St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1979 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 1 2 1
Scott cf 5 0 2 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Iorg lf 4 1 1 0
Carbo rf 3 0 1 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 1 0
  Tyson ph 1 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 1 1
  Reitz ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 3 1 1 0
  Mumphrey rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 2 2 1
Foli ss 3 0 0 0
Parker rf 3 0 1 2
Milner 1b 3 0 0 0
Robinson B. lf 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 0 0 0
Ott c 2 1 1 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 1 0
Robinson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Sanguillen ph 1 1 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Easler ph 1 0 1 1
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 7 4
St. Louis 002 001 0003110
Pittsburgh 000 002 11x470
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (4-10) 7.1 6 4 4 2 3
  Knowles   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Littell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   6.0 9 3 3 1 3
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Romo  W (6-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Roberts   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Tekulve  SV (19) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Iorg (7,off D Robinson); Phillips (1,off D Robinson), Pittsburgh Parker (28,off Knowles).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (13,off D Robinson); Scott (10,off D Robinson), Pittsburgh Sanguillen (1,off Forsch); Moreno (10,off Forsch); Easler (1,off Forsch).  SH–D Robinson (4,off Forsch).  SF–Parker (6,off Forsch).  HBP–Foli (3,by Forsch).  CS–Scott (11,2nd base by D Robinson/Ott).  SB–Moreno (46,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons).  HBP–Forsch (2,Foli).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:49.  A–16,124.
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