. T Grieve             LF    7. S Nicosia            C  
8. M Tyson              2B    8. O Moreno             CF 
9. B Sykes              P     9. J Candelaria         P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 9   2  4-3  1-3      34%  50% T Simmons       G Jackson       Single to RF; Templeton Scores; Hernandez to 3B
   t10   1  4-4  1--      19%  69% M Phillips      K Tekulve       Single to RF; Dimmel to 3B
   t 8   1  4-1  12-      18%  30% K Reitz         G Jackson       Double to LF; Simmons Scores/unER; Hendrick Scores
   t10   1  4-4  1-3      18%  86% B Carbo         K Tekulve       Reached on E7/Sacrifice Fly; Dimmel Scores; Phillips to 2B; Carbo to 1B
   t 9   0  4-3  1--      16%  44% G Templeton     G Jackson       Single to CF; Carbo to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, John Candelaria facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      48%  G Templeton     Flyball: RF
   O      ---      46%  T Scott         Flyball: 3B
   O      ---      45%  K Hernandez     Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Sykes facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      47%  F Taveras       Lineout: SS
          ---      45%  P Garner        Walk
          1--      39%  D Parker        Single to RF; Garner to 3B
   R      1-3      34%  B Robinson      Wild Pitch; Garner Scores; Parker to 2B
   R      -2-      25%  " "             Double to LF; Parker Scores
   O      -2-      27%  J Milner        Strikeout
   O      -2-      30%  R Stennett      Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, John Candelaria facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      27%  T Simmons       Flyball: LF
   O      ---      26%  G Hendrick      Flyball: CF
   O      ---      25%  K Reitz         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-0, Bob Sykes facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      26%  S Nicosia       Flyball: 3B
          ---      21%  O Moreno        Triple to CF
   O      --3      26%  J Candelaria    Groundout: P-1B
   O      --3      28%  F Taveras       Flyball: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, John Candelaria facing 7-8-9
          ---      32%  T Grieve        Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
          1--      39%  M Tyson         Single to LF; Grieve to 2B
          12-      48%  B Sykes         Hit By Pitch; Grieve to 3B; Tyson to 2B
   ROO    123      37%  G Templeton     Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B; Grieve Scores/No RBI/unER; Tyson to 3B
   O      --3      33%  T Scott         Strikeout
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-1, Bob Sykes facing 2-3-4
          ---      30%  P Garner        Walk
   O      1--      33%  D Parker        Flyball: 3B
   O      1--      35%  B Robinson      Flyball: CF
   O      1--      37%  J Milner        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, John Candelaria facing 3-4-5
                  Dale Berra replaces Frank Taveras playing SS batting 1st
   O      ---      34%  K Hernandez     Strikeout
          ---      38%  T Simmons       Walk
   O      1--      34%  G Hendrick      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--      37%  K Reitz         Single to RF; Hendrick to 2B
          12-      41%  T Grieve        Walk; Hendrick to 3B; Reitz to 2B
   O      123      31%  M Tyson         Flyball: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-1, Bob Sykes facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      33%  R Stennett      Strikeout
          ---      29%  S Nicosia       Double to LF
          -2-      28%  O Moreno        Walk
   OO     12-      36%  J Candelaria    Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-SS-2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, John Candelaria facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      33%  B Sykes         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---      30%  G Templeton     Lineout: 1B
          ---      32%  T Scott         Single to 3B
          1--      33%  K Hernandez     Scott Steals 2B
   O      -2-      29%  " "             Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-1, Bob Sykes facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      31%  D Berra         Flyball: RF
          ---      29%  P Garner        Single to CF
   O      1--      31%  D Parker        Flyball: RF
   O      1--      34%  B Robinson      Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-2, Enrique Romo facing 4-5-6
                  Enrique Romo replaces John Candelaria pitching and batting 9th
          ---      44%  T Simmons       Double to RF
   O      -2-      37%  G Hendrick      Flyball: RF
          -2-      40%  K Reitz         Walk
                  Dane Iorg pinch hits for Tom Grieve batting 7th
   O      12-      33%  D Iorg          Strikeout
                  Ken Oberkfell pinch hits for Mike Tyson batting 8th
   O      12-      26%  K Oberkfell     Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 2-1, Bob Sykes facing 5-6-7
                  Ken Oberkfell moves to 2B; Dane Iorg moves to LF
          ---      22%  J Milner        Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--      25%  R Stennett      Flyball: RF
          1--      22%  S Nicosia       Single to LF; Milner to 2B
   R      12-      11%  O Moreno        Single to CF; Milner Scores/unER; Nicosia to 3B
                  Tom Bruno replaces Bob Sykes pitching and batting 9th; Lee Lacy pinch hits for Enrique Romo batting 9th
          1-3      10%  L Lacy          Moreno Steals 2B
   O      -23      15%  " "             Strikeout
   O      -23      18%  D Berra         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-3, Grant Jackson facing 9-1-2
                  Grant Jackson replaces Lee Lacy pitching and batting 9th; Lou Brock pinch hits for Tom Bruno batting 9th
   O      ---      15%  L Brock         Flyball: CF
          ---      19%  G Templeton     Single to RF
   OO     1--      11%  T Scott         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 3-1, Buddy Schultz facing 2-3-4
                  Buddy Schultz replaces Lou Brock pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      12%  P Garner        Flyball: CF
   O      ---      13%  D Parker        Flyball: SS
          ---      12%  B Robinson      Single to CF
          1--      12%  J Milner        Wild Pitch; Robinson to 2B
          -2-      11%  " "             Wild Pitch; Robinson to 3B
          --3      11%  " "             Walk
   R      1-3       6%  R Stennett      Single to LF; Robinson Scores; Milner to 3B
   O      1-3       7%  S Nicosia       Milner Caught Stealing Hm (C-2B-C-3B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Pirates 4.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-4, Grant Jackson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---       5%  K Hernandez     Flyball: CF
          ---       7%  T Simmons       Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
          1--      12%  G Hendrick      Single to RF; Simmons to 2B
   RR     12-      30%  K Reitz         Double to LF; Simmons Scores/unER; Hendrick Scores
                  Roger Freed pinch hits for Dane Iorg batting 7th
          -2-      37%  R Freed         Reitz Steals 3B
   O      --3      22%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
                  Steve Swisher pinch hits for Ken Oberkfell batting 8th
   O      --3      13%  S Swisher       Groundout: P-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 4-3, Buddy Schultz facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Phillips replaces Steve Swisher playing 2B batting 8th; Mike Dimmel replaces Roger Freed playing LF batting 7th
   O      ---      14%  S Nicosia       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      15%  O Moreno        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      16%  G Jackson       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Pirates 4.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-4, Grant Jackson facing 9-1-2
                  Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Buddy Schultz batting 9th
          ---      28%  B Carbo         Single to RF
          1--      44%  G Templeton     Single to CF; Carbo to 2B
   O      12-      28%  T Scott         Groundout: P-3B/Forceout at 3B; Templeton to 2B
   O      12-      16%  K Hernandez     Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Templeton to 3B
   R      1-3      50%  T Simmons       Single to RF; Templeton Scores; Hernandez to 3B
                  Kent Tekulve replaces Grant Jackson pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3      36%  G Hendrick      Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Tied 4-4, Mark Littell facing 1-2-3
                  Mark Littell replaces George Hendrick pitching and batting 5th; Bernie Carbo moves to CF
          ---      29%  D Berra         Single to RF
   O      1--      37%  P Garner        Strikeout
   O      1--      39%  D Parker        Flyball: 1B; Berra to 2B
   O      -2-      50%  B Robinson      Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 4.

Top of the 10th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 4-4, Kent Tekulve facing 6-7-8
                  Willie Stargell replaces John Milner playing 1B batting 5th
   O      ---      44%  K Reitz         Flyball: CF
          ---      50%  M Dimmel        Single to RF
          1--      69%  M Phillips      Single to RF; Dimmel to 3B
   R      1-3      86%  B Carbo         Reached on E7/Sacrifice Fly; Dimmel Scores; Phillips to 2B; Carbo to 1B
          12-      90%  G Templeton     Single to 1B; Phillips to 3B; Carbo to 2B
   R      123      96%  T Scott         Single to SS; Phillips Scores; Carbo to 3B; Templeton to 2B
   RRR    123     100%  K Hernandez     Double to RF; Carbo Scores/unER; Templeton Scores; Scott Scores
          -2-     100%  T Simmons       Wild Pitch; Hernandez to 3B
   O      --3      99%  " "             Fielder's Choice 3B; Hernandez out at Hm/3B-C-3B; Simmons to 1B
   O      1--      99%  M Littell       Lineout: SS
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Pirates 4.

Bottom of the 10th, Pirates Batting, Behind 4-9, Mark Littell facing 5-6-7
   O      ---     100%  W Stargell      Flyball: SS
   O      ---     100%  R Stennett      Strikeout
   O      ---     100%  S Nicosia       Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 9, Pirates 4.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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