4/4/84: The "Moose" was on the loose, Cards helpless to stop

The "Moose" is not necessarily a species that is native to Southern California, as a matter of fact, there is one known species that roams around the LA neighborhood known as Chavez Ravine. Make no "Moose"-take about it, this encounter gave the St. Louis Cardinals nightmares on their flight to San Francisco after dropping a 6-3 decision to the Dodgers and their rare breed of "Moose," Mike Marshall.

On the prowl in the 1st

Steve Sax led off the Dodgers half of the 1st with a single, stole second and scored on an RBI single by Terry Whitfield. After Ken Landreaux flied to center and Pedro Guerrero struck out, the "Moose" took dead aim at a Bob Forsch fastball and deposited it into the left field bleachers for the first of what would be 2 home runs for Marshall on the night. The 2nd came in the fifth, again off Forsch and this time with Guerrero on 1st. Whitey Herzog took a frightened Forsch out of the game after the 2nd bomb. Said Forsch after the game, "From now on, moose is off my diet!" Marshall's line, 4-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI.

Honeycutt sharp, but out of gas in 9th

The Dodger left-hander was very sharp against the ruffled Redbirds, scattering 3 hits through 8 innings. But the Birds finally got to him in the 9th, Ken Oberkfell led off with a double, Tom Herr grounded to short, then George Hendrick hit a fly ball that was misplayed by a Farmer John ham daydreaming Candy Maldonado for a 2-base error, scoring Obie. After David Green bounced to 1st, Willie McGee homered off a gassed Honeycutt, cutting the lead to 6-3. Honeycutt pitched through the gas fumes to get Darrell Porter to bounce to 1st, ending the game and giving the Dodgers a series sweep of the Cards.

LAD 6-12-1 STL 3-5-0 WP-Honeycutt 1-0 LP-Forsch 0-1 HR-Marshall (1,2) McGee (1) LAD 2-0 STL 0-2  

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