Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 1 0 0
Foli ss 4 1 2 0
Parker rf 3 3 2 0
Milner 1b 3 0 1 1
Robinson lf 4 0 0 1
  Stargell ph 1 0 1 2
  Kison pr 0 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
Ott c 4 0 2 1
Garner 3b 4 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0
Blyleven p 1 0 0 0
  Bibby p 1 0 0 0
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 1 0
  Alexander lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 0 1 0
Scott cf 5 0 2 0
Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 2 2 1
Hendrick rf 4 1 2 0
Iorg lf 2 1 2 1
  Mumphrey pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 1 2 1
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 2b 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips 2b 0 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 0 1 2
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Bruno p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
Pittsburgh 000 002 0136100
St. Louis 010 300 0105122
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   3.2 6 4 4 3 4
  Bibby   2.1 2 0 0 0 4
  Romo   1.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Jackson  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Whitson  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   7.0 5 3 3 3 2
  Knowles   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Vuckovich  L (2-2) 1.0 3 3 0 1 2
  Schultz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bruno   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
3
4
4

  E–Templeton 2 (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Parker 2 (7,off Forsch 2), St. Louis Reitz (11,off Blyleven); Simmons (5,off Bibby).  3B–St. Louis Forsch (2,off Blyleven); Iorg (1,off Bibby); Hendrick (1,off Romo).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (6,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Foli (1,off Vuckovich).  SF–Milner (2,off Forsch).  IBB–Parker (2,by Vuckovich).  HBP–Reitz (2,by Romo).  SB–Parker (5,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Scott (7,2nd base off Blyleven/Ott).  CS–Scott (2,2nd base by Romo/Ott); Mumphrey (1,3rd base by Jackson/Ott).  HBP–Romo (1,Reitz).  IBB–Vuckovich (1,Parker).  U-HP–Jim Jones, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Joe Bendekovits, 3B–Bob Freels.  T–3:04.  A–17,440.
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