St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey lf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 2 0
  Herr pr 0 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 3 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 0 0
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Oberkfell 2b 2 0 1 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 3 0 1 0
Stargell 1b 3 0 0 0
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
  Robinson lf 0 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 2 1 0 0
Ott c 3 1 2 1
Garner 2b 3 0 1 1
Candelaria p 3 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
St. Louis 000 000 000–060
Pittsburgh 010 010 00x–250
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (9-11) 7.0 5 2 2 1 2
  McEnaney   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
1
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (14-8) 8.1 6 0 0 1 2
  Tekulve  SV (27) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
3
  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Simmons (21,off Candelaria).  3B–Pittsburgh Ott (2,off Forsch).  SB–Madlock (27,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons); Garner (15,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–1:54.  A–17,669.
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