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April 15, 1979

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Bottom 10 R H E
Cardinals 9 15 1
Pirates 4 10 3
Bottom 10 R H E
Cardinals 9 15 1
Pirates 4 10 3

Steve Nicosia Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .308
OBP .500 .308
At Bats 4 13
Hits 2 4
• Singles 1 2
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 2

Mark Littell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Three Rivers Stadium - April 15, 1979
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Mark Littell
Ted Simmons
Keith Hernandez
Mike Phillips
Ken Reitz
Garry Templeton
Bernie Carbo
Mike Dimmel
Tony Scott
Steve Nicosia

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 9 15 1 11
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 10 3 9
Winning Pitcher Mark Littell
Losing Pitcher Kent Tekulve
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bernie Carbo
Attendance 3,012
Time of Game 3 hours 27 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nicosia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Stennett strikes out.
Bottom 10 Stargell hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Littell hits a line drive towards short. Berra reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner has Hernandez trapped. There's the throw to Nicosia and back to Garner, who tags Hernandez for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 10 There's a wild pitch. Hernandez moves to third.
Top 10 Hernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Hernandez reaches second base with a double. Carbo scores. Templeton scores. Scott goes all the way around to score.
Top 10 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berra fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Phillips scores. Carbo moves to third. Templeton moves to second.
Top 10 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stargell fields the ball and throws to Tekulve covering. Safe. Phillips moves to third. Carbo moves to second.
Top 10 Carbo hits a fly ball towards left. Robinson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Robinson. Dimmel tags and scores. Phillips tags and moves to second.
Top 10 Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dimmel moves to third.
Top 10 Dimmel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 10 Willie Stargell now playing first base. Reitz hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 9 Parker hits a popup towards first. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Berra moves to second.
Bottom 9 Garner strikes out.
Bottom 9 Mark Littell now pitching. Mike Dimmel now playing center field. Bernie Carbo now playing left field. Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Kent Tekulve now pitching. Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Simmons hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Templeton scores. Hernandez moves to third.
Top 9 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields it and throws to second for the out. Templeton moves to third.
Top 9 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to third for the out. Templeton moves to second.
Top 9 Templeton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carbo moves to second.
Top 9 Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Buddy Schultz. Carbo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike Dimmel now playing left field. Mike Phillips now playing second base. Nicosia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Steve Swisher pinch hits for Ken Oberkfell. Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Freed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Roger Freed pinch hits for Dane Iorg. There goes Reitz. The throw from Nicosia and he is safe. Reitz steals third.
Top 8 Reitz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Reitz reaches second base with a double. Simmons scores. Hendrick goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Hendrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second.
Top 8 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner juggles the ball. That's an error on Garner.
Top 8 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There go the runners. The throw from Simmons to Oberkfell covering second. The throw back to home, and Milner is out at the plate.
Bottom 7 Stennett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Milner moves to third.
Bottom 7 Milner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Parker hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddy Schultz now pitching. Garner hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards second. Stennett scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Templeton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Grant Jackson now pitching. Lou Brock pinch hits for Tom Bruno. Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lacy strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tom Bruno now pitching. Lee Lacy pinch hits for Enrique Romo. There goes Moreno. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Bottom 6 Moreno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Milner scores. Nicosia moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Nicosia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Milner moves to second.
Bottom 6 Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dane Iorg now playing left field. Ken Oberkfell now playing second base. Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oberkfell misplays the ball. That's an error on Oberkfell.
Top 6 Ken Oberkfell pinch hits for Mike Tyson. Oberkfell strikes out.
Top 6 Dane Iorg pinch hits for Tom Grieve. Iorg strikes out.
Top 6 Reitz takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hendrick hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Enrique Romo now pitching. Simmons hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Simmons reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Parker hits a fly ball into right field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Berra hits a fly ball into right field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Scott. The throw from Nicosia and he is safe. Scott steals second.
Top 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Templeton hits a line drive towards first. Milner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sykes is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Candelaria hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 4 Moreno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Nicosia hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Nicosia reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Stennett strikes out.
Top 4 Tyson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grieve takes first base on ball four. Hendrick moves to third. Reitz moves to second.
Top 4 Reitz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hendrick moves to second.
Top 4 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berra fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Dale Berra now playing shortstop. Hernandez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Milner hits a fly ball into right field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Parker hits a popup towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Scott strikes out.
Top 3 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Grieve scores. Tyson moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Sykes is hit by the pitch. Grieve moves to third. Tyson moves to second.
Top 3 Tyson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grieve moves to second.
Top 3 Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras misplays the ball. That's an error on Taveras.
Bottom 2 Taveras hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Candelaria hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sykes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Moreno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hendrick who is chasing the ball. Moreno reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Nicosia hits a popup towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hendrick hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Simmons hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Milner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grieve. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Parker scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Garner scores. Parker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garner moves to third.
Bottom 1 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Taveras hits a line drive towards short. Templeton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 1 Scott hits a popup towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Templeton hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.