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St. Louis Cardinals 2 San Francisco Giants 1

August 28,1979

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (69-60)

Home Team

San Francisco Giants (59-72)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Candlestick Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,836

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

[HP]: Fred Brocklander [1B]: Paul Runge [2B]: Bob Engel [3B]: John McSherry

St. Louis Cardinals 2 San Francisco Giants 1

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	69-60		0	0	0		0	0	0		2	0	0			2	8	1		4	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
San Francisco Giants	SFN	59-72		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0			1	7	2		4	9	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Garry Templeton	ss	23.157	B	5	0	1	1		0	1	.329		121	482
2	Jerry Mumphrey	lf	26.353	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.296		95	493
3	Keith Hernandez	1b	25.312	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.343		128	655
4	Ted Simmons	c	30.019	B	3	0	0	0		1	1	.297		95	1391
5	George Hendrick	rf	29.314	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.303		116	1052
6	Tony Scott	cf	27.344	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.264		121	433
7	Ken Reitz	3b	28.065	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.268		127	1072
8	Ken Oberkfell	2b	23.116	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.322		102	135
9	Bob Forsch	p	29.227	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.145		25	178
	Mark Littell	p	26.223	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		51	230
Totals

Errors: Ken Reitz

2B: Jerry Mumphrey (7), Ken Oberkfell (15), Bob Forsch (2)

HR: George Hendrick (12)

RBI: Garry Templeton (47), George Hendrick (62)

GDP: Tony Scott (11)

San Francisco Giants - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Herndon	cf	25.298	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.252		104	431
2	Joe Strain	2b	25.120	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.255		49	49
3	Jack Clark	rf	23.291	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.275		130	456
4	Willie McCovey	1b	41.230	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.261		98	2516
5	Greg Johnston	lf	24.197	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.172		20	20
6	Darrell Evans	3b	32.094	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.260		129	1276
7	Roger Metzger	ss	31.322	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.235		82	1172
8	Dennis Littlejohn	c	24.328	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.221		33	35
	Terry Whitfield	ph	26.228	L	1	0	1	1		0	0	.288		114	408
9	Bob Knepper	p	25.095	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.197		29	94
	Mike Ivie	ph	27.020	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.311		102	621
Totals

Errors: Joe Strain, Willie McCovey

2B: Darrell Evans (18)

RBI: Terry Whitfield (38)

CS: Larry Herndon (3), Joe Strain (3)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Forsch	R	W 7-10	6.2	6	1	1	2	1	0		4.20	1.26		26	181
2	Mark Littell	R	SV 9	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0		2.63	1.26		51	246
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Forsch (97-60-37), Mark Littell (14-14-0)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Knepper	L	L 9-9	7.0	8	2	2	0	5	1		4.30	1.51		29	96
2	Greg Minton	R		2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0		2.01	1.06		31	58
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Knepper (86-61-25), Greg Minton (13-9-4)