The St. Louis Cardinals were defeated by 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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More Cardinals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Contreras

Willson Contreras

RBI

21

Arenado

Nolan Arenado

AVG

.283

Winn

Masyn Winn

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Mikolas

Miles Mikolas

K

44

Gray

Sonny Gray

ERA

2.29

Gray

Sonny Gray

Team Rankings

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HR

30

29th

R

146

29th

SO

338

22nd

ERA

4.27

21st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
24 17 .585
Cubs Cubs
24 18 .571 0.5
Pirates Pirates
19 23 .452 5.5
Reds Reds
17 24 .415 7.0
Cardinals Cardinals
17 24 .415 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/14
STL STL
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Wed
5/15
STL STL
@
LAA LAA
9:07 PM
Fri
5/17
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
8:15 PM
Sat
5/18
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
7:15 PM
Sun
5/19
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
1:05 PM

Last Game

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LAA Angels

15-27

5

Final

10

STL Cardinals

17-24

Mon 13 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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13

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

12

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

12

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI Leaders

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40

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

37

Ramírez

José Ramírez

34

Soto

Juan Soto

Batting Average Leaders

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.354

Contreras

William Contreras

.354

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.353

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Hit Leaders

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58

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

58

Betts

Mookie Betts

57

Contreras

William Contreras

Run Leaders

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38

Contreras

William Contreras

38

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

35

Betts

Mookie Betts

OBP Leaders

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.440

Betts

Mookie Betts

.433

Contreras

William Contreras

.422

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.659

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.636

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.617

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

SB Leaders

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25

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

17

Caballero

José Caballero

16

Turang

Brice Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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7

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

6

Lugo

Seth Lugo

6

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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73

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

65

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

64

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

ERA Leaders

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0.96

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.34

López

Reynaldo López

1.50

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

WHIP Leaders

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0.72

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.75

Cease

Dylan Cease

0.86

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K/9 Leaders

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12.34

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.69

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

11.65

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

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10.50

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.20

Kirby

George Kirby

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

5

Kirby

George Kirby

6

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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644.6

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

630

Betts

Mookie Betts

619.9

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

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495

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

481

Betts

Mookie Betts

475

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

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
Sun
5/12
LAD LAD
@
SFG SFG
6-4
Sun
5/12
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
5-4
Sun
5/12
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
0-2
Sun
5/12
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
2-6
Sun
5/12
CIN CIN
@
ARI ARI
5-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
5/14
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
1:10 PM
Tue
5/14
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
4:40 PM
Tue
5/14
TOR TOR
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
5/14
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
5/14
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM