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Miley BB CD 1978 Cardinals-Pirates 4/22
Called by Mike Shannon, Bob Starr, and Jack Buck

In the bottom of the ninth, trailing by a run, the first two Pirate batters ground out.  But then a double, a walk, and a dramatic pinch-hit double by Duffy Dyer wins the game for Pittsburgh.


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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Game Played on Saturday, April 22, 1978 (D) at Three Rivers Stadium

STL N    0  0  0    1  0  0    5  1  0  -   7  8  2
PIT N 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 - 8 14 1
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Mumphrey cf 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Templeton ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
Morales rf 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0
Simmons c 5 1 1 1 0 0 7 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 0 0 1 0 8 1
Brock lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sutherland 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Reitz 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Phillips ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Freed ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny p 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Iorg ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 5 4 5 26 9
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Templeton-Hernandez.
E: Templeton (4), Tyson (2).
BATTING - 
2B: Freed (2,off Jackson).
HR: Simmons (1,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on 0 out); Morales (1,7th inning off
Blyleven 1 on 2 out).
SH: Brock (1,off Jackson).
HBP: Reitz (2,by Blyleven).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Brock (3,2nd base off Blyleven/Ott).
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Taveras ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fregosi ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Moreno cf 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 0
Parker rf 4 1 2 0 1 1 4 0
B. Robinson lf 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
Stargell 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 9 2
Stennett 2b 5 1 3 2 0 0 2 4
Ott c 5 1 2 0 0 0 5 0
Garner 3b,ss 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Blyleven p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Brye ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dyer ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 7 6 8 27 10
FIELDING - 
E: Blyleven (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Stennett (1,off Denny); Ott (1,off Urrea); Dyer (1,off Urrea).
3B: Garner (1,off Urrea).
HR: Stargell (2,6th inning off Denny 0 on 0 out).
SF: Garner (1,off Denny).
IBB: Parker (2,by Urrea).
Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Moreno 2 (4,2nd base off Denny/Simmons,2nd base off Urrea/Simmons).
CS: Taveras (1,2nd base by Denny/Simmons).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Denny 6 8 3 3 1 5 1 26
Hamilton 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Vuckovich 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 6
Schultz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Urrea L(0-2) 1.2 3 2 2 3 2 0 11
Totals 8.2 14 8 8 6 8 1 45
Hamilton faced 1 batter in the 7th inning
WP: Denny 4 (4).
IBB: Urrea (1,Parker).
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Blyleven 7 6 6 2 2 4 2 31
Jackson 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 6
Tekulve W(1-0) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Totals 9 8 7 3 4 5 2 41
HBP: Blyleven (1,Reitz).
Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - John McSherry