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St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

1979-07-10 · Night game · Cinergy Field · Att: 24922 · 71°F, cloudy · 2:27

Cincinnati Reds defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 1st. Tom Seaver earned the win and Doug Bair picked up the save. Cesar Geronimo went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tom Seaver L: John Fulgham SV: Doug Bair

Umpires — HP: John McSherry · 1B: Dave Pallone · 2B: Paul Runge · 3B: Dick Stello · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Garry Templeton	5	0	0	0	0	2
Lou Brock	5	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Scott	4	0	0	0	0	2
Keith Hernandez	4	1	2	0	0	0
George Hendrick	2	0	1	1	2	0
Terry Kennedy	4	1	1	0	0	2
Ken Reitz	4	0	1	0	0	3
Ken Oberkfell	4	0	2	1	0	0
John Fulgham	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dane Iorg	0	0	0	0	1	0
Roy Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Mumphrey	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Concepcion	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Collins	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	4	2	1	0	0	0
George Foster	3	0	1	2	1	0
Dan Driessen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Bench	4	0	2	1	0	1
Ray Knight	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cesar Geronimo	3	1	1	1	0	0
Tom Seaver	2	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Bair	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Fulgham	3.0	6	1	1
Roy Thomas	3.1	3	0	1
Will McEnaney	1.2	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Seaver	6.0	9	2	8
Doug Bair	3.0	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Garry Templeton: 9
Lou Brock: D7
Tony Scott: K
Keith Hernandez: 41

Bot 1

Dave Concepcion: 43
Dave Collins: S6
Joe Morgan: D9.1-3
George Foster: D8.3-H;2-H
Dan Driessen: 8
Johnny Bench: 7

Top 2

George Hendrick: W
Terry Kennedy: K
Ken Reitz: K
Ken Oberkfell: S8.1-3
John Fulgham: K/C

Bot 2

Ray Knight: T9
Cesar Geronimo: 6/P
Tom Seaver: K
Dave Concepcion: 9

Top 3

Garry Templeton: 3/L
Lou Brock: 9
Tony Scott: 2/P

Bot 3

Dave Collins: S7
Joe Morgan: 36(1)/FO
George Foster: W.1-2
Dan Driessen: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Bench: S7.3-H;1-2
Ray Knight: 8

Top 4

Keith Hernandez: S8
George Hendrick: 64(1)3/GDP
Terry Kennedy: S7
Ken Reitz: S6.1-2
Ken Oberkfell: D7.2-H;1-3
Dane Iorg: W
Garry Templeton: K

Bot 4

Cesar Geronimo: 43
Tom Seaver: 8
Dave Concepcion: 9

Top 5

Lou Brock: S9
Tony Scott: CS2(26)
Tony Scott: K
Keith Hernandez: D9
George Hendrick: S8.2-H
Terry Kennedy: 43

Bot 5

Dave Collins: 8
Joe Morgan: 3/G
George Foster: 13

Top 6

Ken Reitz: K
Ken Oberkfell: 3/G
Roy Thomas: K/C

Bot 6

Dan Driessen: 9
Johnny Bench: S5/BG
Ray Knight: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Garry Templeton: 9
Lou Brock: 43
Tony Scott: 9

Bot 7

Cesar Geronimo: HR/9
Doug Bair: K
Dave Concepcion: S6
Dave Collins: 64(1)/FO
Joe Morgan: 3/G

Top 8

Keith Hernandez: 2/G
George Hendrick: W
Terry Kennedy: K
Ken Reitz: K

Bot 8

George Foster: 63
Dan Driessen: 43
Johnny Bench: K

Top 9

Ken Oberkfell: 63
Jerry Mumphrey: S7
Garry Templeton: K
Lou Brock: 53

Notes & reviews

Tom Seaver left with stiff shoulder

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