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San Diego Padres @ St. Louis Cardinals

1979-06-09 · Night game · Busch Stadium II · Att: 26695 · night · 2:17

St. Louis Cardinals defeated San Diego Padres 7–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 1st. Pete Vuckovich earned the win. Jerry Turner went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Pete Vuckovich L: Eric Rasmussen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Jerry Dale · 2B: Bruce Froemming · 3B: Fred Brocklander · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Richards	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ozzie Smith	4	1	3	0	0	0
Dave Winfield	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jerry Turner	4	1	2	3	0	1
Gene Tenace	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dan Briggs	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kurt Bevacqua	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Almon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Tellmann	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hargrove	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Fahey	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Garry Templeton	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lou Brock	4	0	1	0	0	0
Keith Hernandez	4	2	2	0	0	0
Ted Simmons	3	2	1	2	1	0
George Hendrick	4	1	2	1	0	0
Tony Scott	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ken Reitz	4	0	1	2	0	0
Ken Oberkfell	2	1	1	0	0	0
Pete Vuckovich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Tyson	1	0	0	0	1	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eric Rasmussen	0.2	1	1	0
Tom Tellmann	2.2	7	0	1
Mickey Lolich	1.2	0	0	0
Dennis Kinney	1.0	0	0	1
John D'Acquisto	2.0	2	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pete Vuckovich	9.0	8	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Richards: 9
Ozzie Smith: S9
Dave Winfield: SB2
Dave Winfield: OA.2X3(24)
Dave Winfield: 53

Bot 1

Garry Templeton: 3/G
Lou Brock: 63
Keith Hernandez: S1
Ted Simmons: W.1-2
George Hendrick: S8.2-H;1-2
Tony Scott: S7.2-H;1-3
Ken Reitz: SB2
Ken Reitz: S9.3-H;2-H
Ken Oberkfell: 46(1)/FO

Top 2

Jerry Turner: S9
Gene Tenace: 64(1)3/GDP
Dan Briggs: 8

Bot 2

Pete Vuckovich: 4/P
Garry Templeton: K
Lou Brock: 31

Top 3

Kurt Bevacqua: 13
Bill Almon: 63
Tom Tellmann: 43

Bot 3

Keith Hernandez: S9
Ted Simmons: HR/9.1-H
George Hendrick: 9/L
Tony Scott: 43
Ken Reitz: 63

Top 4

Gene Richards: K
Ozzie Smith: 53
Dave Winfield: 8

Bot 4

Ken Oberkfell: T7
Pete Vuckovich: 13
Garry Templeton: S7.3-H
Lou Brock: 9
Keith Hernandez: 8

Top 5

Jerry Turner: 7/L
Gene Tenace: S7
Dan Briggs: K/C
Kurt Bevacqua: 9

Bot 5

Ted Simmons: 8
George Hendrick: 3/P
Tony Scott: 63

Top 6

Bill Almon: 63
Mike Hargrove: K
Gene Richards: W
Ozzie Smith: S9.1-3
Dave Winfield: D9.3-H;1-3
Jerry Turner: HR/9.3-H;2-H
Gene Tenace: S8
Dan Briggs: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Ken Reitz: 8
Mike Tyson: 53
Pete Vuckovich: K

Top 7

Kurt Bevacqua: K/C
Bill Almon: 8/L
Bill Fahey: 31

Bot 7

Garry Templeton: 7
Lou Brock: S4
Keith Hernandez: 8
Ted Simmons: 4/P

Top 8

Gene Richards: 43
Ozzie Smith: S9
Dave Winfield: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 8

George Hendrick: D7
Tony Scott: 7
Ken Reitz: 8.2-3
Mike Tyson: IW
Pete Vuckovich: 4/P

Top 9

Jerry Turner: K
Gene Tenace: 6/L
Dan Briggs: 43

Notes & reviews

Ozzie Smith stole 2B but started to go back to 1B
Keith Hernandez line single off Eric Rasmussen's right forearm; Rasmussen tried to continue but gave up after walk
Debut game for Tom Tellmann

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