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After falling behind, 7-4, the Cardinals rallied to tie the score and then defeated the Braves in the 12th inning, 8-7. A homer by Ted Simmons in the eighth and a double by Mike Anderson and single by Lou Brock in ninth knotted the count. In the 12th, Bake McBride singled and raced home on a double by Simmons. [The Sporting News] St. Louis Cardinals 8, Atlanta Braves 7Game Played on Tuesday, May 4, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumCardinals 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 - 8 14 0 Braves 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 12 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 6 1 3 1 0 3 .273 Office cf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .200 Harris 2b,3b 6 0 1 1 0 2 .240 Paciorek ph,cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .192 McBride cf 5 3 2 2 0 1 .337 Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Simmons c 5 1 4 3 1 0 .321 Royster 3b 6 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Crawford rf 6 0 1 0 0 1 .356 Wynn lf 5 1 1 3 1 0 .243 Fairly 1b 4 0 1 0 2 1 .409 Evans 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .148 Cruz 3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .156 Williams ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Henderson rf,cf 5 1 2 0 1 0 .333 Clarey 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Pocoroba c 3 2 1 0 1 1 .298 Kessinger ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .237 Correll ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Denny p 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 Perez 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .222 Frisella p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chaney ss 5 1 2 2 0 1 .300 Melendez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .158 Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .133 Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moret p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .321 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Richard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .095 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .042 Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 47 8 14 8 3 11 Totals 46 7 12 7 4 5 Time of Game: 3:24 Attendance: 5,541 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Braves 7 DP: Cardinals 2, Braves 1 Errors: Evans Doubles: Anderson (3), Simmons (4) Triples: Chaney (1) Home Runs: McBride (1), Simmons (1), Wynn (2) Caught Stealing: Brock (3) Sacrifice Hits: Denny (1) GIDP: Royster (2), Chaney (1) Hit by Pitch: McBride (2,by Niekro) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny 2.2 7 7 7 2 2 1 17 5.00 Frisella 3.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 0.75 Wallace 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 1.56 Hrabosky 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 1.86 Rasmussen W(3-2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.04 Totals 12 12 7 7 4 5 1 50 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 4.2 7 5 5 2 4 1 22 3.98 Moret 4.1 3 2 2 0 4 1 16 4.11 Torrealba 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6.43 Sosa 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 7.11 Devine L(0-1) 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 3.52 Totals 12 14 8 8 3 11 2 52 Hit by Pitch: Niekro (3) Balks: Niekro (2) Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Satch Davidson CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Harris popped to second; McBride homered [Brock scored]; Simmons singled to left [Simmons out at second (left to shortstop to second)]; Crawford grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Office grounded out (first to pitcher); Royster flied out to center; Wynn walked; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Braves 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Fairly walked; Cruz forced Fairly (third to second); Kessinger singled to center [Cruz to third]; Denny reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Cruz scored, Kessinger to second]; Brock struck out; Harris singled to center [Kessinger scored, Denny out at third (center to third)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Henderson singled to center; Pocoroba singled to right [Henderson to second]; Perez singled to right [Henderson to third, Pocoroba to second]; Chaney singled to left [Henderson scored, Pocoroba to third, Perez to second]; Niekro struck out; Office singled to center [Pocoroba scored, Perez scored, Chaney to second]; Royster flied out to left [Chaney to third]; Wynn homered [Chaney scored, Office scored]; Evans flied out to right; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 6. CARDINALS 3RD: McBride struck out; Simmons walked; Crawford forced Simmons (pitcher to shortstop); Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 6. BRAVES 3RD: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Pocoroba walked; Perez flied out to left; Chaney tripled to right [Pocoroba scored]; FRISELLA REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING); Niekro grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 7. CARDINALS 4TH: Cruz flied out to left; Kessinger popped to shortstop; Frisella grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 7. BRAVES 4TH: Office flied out to center; Royster flied out to left; Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 7. CARDINALS 5TH: Brock singled to right; Harris struck out while Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to second); McBride was hit by a pitch; Niekro balked [McBride to second]; Simmons singled to right [McBride scored]; MORET REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Crawford grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. BRAVES 5TH: Evans singled to center; Henderson singled to right [Evans to third]; Pocoroba reached on a fielder's choice [Evans out at home (third to catcher to third), Henderson to second]; Perez flied out to right [Henderson to third]; Chaney struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. CARDINALS 6TH: Fairly flied out to right; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. BRAVES 6TH: Moret grounded out (pitcher to first); Office walked; Royster grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Office out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. CARDINALS 7TH: MELENDEZ BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Melendez struck out; Brock struck out; Harris popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. BRAVES 7TH: WALLACE REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Wynn flied out to right; Evans popped to second; Henderson walked; Pocoroba struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. CARDINALS 8TH: Evans dropped a foul fly hit by McBride for an error; McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons homered; Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); Fairly grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Braves 7. BRAVES 8TH: Perez singled to second; Chaney grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Perez out at second]; Moret flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Braves 7. CARDINALS 9TH: Cruz struck out; Kessinger flied out to center; ANDERSON BATTED FOR WALLACE; Anderson doubled to left; RICHARD RAN FOR ANDERSON; Brock singled to center [Richard scored]; Harris struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. BRAVES 9TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); PACIOREK BATTED FOR OFFICE; Paciorek singled to third; Royster forced Paciorek (pitcher to shortstop); Wynn flied out to center; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR EVANS; Williams flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. CARDINALS 10TH: PACIOREK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); TORREALBA REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); McBride popped to shortstop; Simmons flied out to center; Crawford singled to right; Fairly singled to right [Crawford to third]; SOSA REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR CRUZ; Hernandez forced Fairly (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. BRAVES 10TH: CLAREY REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PLAYING 2B); HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Henderson flied out to center; CORRELL BATTED FOR POCOROBA; Correll struck out; Perez singled to right; Chaney popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. CARDINALS 11TH: CORRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Kessinger struck out; SMITH BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Smith lined to second; Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. BRAVES 11TH: RASMUSSEN REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR SOSA; May popped to catcher in foul territory; Paciorek popped to third in foul territory; Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. CARDINALS 12TH: DEVINE REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); MAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HENDERSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Harris grounded out (second to first); McBride singled to left; Simmons doubled to right [McBride scored]; Crawford struck out; Fairly was walked intentionally; Clarey grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 8, Braves 7. BRAVES 12TH: Wynn flied out to center; Williams grounded out (third to first); Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Braves 7. |
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