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I have re-started my replay of the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals season with myself at the helm. God help us!
Tuesday, April 13th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 8 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 Cardinals Stop Cubs 5 Game Streak
4/13/1982 Wrigley Field:
5th inning single & SB for W McGee, IBB to G Hendrick, and another BB to D Porter with nobody out set the table for K Hernandez. Hernandez GB single scored McGee. Two batters later, Hendrick scored from 3rd on the SAC fly by T Herr. The only scare for the Cardinals came in the bottom of the 9th inning. D Hood, in his 2nd inning of relief, gave up a 2b to Cubs leadoff M Hall who then scored one batter later on the throwing error from T Herr. B Sutter was called in from the bullpen. A single by P Tabler and a HBP to S Fletcher and the bases were jammed with 1 out and the Cardinals leading 5-2. PH T Walker was called on to try to break the game open for the Cubs. A 2-1 pitch from Sutter got Walker to bounce into the game ending 6-4-3 DP.
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National Standings
Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB Last10
Chicago Cubs 5 2 .714 - 5-2
Montreal Expos 4 2 .667 .5 4-2
St. Louis Cardinals 4 3 .571 1 5-2
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 3 .500 1.5 2-4
Philadelphia Phillies 2 4 .333 2.5 3-3
New York Mets 2 5 .286 3.0 2-5
Wednesday, April 14th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 3 5 1 4/14/1982 Wrigley Field:
L Durham lead off the 4th inning with a single to center off starter B Forsch. Next batter, M Hall, sent a 2-1 pitch over the LF fence for a 2-run HR. And that was the difference in the game. Cubs would add another run in the 5th. Cardinals scored a run in the 1st and 8th innings, but otherwise never really fired in the game. B Forch managed only 4 IP before being relieved by J Martin. Young D Noles of the Cubs, named POG, went 8 solid IP giving up 4 hits & 5 Ks.
Cardinals will return tomorrow with rookie J Stuper taking the mound.
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National Standings
Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB Last10
Chicago Cubs 6 2 .750 - 6-2
Montreal Expos 4 2 .667 1 4-2
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 3 .500 2 3-3
St. Louis Cardinals 4 4 .500 2 4-4
Philadelphia Phillies 3 4 .429 2 3-4
New York Mets 2 6 .250 4 2-6
Thursday, April 15th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 1 X 9 11 0 Cubs Whoop Cardinals Butt
4/15/1982 Wrigley Field
Manager Lucey shook up the lineup hoping to wake up the bats of the Cardinals. Cards put up 10 hits but only scored 2 runs this afternoon. Cards scored both of their runs in the 1st inning thanks to G Hendricks 2nd HR of the season with L Smith on base. After that it was all Cubs. RBI triples from S Fletcher in 3rd inning and S Henderson in the 5th inning combined with M Hall's RBI double in the 7th capped the decisive win for the Cubs. POG honors go to SP D Bird for an outstanding performance: 9 IP & 5 K's. Cardinals now drop below .500 and need to find some continuity in the lineup. They currently have 6 regular players hitting .250 or worse.
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National Standings
Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB Last10
Chicago Cubs 7 2 .778 - 7-2
Montreal Expos 5 2 .714 1.0 5-2
Philadelphia Phillies 4 4 .500 2.5 4-4
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 4 .429 3.0 3-4
St. Louis Cardinals 4 5 .444 3.0 4-5
New York Mets 2 7 .222 5.0 2-7
Friday, April 16th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 2 0 Cardinals Win; Carlton Flirts With No-Hitter
S Carlton took a no-hit bid into the 7th inning only to be denied by leadoff hitter, W McGee single into RF. McGee would eventually score the games only run on K Hernandez's single. Those were the only two hits the Cardinals would get all day. Enough to saddle Carlton with his 2nd loss of the season and the first win for J Andujar. B Sutter gets his 2nd save after shutting down the Phillies in the 9th stranding the tying run at 2nd base. We return tomorrow afternoon of the 3 game series with starter S Mura for Cardinals.
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National Standings
Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB Last10
Chicago Cubs 8 2 .800 - 8-2
Montreal Expos 5 3 .625 2 5-3
St. Louis Cardinals 5 5 .500 3 5-5
Philadelphia Phillies 4 5 .444 3.5 4-5
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 5 .375 4 3-5
New York Mets 3 7 .300 5 3-7
Saturday, April 17th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 6 12 0
St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 7 13 1 L Smith Walk Off RBI Single
4/17/09 Busch Stadium:
Cardinals got behind 6-1 going into the bottom of 6th. P Rose drove in 4 of the 6 Phiilies runs as he went 3 for 3 today. Phillie starter M Bystrom was cruising until the 6th inning. D Porter, pinch hitting for starter S Mura, doubled to LCF. He would score on L Smith's single. Smith would end up on 3rd base on a hit-run play by M Ramsey, and that was followed by another hit-run play by W McGee, scoring L Smith. G Hendrick's SAC fly would score Ramsey from 3rd base, pulling the Cardinals to within 6-4 score. Cardinals reliever D Hood blanked the Phillies in 7th, 8th, and 9th innings. Meanwhile, the Cardinals added a run in the 8th, but still trailed 6-5 going in to the bottom of the 9th inning. Phillies RP R Reed took the mound and promptly gave up a single to K
Hernandez. Continuing with tactic that worked earlier, Hernandez reached 3rd with the hit-run by S Braun. Hernandez would score the tying run with the hit-run by T Herr. Pinch hitter D Green got an IBB to load the bases for the next hitter, L Smith who hit a 2-1 pitch through the left side of the infield to score the game winning run.
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Sunday, April 18th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 0
St. Louis Cardinals 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 X 7 12 1 Cardinals Dish It Out To Phillies
4/18/1982 Busch Stadium:
St. Louis jumped to an early start today. Back to Back singles from L Smith and M Ramsey to start the game, followed by consecutive BB's from Phillies starter L Christenson, lead to 3 runs from the Cardinals by the time the 1st inning ended. St. Louis would add 3 more runs in the 3rd inning. In all, 3rd baseman S Braun accounted to 4 RBIs on the day. D Lapoint pitched 6 good innings, J Martin came on in 2 IP relief, and B Sutter closed it out in the 9th. The Phillies never threatened in the game.
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National Standings
Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB Last10
Chicago Cubs 9 3 .750 - 8-2
Montreal Expos 6 4 .600 2.0 6-4
St. Louis Cardinals 7 5 .583 2.0 6-4
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 6 .400 4.0 4-6
Philadelphia Phillies 4 7 .364 4.5 4-6
New York Mets 4 8 .333 5.0 3-7
Tuesday, April 20th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 0
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 X 5 9 2 Pirate Pitching Continues to Frustrate Cardinals
4/20/1982 Three Rivers Stadium:
Pirates SP D Robinson goes 8.2 IP, 6 Ks giving up 5 hits and 2 unearned runs, and helped his own cause by delivering a 2-out RBI single in the 2nd inning. Cardinals never threatened late in the game.
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Wednesday, April 21st, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 3 0 Cardinals Glad to Be Leaving Pittsburgh
Pirates SP R Rhoden (1-1) pitched 8 IP 6 Ks enroute to a 1-0 gem. CL K Tekulves gets his 3rd save.
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Friday, April 23rd, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 1
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 K Hernandez HR Lifts Cardinals; Mura Injured
4/23/1982 Veterans Stadium:
All the scoring was done in the 8th inning when T Herr singled and then scored on K Hernandez's 2-run HR. Both the Cardinals and Phillies scattered 5 hits. SP S Mura was injured making the last out of the 7th inning and had to be replaced by D Hood who closed out the 8th. That set up the table for B Sutter to come in and pick up his 3rd save of the season.
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Saturday, April 24th, 1982
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St. Louis Cardinals 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 7 0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 2 Porter Delivers Big Blow
4/24/1982 Veterans Stadium
Game tied 2-2 heading into the 8th inning. L Smith led off with a walk and went to 3rd on the throwing error by Diaz during a steal attempt. G Hendrick was IBB and he stole 2nd base. D Porter then hit a 1-1 pitch 438' to LCF for a 3-Run HR to put the Cardinals ahead for good 5-2. D Hood shut down the bottom of the 8th inning to secure his 2nd win. And that setup for B Sutter to garner his 4th save.
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Sunday, April 25th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 14 0
Philadelphia Phillies 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Hits Galore for Cardinals
4/25/1982 Veterans Stadium:
J Stuper got lots of run support today from the Cardinals bats. Doubles from D Porter, L Smith and G Hendrick combined with 2-out RBIs from G Tenace, D Porter, L Smith and W McGee led to 6 Runs on 14 hits. Cardinal baserunning was on display as league leader L Smith stole his 11th and McGee swiped his 6th. J Stuper (2-2) went all 9 IP 6 Ks to garner his 2nd win. Hendrick was 2-4 2 runs scored, McGee was 4-6 2 runs scored. Porter was 2-4 2 RBIs. Tenace was 1-2 3 BBs.
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Monday, April 26th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
St. Louis Cardinals 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 X 5 9 1 Battle of 2nd Place Teams
4/26/1982 Busch Stadium:
Cardinals put 9 hits on the board - 2 from T Herr - and pushed 5 runs across against N Ryan who went the distance. J Andujar (2-1) lasted 6 innings before giving way to J Martin. B Sutter gets his 5th save. T Herr was 2-2 with 2 BBs, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI.
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Tuesday, April 27th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Houston Astros 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 12 1
St. Louis Cardinals 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0
Wednesday, April 28th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Astros 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 X 6 11 0 Code: Select all
Friday, April 30th, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 8 0
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 7 2 Code: Select all
Saturday, May 1st, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 1
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Two Powerful Pitchers; One Great Game
Riverfront Stadium:
J Andujar vs T Seaver! It was a promising matchup that did not disappoint. If the Reds hitting is enemic - and it is - there pitching staff is just the opposite. This afternoon, Seaver pitched a brilliant game, going 9 IP, scattering 6 hits, 5 Ks, and did not allow a run to score. But Andujar went one better going 10 IP, 2 hits, and 4Ks!! That pushes ndujar's record to 3-1 with a league leading 0.82 ERA. D Hood picked up the save. Cincinnati's B Lesley got the loss by loading the bases in the top of the 11th and with 1 out, gave up a RBI single to O Smith that scored D Porter from 3rd base.
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Sunday, May 2nd, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0
Cincinnati Reds 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 10 0 Riverfront Stadium:
M Soto and G Redus Power Reds in 1st of Twin Bill
M Soto (4-1) pitched 8 IP allowing 2 runs on 4 hits. He got all the help he would need in the 2nd inning from a SAC fly by C Cedeno and from G Redus' 3-Run HR. Cardinals tried to claw their way back into it in the 9th, but came up 1 run short.
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Sunday, May 2nd, 1982
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 7 13 1
Cincinnati Reds 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 14 0Riverfront Stadium:
Cardinals Take The Nightcap
Cardinals and Reds put on a hitting exhibition in the 2nd game of the double header. Cardinals seemed to be cruising leading 7-1 going into the bottom of the 7th. B Forsch had pitched 5 IP allowing the Reds only 1 run. J Martin was on in relief - normally he has been very consistent reliever and dependable. But in the bottom of the 7th, Martin allowed 3 Runs on 5 hits, pulling the Reds to within 3 runs (7-4). The absolutely unthinkable happened in the home half of the 8th when, with 1 out, Cardinals Manager Lucey - having just witnessed a double by R Oester and not able to contain himself any longer - brought in ace reliever B Sutter. No one can even recall the last time B Sutter was brought in before the 9th inning in a ball game. According to Bill James' Sabermetric Staff Of Genius': "Bringing Sutter in before the 9th inning is a formula for instant meltdown in the 9th inning; the guy can't last." Sutter got the next two batters out to finish off the 8th inning. Heading into the bottom of the 9th, Sutter strode to the mound with a 7-4 lead and promptly inticed E Milner into a harmless ground out. Then, a funny thing happened....C Cedeno singled. That was followed by a G Redus single. After a D Driessen flyout, J Bench - representing the tying run - singled through the hole on the left side that allowed Cedeno to come home from 2nd. (7-5). B Martinez came to the plate with the tying run now at 1st. On a 3-2 count, Sutter delivered the fast ball...home plate umpire Don Denkinger called... "Ball Four"!!! Manager Lucey was livid. And from the replays that pitch looked right down the middle of the plate. With 2 outs and the bases jammed, the tying run on 2nd, up comes R Oester who doubled his last AB. The first pitch is fouled back out of play. The 0-1: Ball 1! The 1-1: Swing and a miss; he had cut at it! The 1-2: Ball 2! The 2-2: A long fly ball...deep CF...at the track...McGee makes the catch!!! Cardinals win! Forsch gets the win (1-1), Sutter the save (7), and Manager Lucey is reaching for the Makers Mark after this game/recap.
