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Thursday April 29, 1976
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With Bill Buckner injured, Glenn Burke made his first start in the Dodgers' outfield and contributed two hits to a 4-0 victory over the Cardinals. The rookie drove in one run and scored one in support of Don Sutton's five-hit hurling. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Game Played on Thursday, April 29, 1976 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
Dodgers      0  1  0    1  2  0    0  0  x  -   4  7  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .362      Burke lf              3   1   2   1     1   1   .500
Harris 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Sizemore 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .197
Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Baker cf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .241
Simmons c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
Smith 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Cey 3b                4   1   2   0     0   0   .308
Crawford rf           2   0   1   0     1   0   .464      Ferguson rf           1   0   0   0     2   0   .189
Hernandez 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .184      Yeager c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .275
Kessinger ss          3   0   1   0     0   1   .234      Auerbach ss           2   1   0   0     1   0   .000
Falcone p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .160
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fairly ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .538
  Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   5   0     1   4             Totals               26   4   7   3     5   3

Time of Game: 1:58   Attendance: 19,627
Left on Base: Cardinals 3, Dodgers 4
DP: Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2
Errors: McBride, Harris
Stolen Bases: Garvey (3)
Caught Stealing: McBride (3), Burke (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (1)
GIDP: Hernandez (3), Harris (1), Baker (3), Auerbach (1), Yeager (2)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(0-2)          5     6   4   2   4   2   0  22   5.60
Proly                   2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   2.25
Frisella                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8     7   4   2   5   3   0  32

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(2-3)           9     5   0   0   1   4   0  30   3.89
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   4   0  30

Balks: Falcone (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Terry Tata


CARDINALS 1ST: McBride singled to left; McBride was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harris struck out; Brock
struck out [Brock out at first (catcher to first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Burke walked; Sizemore flied out to center; Baker
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Burke out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to shortstop; Smith popped to
second; Crawford flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey flied out to left; Cey singled to left;
Ferguson walked [Cey to second]; Yeager singled to left [Cey
scored, Ferguson to second]; Auerbach grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Yeager out at second]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Hernandez grounded out (second to first);
Kessinger struck out; Falcone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Sutton was called out on strikes; Burke singled to
first; Burke was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Sizemore flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Dodgers 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: McBride popped to third; Harris popped to
shortstop; Brock popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker walked; Garvey was called out on strikes; Cey
singled to left [Baker to second]; Ferguson forced Cey (third to
second) [Baker scored (error by Harris) (unearned) (no RBI)];
Yeager popped to first; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Dodgers 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons singled to center; Smith forced Simmons
(first to shortstop); Crawford walked [Smith to second];
Hernandez grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Crawford out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Auerbach walked; Sutton out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Auerbach to second]; Burke singled to
center [Auerbach scored, Burke to second (error by McBride)];
Falcone balked [Burke to third]; Sizemore popped to shortstop;
Baker singled to first [Burke scored (unearned)]; Garvey flied
out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers
4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Kessinger singled to right; CRUZ BATTED FOR
FALCONE; Cruz popped to third; McBride flied out to right; On a
bunt Harris grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 6TH: PROLY REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Cey grounded out
(third to first); Ferguson walked; Yeager grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Ferguson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock flied out to center; Simmons popped to
first in foul territory; Smith popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Auerbach lined to left; Sutton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Burke struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Crawford singled to first; Hernandez grounded out
(second to first) [Crawford to second]; Kessinger grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Crawford to third]; FAIRLY BATTED FOR
PROLY; Fairly flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED FAIRLY (PITCHING); Sizemore
popped to first; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey
singled to left; Garvey stole second; Cey flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: McBride singled to center; Harris grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop) [McBride out at second]; Brock
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Dodgers 4.



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