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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres

1969-05-17 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 15110 · night · 2:37

St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Diego Padres 5–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 8th. Steve Carlton earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	10
SDN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Steve Carlton L: Clay Kirby SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Andy Olsen · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: Ed Vargo · 3B: John Kibler · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Brock	5	2	2	0	0	0
Curt Flood	5	0	2	1	0	1
Vada Pinson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Torre	4	1	1	0	1	1
Tim McCarver	4	1	0	1	1	0
Mike Shannon	4	1	2	0	0	0
Julian Javier	1	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Huntz	1	0	0	0	3	0
Steve Carlton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Gagliano	3	0	1	2	0	0
Joe Hague	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hicks	1	0	1	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Dean	4	0	2	0	0	0
Roberto Pena	3	0	1	0	1	2
Nate Colbert	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ollie Brown	3	0	0	0	1	1
Al Ferrara	2	1	0	0	2	1
Ed Spiezio	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cito Gaston	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Cannizzaro	3	0	1	1	1	0
Clay Kirby	3	0	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Carlton	9.0	4	6	8

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clay Kirby	7.0	6	2	4
Dick Kelley	0.1	0	2	0
Frank Reberger	0.2	3	1	0
Joe Niekro	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Brock: 8/F
Curt Flood: K
Vada Pinson: K

Bot 1

Tommy Dean: S9
Roberto Pena: CS2(263)
Roberto Pena: W
Nate Colbert: 8/F
Ollie Brown: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Joe Torre: 2/FL
Tim McCarver: 63
Mike Shannon: S8
Julian Javier: D7.1-H(E7)(UR)
Steve Huntz: W
Steve Carlton: 13

Bot 2

Al Ferrara: W
Ed Spiezio: 3/FL
Cito Gaston: K
Chris Cannizzaro: D8.1-H
Clay Kirby: K

Top 3

Lou Brock: 23
Curt Flood: 3/L
Vada Pinson: K

Bot 3

Tommy Dean: S8
Roberto Pena: S7.1-3
Nate Colbert: FC5/NDP.3XH(52);1-2;BX1(23)
Ollie Brown: 3/FL

Top 4

Joe Torre: S7
Tim McCarver: 7/F
Mike Shannon: 5/P
Phil Gagliano: 8/F

Bot 4

Al Ferrara: W
Ed Spiezio: 8/F
Cito Gaston: 54(1)/FO
Chris Cannizzaro: W.1-2
Clay Kirby: K/C

Top 5

Steve Huntz: 3/G
Steve Carlton: 43
Lou Brock: 7/F

Bot 5

Tommy Dean: 13
Roberto Pena: K
Nate Colbert: W
Ollie Brown: K

Top 6

Curt Flood: 53
Joe Hague: 9/F
Joe Torre: K

Bot 6

Al Ferrara: K
Ed Spiezio: 63
Cito Gaston: 53

Top 7

Tim McCarver: 63
Mike Shannon: S8
Phil Gagliano: E5/TH/G.1-3;B-2
Steve Huntz: IW
Steve Carlton: 12(3)3/GDP

Bot 7

Chris Cannizzaro: 3/FL
Clay Kirby: K
Tommy Dean: 9/F

Top 8

Lou Brock: S8
Curt Flood: S7.1-2
Bob Johnson: 14/SH/BG.2-3;1-2
Joe Torre: IW
Tim McCarver: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mike Shannon: 42(3)/FO.2-3;1-2;B-1
Phil Gagliano: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Steve Huntz: IW
Steve Carlton: 43

Bot 8

Roberto Pena: K
Nate Colbert: 4/P
Ollie Brown: W
Al Ferrara: 9/F

Top 9

Lou Brock: D7
Curt Flood: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Jim Hicks: S7.2XH(72);B-2(THH)
Joe Torre: 53
Tim McCarver: 3/G

Bot 9

Ed Spiezio: 8/F
Cito Gaston: 53
Chris Cannizzaro: 13