Game 1 at San Diego,
Cardinals 5, Padres 3
Inter-division play saw the St. Louis Cardinals and San
Diego Padres squared off in a four game, home-and-home series.
Lefty John Tudor opened on the hill for the visitors in game
one, against right-hander Andy Hawkins for the locals. The Cardinals plated a run in the top of the
first in somewhat typical ‘80s Cardinals fashion. Vince Coleman singled, stole
second, advanced to third on a ground out, and scored on a ground out.
The Padres doubled up the Cards with 2 in their half, with
Steve Garvey and Kevin McReynolds getting RBI.
Tudor settled down after that and the Cardinals pecked away
with runs in the fourth, sixth (2) and eighth and hung on to win 5-3. Todd
Worrell pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save.
Game 2 at San Diego,
Cardinals 5, Padres 4
Similar score as game one, but the Cardinals had to stave
off a furious Padre ninth inning rally to fly home with a 2 game sweep on the
West Coast.
This one looked to be well in hand as the Cardinals entered
the bottom of the ninth with a 5-1 lead, after 8 innings of 5-hit ball from Joe
Magrane, and the offense getting 11 hits, with three runs driven in by Jack
Clark.
Rick Horton came on in the ninth, and immediately gave up a
single to Tony Gwynn. No problem, as here came Bruce Sutter to close it down. But
Garvey and McReynolds tattooed Sutter for back-to-back doubles, cutting the
margin to 5-3. Benito Santiago singled, with McReynolds holding at third.
In came Todd Worrell, who gave up a sac fly to Luis Salazar,
and now the lead was only one. Graig Nettles then just missed, not being able
to quite get around on Worrell’s fast ball and flied out to left center. John Kruk then singled, and the tying run (Santiago)
was now at third, but with two out. Finally Worrell got Alan Wiggins to fly out
on a short pop up to right to end it.
Game 3 at St. Louis,
Padres 5, Cardinals 2
This series was taking on a “road warrior” tone, as the
visiting team won for a third straight time, and for a third straight time the
winner scored five runs.
Eric Show shut the Cardinal offense down on just a single
hit through 8 innings, while the Pads battered Cardinal starter Joaquin Andujar
for 10 hits and 5 runs, 3 earned, over 6 2/3 innings. Gene Richards, Juan
Bonilla, Tony Gwynn, and Terry Kennedy all had 2 hits for San
Diego.
Game 4 at St. Louis,
Padres 3, Cardinals
7
Finally a break from the mold as the home team won, and
scored something other than 5 runs. Lonnie Smith got the start in left in this
one, giving Coleman a day off. Skates
took advantage of the opportunity, going 3 for 4, one of those hits a home run,
stealing 2 bases, scoring 3, and driving in 2. Jack Clark also hit his first home run of the
year and drove in 3 on a 2 for 3 day.
Danny Cox was the benefactor of all this offense, squaring his record at 1-1 while Dave Dravecky took the loss.
The series left both teams at 6 and 6 on the year.
--submitted by Bike Mike and Joey Scigliano--
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