Redbirds take 2 of 3 from Friars

Game 1,

The first game of the series was a hum dinger as St. Louis got out to a quick lead by plating three runs in the first. San Diego rallied and pushed across three of their own in the sixth. Both teams were tied at the end of nine and therefore had to go into extra innings to decide the affair.  Ken Boyer smacked a 2 run homer in the 10 to send the Cardinals to victory. Cardinals 6....Padres 5(10 innings)

Game 2,

Bob Nieman was the star of the second game with a four hit performance and Alex Grammas added a homerun to lead St. Louis passed the Padres in San Diego.  Broglio earned his first victory for the Cardinals with Ron Kline notching the save. The loss went to Bruce Hurst (3-1). Cardinals 6...Padres 3.

Game 3,

San Diego was able to salvage the last game of the series despite only 3 hits off Cardinal pitching.  One of the hits was a 2 RBI single by Thomas Howard in the fifth inning.  Lefty Dennis Rasmussen was too much for the red bird batters, as the crafty lefty had them off balance all day.  Padres 2....Cardinals 1.

--submitted by Joey Scigliano--