The St. Louis Cardinals came up just a bit short against the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 to 5, on May 5, 1979.

1979 St. Louis Cardinals

Final

PIT

Pirates

9-13

6

STL

Cardinals

12-12

5

PIT

STL

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

0

3

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

1

1

9

3

0

R

6

5

H

10

12

E

0

2

Bottom 2nd

PIT

STL

Cardinals

Single by Ken Reitz; Ted Simmons scored.

0

1

Bottom 4th

PIT

STL

Cardinals

Home run by Ted Simmons.

0

2

Cardinals

Triple by Bob Forsch; Dane Iorg and Ken Reitz scored.

0

4

Top 6th

PIT

STL

Pirates

Sacrifice fly by John Milner; Tim Foli scored.

1

4

Pirates

Bill Robinson grounded out; Dave Parker scored.

2

4

Top 8th

PIT

STL

Pirates

Single by Ed Ott; Dave Parker scored.

3

4

Bottom 8th

PIT

STL

Cardinals

Single by Dane Iorg; George Hendrick scored.

3

5

Top 9th

PIT

STL

Pirates

Omar Moreno ground ball; Error by Mike Phillips; Rennie Stennett scored.

4

5

Pirates

Single by Willie Stargell; Omar Moreno and Dave Parker scored.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Omar Moreno CF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Foli SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Parker RF 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
John Milner 1B 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bill Robinson LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Willie Stargell PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bruce Kison PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Whitson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Ott C 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Phil Garner 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rennie Stennett 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bert Blyleven P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Bibby P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Easler PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enrique Romo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grant Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Lacy PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Matt Alexander LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 5 0 4 4 1 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bert Blyleven 3.2 6 4 4 3 4 1
Jim Bibby 2.1 2 0 0 0 4 0
Enrique Romo 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0
Grant Jackson (W) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ed Whitson (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 3 10 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Garry Templeton SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Tony Scott CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Keith Hernandez 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Ted Simmons C 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
George Hendrick RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Dane Iorg LF 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
Jerry Mumphrey PR,LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ken Reitz 3B 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Tyson 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lou Brock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Freed PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Phillips 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Forsch P 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Darold Knowles P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Vuckovich P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Schultz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bruno P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5 1 3 10 1 2 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Forsch 7.0 5 3 3 3 2 0
Darold Knowles 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Vuckovich (L) 1.0 3 3 0 1 2 0
Buddy Schultz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Bruno 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 10 6 3 4 4 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Gorman

Nolan Gorman

RBI

12

Donovan

Brendan Donovan

AVG

.313

Winn

Masyn Winn

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Helsley

Ryan Helsley

K

26

Lynn

Lance Lynn

ERA

1.04

Gray

Sonny Gray

Team Rankings

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HR

16

29th

R

87

27th

SO

208

21st

ERA

4.11

20th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
16 8 .667
Cubs Cubs
15 9 .625 1.0
Reds Reds
14 11 .560 2.5
Pirates Pirates
13 13 .500 4.0
Cardinals Cardinals
11 14 .440 5.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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STL Cardinals

11-14

5

Final

1

ARI Diamondbacks

12-14

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
5-0
Wed
4/24
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
7-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Thu
4/25
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
3:10 PM
Thu
4/25
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM