The Cardinals capitalized on five errors by the Giants to score 10 unearned runs and win, 15-7, after spotting San Francisco a six-run lead in the first inning. Ron Fairly had four hits and drove in three St. Louis runs. Ken Reitz hit a three-run homer in the first, when San Francisco scored all its runs. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 15, San Francisco Giants 7
Game Played on Monday, April     26, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Cardinals    1  3  0    0  3  1    1  6  0  -  15 16  1
Giants       7  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   7 13  5


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            3   3   2   2     2   0   .389      Joshua cf             5   1   3   0     0   2   .286
Harris 2b             4   2   2   0     0   0   .260      Thomas 2b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .269
  Richard pr,2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Murcer rf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Brock lf              6   1   2   2     0   0   .240      Matthews lf           3   1   1   0     2   0   .340
Simmons c             6   1   1   0     0   2   .245      Montanez 1b           4   1   1   0     1   0   .245
Smith 3b              6   2   0   0     0   0   .200      Speier ss             4   1   2   1     0   1   .298
Crawford rf           5   1   1   0     1   1   .267        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fairly 1b             4   2   4   3     1   0   .636        Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kessinger ss          5   1   3   2     0   1   .240        Hill ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Forsch p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reitz 3b              3   1   1   3     1   0   .358
  Wallace p           2   1   0   0     0   1   .000      Rader c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .242
  Hernandez ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .158      Barr p                2   1   1   1     0   0   .167
  Rasmussen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Melendez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .083        Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Arnold ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200

Totals               43  15  16   9     4   5             Totals               37   7  13   5     5   6

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance:  2,343
Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Giants 8
DP: Cardinals 1, Giants 2
Errors: Fairly, Thomas, Montanez, Rader, Barr, Moffitt
Doubles: Brock (1), Speier (2), Murcer (1)
Triples: Hernandez (2)
Home Runs: Reitz (1)
Stolen Bases: Joshua (1)
Caught Stealing: Matthews (1), Thomas (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Harris (1)
Sacrifice Flies: McBride (1)
GIDP: Kessinger (4), Melendez (3), Murcer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hrabosky (1,by Moffitt), Harris (1,by Williams)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch                  0.2   7   7   6   1   0   1   9   7.02
Wallace W(1-1)          4.1   3   0   0   3   2   0  18   2.19
Rasmussen               1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.38
Hrabosky SV(2)          3     3   0   0   0   3   0  12   1.98
Totals                  9    13   7   6   5   6   1  42

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr                    4.2   9   7   3   1   3   0  25   5.06
Heaverlo                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.24
Minton L(0-1)           1.1   3   2   2   0   0   0   7   4.50
Moffitt                 1     4   6   0   3   0   0  12   3.00
Williams                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.70
Lavelle                 1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    16  15   5   4   5   0  51

Hit by Pitch: Moffitt (1), Williams (1)
Wild Pitches: Forsch (1)
Balks: Barr (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Dutch Rennert


CARDINALS 1ST: McBride walked; Harris out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [McBride to second]; Brock doubled to left
[McBride scored]; Simmons struck out; Smith grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua singled to right; Joshua stole second; Thomas
singled to first [Joshua to third]; Murcer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Joshua scored,
Thomas out at second]; Matthews walked; Montanez singled to
right [Matthews to third]; Speier singled to right [Matthews
scored, Montanez to third]; Reitz homered [Montanez scored,
Speier scored]; Rader singled to left; Forsch threw a wild pitch
[Rader to second]; Barr singled to center [Rader scored, Barr to
second (on throw to home)]; WALLACE REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING);
Joshua singled to first [Barr scored (error by Fairly)
(unearned)]; Thomas popped to first in foul territory; 7 R (6
ER), 8 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Giants 7.

CARDINALS 2ND: Crawford lined to second; Fairly singled to
center; Kessinger singled to right [Fairly to second]; On a bunt
Wallace reached on a fielder's choice [Fairly scored (error by
Barr) (no RBI), Kessinger scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wallace to
second]; McBride singled to center [Wallace to third]; Barr
balked [Wallace scored (unearned), McBride to second]; Harris
grounded out (first unassisted) [McBride to third]; Rader
dropped a foul fly hit by Brock for an error; Brock grounded out
(first unassisted); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Giants 7.

GIANTS 2ND: Murcer grounded out (catcher to first); Matthews
walked; Matthews was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Montanez walked; Speier struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 7.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
grounded out (pitcher to first); Crawford grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 7.

GIANTS 3RD: Reitz walked; Rader flied out to right; Barr forced
Reitz (first to shortstop); Joshua singled to right [Barr to
second]; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Giants 7.

CARDINALS 4TH: Fairly singled to right; Kessinger grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Fairly out at second];
Wallace struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 7.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Matthews
grounded out (second to first); Montanez grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Giants 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: McBride singled to left; Harris singled to left
[McBride to second]; Brock singled to center [McBride scored,
Harris to second]; Simmons struck out; Smith forced Brock
(second to shortstop) [Harris to third]; Crawford reached on an
error by Montanez [Harris scored (unearned) (no RBI), Smith to
third]; Fairly singled to right [Smith scored (unearned),
Crawford to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Kessinger
struck out; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Giants 7.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier doubled to left; Reitz grounded out (second
to first) [Speier to third]; Rader grounded out (second to
first); ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Ontiveros flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 7, Giants 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: MINTON REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); HERNANDEZ
BATTED FOR WALLACE; Hernandez tripled to center; McBride hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Hernandez scored]; Harris grounded out
(first unassisted); Brock flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 8, Giants 7.

GIANTS 6TH: RASMUSSEN REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Joshua
struck out; Thomas walked; Thomas was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Murcer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Giants 7.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons singled to center; Smith forced Simmons
(shortstop to second); Crawford singled to center [Smith to
second]; MOFFITT REPLACED MINTON (PITCHING); Fairly walked
[Smith to third, Crawford to second]; Kessinger singled to right
[Smith scored, Crawford to third, Fairly to second]; MELENDEZ
BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Melendez grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Kessinger out at second]; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 9, Giants 7.

GIANTS 7TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Matthews
grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez flied out to center;
Speier flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 9,
Giants 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: McBride walked; Harris singled to left [McBride
to third]; Brock reached on a fielder's choice [Harris to second
(error by Thomas)]; Simmons reached on an error by Moffitt
[McBride scored (unearned) (no RBI), Harris scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Brock to third]; Smith lined to first; Crawford was
walked intentionally [Simmons to second]; Fairly singled to
right [Brock scored (unearned), Simmons scored (unearned),
Crawford to third]; Kessinger singled to right [Crawford scored
(unearned), Fairly to second]; Hrabosky was hit by a pitch
[Fairly to third, Kessinger to second]; WILLIAMS REPLACED SPEIER
(PITCHING); ARNOLD REPLACED MOFFITT (PLAYING SS); McBride forced
Hrabosky (second to shortstop) [Fairly scored (unearned),
Kessinger to third]; Harris was hit by a pitch [McBride to
second]; Charlie Williams' pitch glanced off Vic Harris'
hand; Harris started to 1B but turned to the mound and starting
yelling at Williams, who threw a right punch at Harris; both
benches cleared;  Williams and Harris ejected by HP umpire Ed
Vargo; LAVELLE REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); RICHARD RAN FOR
HARRIS; Brock grounded out (third to first); 6 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2
E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 15, Giants 7.

GIANTS 8TH: RICHARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Reitz flied out
to center; Rader singled to center; Arnold struck out; Joshua
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 15, Giants 7.

CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
grounded out (second to first); Crawford was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 15, Giants 7.

GIANTS 9TH: Thomas flied out to right; Murcer doubled to left;
Matthews singled to second [Murcer to third]; Montanez flied out
to right; HILL BATTED FOR LAVELLE; Hill struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 15, Giants 7.