St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
August 31, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, San Diego Padres 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 8 1 3 3
Mumphrey lf 7 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 8 0 3 1
Simmons c 7 0 2 0
Hendrick rf 8 0 2 0
Scott cf 7 2 2 0
Reitz 3b 3 2 2 0
  Herr pr,2b 1 1 1 0
Oberkfell 2b,3b 6 1 2 1
Denny p 2 0 0 1
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 1 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 1 1
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 1 0 1 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Swisher ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien p 0 0 0 0
Totals 62 8 21 8
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 8 0 1 0
Smith ss 7 1 1 0
Tenace 1b,c 7 1 2 0
Winfield rf 4 2 1 3
Bevacqua 3b,2b 7 1 2 0
Fahey c 5 1 3 1
  Tolan pr,1b 2 1 1 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
Wilhelm cf 6 0 4 1
Almon 2b 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 1 0
  D'Acquisto p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 0 0 0 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Kendall ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 1 1
  Mura p 0 0 0 0
  Dade ph,3b 4 0 1 1
Totals 56 7 19 7
St. Louis 020 400 000 100 0018210
San Diego 300 120 000 100 0007190
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny   4.2 9 6 6 2 3
  Knowles   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Thomas   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Littell   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  McEnaney   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Frazier   2.0 2 0 0 2 0
  O'Brien  W (1-0) 2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
15.0
19
7
7
7
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley   4.0 9 6 6 1 4
  Mura   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto   5.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Lee   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Lolich   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko  L (4-9) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
15.0
21
8
8
4
8

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–San Diego Tenace (14,off Littell); Wilhelm (3,off McEnaney).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (16,off Shirley).  HR–San Diego Winfield (28,1st inning off Denny 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Oberkfell (1,off Lee); Shirley (3,off Denny); Wilhelm (1,off Frazier); Smith (21,off Frazier).  SF–Mumphrey (4,off Shirley); Dade (2,off McEnaney).  IBB–Winfield 2 (21,by Littell,by Frazier); Gonzalez (10,by McEnaney); Briggs (5,by Frazier).  CS–Templeton (8,2nd base by Shirley/Fahey).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–4:30.  A–11,414.
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