Cap Night brought out a crowd of 50,569 and the Padres capped the night by scoring in the ninth inning to defeat the Cardinals, 4-3. Pinch-hitter Gene Locklear drew a walk to open the ninth. After a sacrifice by Jerry Turner, Tito Fuentes singled for his fourth hit of the game to drive in pinch-runner Enzo Hernandez. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     24, 1976 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Cardinals    0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  9  1
Padres       1  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  1  -   4 10  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            5   0   2   1     0   1   .404      Grubb lf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .283
Harris 2b,ss          5   0   1   0     0   2   .262      Fuentes 2b            5   2   4   1     0   0   .333
Brock lf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .250      W. Davis cf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .306
Simmons c             2   1   0   1     1   0   .279      Winfield rf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .239
Smith rf              4   0   1   1     0   2   .200      Rader 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .385
Cruz 3b               3   0   1   0     1   1   .178      Ivie 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Hernandez 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .135      Torres ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Kessinger ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .171      Kendall c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .172
  Anderson ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .300        Locklear ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .429
  Richard ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Hernandez pr        0   1   0   0     0   0   .444
  Crawford ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Strom p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rasmussen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Falcone p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Turner ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Melendez ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Fairly ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rudolph ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Clarey pr,2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   9   3     4   9             Totals               34   4  10   4     2   4

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 50,569
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Padres 9
DP: Cardinals 0, Padres 1
Errors: Richard
Doubles: Smith (4), Cruz (2), Rader (2), Fuentes (2)
Triples: Brock (1)
Caught Stealing: Smith (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Turner (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (4)
GIDP: Hernandez (1)
Hit by Pitch: Grubb (2,by Hrabosky)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone                 6     9   3   3   0   4   0  27   6.39
Hrabosky                2     0   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.53
Rasmussen L(2-2)        0.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   4   3.72
Totals                  8.1  10   4   4   2   4   0  38

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom                   6.2   4   2   2   3   7   0  26   3.10
Metzger W(2-0)          2.1   5   1   0   1   2   0  12   0.00
Totals                  9     9   3   2   4   9   0  38

Passed Balls: Kendall (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hrabosky (1)
Wild Pitches: Falcone (2)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Ed Montague


CARDINALS 1ST: McBride grounded out (second to first); Harris
was called out on strikes; Brock grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Grubb was called out on strikes; Fuentes singled to
left; W. Davis singled to center [Fuentes to third, W. Davis to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Winfield grounded out (second to
first) [Fuentes scored, W. Davis to third]; Rader grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons walked; Smith doubled to left [Simmons
scored]; Smith was picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher
to shortstop to third); Cruz was called out on strikes;
Hernandez grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: Ivie flied out to right; Torres popped to first in
foul territory; Kendall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Falcone
grounded out (third to first); McBride grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Strom popped to shortstop; Grubb struck out; Fuentes
singled to pitcher; W. Davis grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Padres 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Harris flied out to center; Brock tripled to
right; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to left [Brock scored]; Smith
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield singled to third; Rader doubled to right
[Winfield scored]; Ivie was called out on strikes; Torres flied
out to center; Kendall grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz flied out to left; Hernandez lined to
second; Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Strom grounded out (third to first); Grubb grounded
out (first unassisted); Fuentes doubled to left; Falcone threw a
wild pitch [Fuentes to third]; W. Davis singled to left [Fuentes
scored]; Winfield flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Padres 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Falcone struck out; McBride singled to left;
Harris struck out; Brock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 6TH: Rader popped to second; Ivie popped to second;
Torres singled to left; Kendall singled to center [Torres to
second]; Strom lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Padres 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons popped to first in foul territory; Smith
struck out; Cruz doubled to left; Hernandez walked; ANDERSON
BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Anderson walked [Cruz to third, Hernandez
to second]; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR FALCONE; METZGER REPLACED STROM
(PITCHING); FAIRLY BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; Fairly struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 7TH: RICHARD REPLACED ANDERSON (PLAYING SS); HRABOSKY
REPLACED FAIRLY (PITCHING); Grubb was hit by a pitch; Fuentes
forced Grubb (first to shortstop); W. Davis forced Fuentes
(first to shortstop) [W. Davis to second (error by Richard)];
Winfield flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Padres 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: McBride struck out; Harris singled to third;
Brock singled to center [Harris to third]; Simmons reached on a
fielder's choice [Harris out at home (first to catcher), Brock
to second]; Smith flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie flied
out to center; Torres flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Padres 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Cruz walked; Hernandez grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to first) [Cruz out at second];
CRAWFORD BATTED FOR RICHARD; Crawford singled to left; RUDOLPH
BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Kendall allowed a passed ball [Crawford to
second]; Rudolph singled to left [Crawford to third]; CLAREY RAN
FOR RUDOLPH; McBride singled to second [Crawford scored
(unearned), Clarey to second]; Harris flied out to right; 1 R (0
ER), 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 3.

PADRES 9TH: HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); CLAREY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); RASMUSSEN REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING);
LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR KENDALL; Locklear walked; HERNANDEZ RAN FOR
LOCKLEAR; TURNER BATTED FOR METZGER; Turner out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Hernandez to second]; Grubb walked;
Fuentes singled to left [Hernandez scored, Grubb to second]; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Padres 4.