The Cubs jumped out to an early lead in this one. In the top of the first Bob Dernier got walked by Kurt Kepshire and then stole second base off Tom Nieto. Ryne Sandberg was up next and ripped a triple to score the first run of the game. Gary Matthews batted third, and his single plated Sandberg. Leon Durham struck out and Matthews got thrown out at home on a Keith Moreland single. A "Z" play happened after that, allowing Moreland to score but Ron Cey getting caught in a run down as he rounded too far past first base.
That was a major lead to post before the Cardinals even batted, but they gave it away immediately. Rick Resuchel gave up a grand salami to David Green with one out in the inning. St. Louis picked up another three runs in the bottom of the second and the route was on. Green added a second homer, this time a solo shot, in the fifth and the Cards scored three more in sixth inning off reliever Dickie Noles.
Winning Pitcher - Kurt Kepshire
Losing Pitcher - Rick Reuschel
Player of the Game - David Green, 2-4, 2HRs, 5RBI, GS
Hall of Famers in the Game - Ryne Sandberg, Ozzie Smith
Happy Trails...Ken Oberkfell
This was the last game in a Cardinals uniform for Ken "Obi-Wan" Oberkfell. Don't worry, though. He'll pop back up on the Braves. He went to Atlanta in the real 1984 after Bob Horner's season-ending injury. I haven't added him to their active roster yet but probably will in the next game or two.
So how did Oberkfell do for St. Louis? Quite well! Check it out:
Statis Pro 1984: 27R, 66H, 18 2B, 2 3B, 30RBI, .379/.432/.506/.938 15.1 wRAA
The Real 1984: 17R, 47H, 11 2B, 1 3B, 11RBI, .309/.379/.395/.773 8 wRAA
Ken was no slouch in the real 1984, but he's been hitting out of his gourd in Statis Pro. I don't foresee that continuing in Atlanta... Terry Pendleton will get a bunch more starts now for St. Louis.
That's right, game #750 - another big round number crossed off the list of the Statis Pro season. It was a good one, too!
In the bottom of the first Larry Parrish went big-fly for a three run bomb to give Texas an early lead. But in the top of the second Frank Tanana coughed up a triple, double, and single to Tony Phillips, Donnie Hill, and Bill Almon, cutting the score to 3-2. In the top of the fifth the A's tied the game. Rickey Henderson stole second, went to third base on a wild pitch, and then scored on a Davey Lopes single.
Oakland pushed ahead in the top of the sixth. Dwayne Murphy blasted a Tanana pitch into the right field bleachers to score himself and Dave Kingman. They took that 5-3 lead into the bottom of the sixth. That's when a Phillips fielding error allowed Wayne Tolleson to scamper to third base and score on a subsequent Pete O'Brien single.
It was still 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh. With two outs and George Wright on second base Marv Foley came in to pinch hit for Tolleson. He promptly took Keith Atherton deep to give the Rangers a one run lead! Consecutive errors by Atherton and Rickey Henderson led to two more runs, giving Texas a three run lead.
In the top of the ninth, with Dave Tobik trying to close it out, Oakland came roaring back. Joe Morgan reached on a fielding error by Curtis Wilkerson and then Tobik walked Bruce Bochte. Henderson dug in next and lined a double to score Morgan. Two batters later Bochte scored on a sacrifice fly by Carney Lansford. But with Henderson still on second, Kingman lined out to Buddy Bell to end the game.
Winning Pitcher - Dave Schmidt
Losing Pitcher - Keith Atherton
Save - Dave Tobik
Player of the Game - Marv Foley, 1-1, HR, 2RBI, BB
Hall of Famers in the Game - Rickey Henderson, Joe Morgan
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