Pirates @ Cardinals
May 5, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 6 10 0
Cardinals 5 12 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 6 10 0
Cardinals 5 12 2

Keith Hernandez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .218
OBP .000 .264
At Bats 4 101
Hits 0 22
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 15

Ed Whitson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Busch Stadium - May 5, 1979
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Out
Ed Whitson
Ed Ott
John Milner
Rennie Stennett
Phil Garner
Tim Foli
Matt Alexander
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Keith Hernandez
Tony Scott

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 10 0 9
St. Louis Cardinals 5 12 2 7
Winning Pitcher Grant Jackson
Losing Pitcher Pete Vuckovich
Save Ed Whitson
Game Winning RBI Willie Stargell
Attendance 17,440
Time of Game 3 hours 4 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Ed Whitson now pitching. Matt Alexander now playing left field. Bruno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Milner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bruce Kison pinch runs for Willie Stargell. Ott hits a fly ball into left field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tom Bruno now pitching. Willie Stargell pinch hits for Bill Robinson. Stargell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moreno scores. Parker scores. Milner moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Buddy Schultz now pitching. Milner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to home to get Lacy. Moreno moves to third. Parker moves to second.
Top 9 Parker is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Foli bunts towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Phillips covering, for the out. Lacy moves to third. Moreno moves to second.
Top 9 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Phillips. Stennett scores. Lacy moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Lee Lacy pinch hits for Grant Jackson. Lacy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stennett moves to second.
Top 9 Mike Phillips now playing second base. Jerry Mumphrey now playing left field. Stennett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Grant Jackson now pitching. Roger Freed pinch hits for Ken Oberkfell. Freed strikes out. There goes Mumphrey. The throw from Ott and Mumphrey is out.
Bottom 8 Jerry Mumphrey pinch runs for Dane Iorg. Reitz is hit by the pitch. Mumphrey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Iorg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hendrick scores.
Bottom 8 Hendrick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno who is chasing the ball. Hendrick reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Garner strikes out.
Top 8 Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Parker scores. Milner moves to third.
Top 8 Pete Vuckovich now pitching. Robinson strikes out.
Top 8 Milner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parker moves to third.
Top 8 Darold Knowles now pitching. Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Foli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hernandez strikes out. There goes Scott. The throw from Ott to Foli, and Scott is out.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Enrique Romo now pitching. Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Top 7 Mike Easler pinch hits for Jim Bibby. Easler hits a fly ball into left field. Iorg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ken Oberkfell now playing second base. Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stennett for the out.
Bottom 6 Forsch hits a popup, foul, towards first. Milner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lou Brock pinch hits for Mike Tyson. Brock strikes out.
Bottom 6 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Iorg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson who is chasing the ball. Iorg reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Ott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Parker scores.
Top 6 Milner hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Foli tags and scores. Parker tags and moves to third.
Top 6 Parker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Iorg. Parker reaches second base with a double. Foli moves to third.
Top 6 Foli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hendrick is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Simmons hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Simmons reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Moreno hits a line drive into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bibby strikes out.
Top 5 Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jim Bibby now pitching. Templeton strikes out.
Bottom 4 Forsch hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno who is chasing the ball. Forsch reaches third base with a triple. Iorg scores. Reitz scores.
Bottom 4 Tyson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Reitz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Reitz reaches second base with a double. Iorg moves to third.
Bottom 4 Iorg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hendrick hits a popup, foul, towards first. Milner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Milner moves to second.
Top 4 Milner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton misplays the ball. That's an error on Templeton. Parker moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Parker. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Parker steals second.
Top 4 Parker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Scott. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Scott steals second.
Bottom 3 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Templeton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons scores. Iorg moves to second.
Bottom 2 Iorg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hendrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson throws the ball in to Stennett who tags Hendrick, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Simmons moves to third.
Bottom 2 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first, with Forsch covering, for the out.
Top 2 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Forsch, and towards Tyson, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Scott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Templeton strikes out.
Top 1 Robinson strikes out.
Top 1 Milner takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Parker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Iorg. Parker reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.