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Tuesday May 11, 1976
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The Dodgers, who won the previous night's game, 4-3, with homers by Ron Cey and Joe Ferguson, came back with more power hitting by the same pair to defeat the Cardinals, 4-0. Cey hit two homers and Ferguson one. Don Sutton, who started the year with three straight defeats, brought his record to 4-3 and shut out the Cards for the second time. [The Sporting News]


Los Angeles Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Game Played on Tuesday, May 11, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Dodgers      0  0  0    0  1  0    2  1  0  -   4 11  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .258      Brock lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Buckner lf            3   0   2   0     0   0   .275      Harris 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .305
Baker cf              3   0   0   1     0   1   .255      Crawford rf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .338
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .299      Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Cey 3b                4   2   3   2     0   0   .333      Hernandez 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Ferguson rf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .178      Mumphrey cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hale rf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .159      Cruz 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Yeager c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .311      Kessinger ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Russell ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .377      Curtis p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .091
Sutton p              4   0   0   0     0   1   .067        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tyson ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  11   4     0   4             Totals               32   0   5   0     0   3

Time of Game: 1:52   Attendance: 11,940
Left on Base: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 5
DP: Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Harris
Doubles: Lopes (2), Simmons (5)
Home Runs: Cey 2 (8), Ferguson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Buckner (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Baker (1)
GIDP: Baker (5), Sutton (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(4-3)           9     5   0   0   0   3   0  32   3.83
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   3   0  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis L(2-3)           7.1   9   4   4   0   2   3  29   4.70
Frisella                0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.62
Proly                   1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.18
Totals                  9    11   4   4   0   4   3  36

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner
singled to second; Baker grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Buckner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock popped to second; Harris grounded out
(first to pitcher); Crawford grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey struck out; Cey grounded out (shortstop to
first); Ferguson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hernandez
grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Yeager singled to left; Russell forced Yeager
(shortstop to second); Sutton grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Russell out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Cruz lined to left; Kessinger flied out to left;
Curtis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner
singled to second [Buckner to second (error by Harris)]; Baker
flied out to right [Buckner to third]; Garvey grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris
singled to right; Crawford struck out; Simmons doubled to left
[Harris to third]; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Cey homered; Ferguson grounded out (second to
first); Yeager grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
singled to center; Sutton lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Cruz
flied out to left; Kessinger singled to right; Curtis struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Lopes flied out to center; Buckner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock flied out to center; Harris was called out
on strikes; Crawford singled to left; Simmons grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Cardinals
0.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey flied out to center; Cey homered; Ferguson
homered; Yeager flied out to right; Russell singled to right;
Sutton grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted);
Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Cruz grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Lopes doubled to right; Buckner out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Lopes to third]; FRISELLA REPLACED
CURTIS (PITCHING); Baker hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lopes
scored]; Garvey singled to center; Cey singled to left [Garvey
to third]; Ferguson forced Cey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: HALE REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING RF); Kessinger
flied to left in foul territory; TYSON BATTED FOR FRISELLA;
Tyson lined to shortstop; Brock grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 9TH: PROLY REPLACED TYSON (PITCHING); Yeager struck out;
Russell grounded out (second to first); Sutton struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: On a bunt Harris grounded out (third to first);
Crawford singled to center; Simmons flied out to right;
Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 4, Cardinals 0.



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