Continuing his heavy hitting against the Cardinals, Ron Cey rapped a single and double, driving in two runs, as the Dodgers completed a sweep of the three-game series with a 6-3 victory. In the three games, Cey had six hits in 13 at-bats, including three homers. Los Angeles Dodgers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3Game Played on Wednesday, May 12, 1976 (Day game) at Busch Stadium IIDodgers 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 6 10 0 Cardinals 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Russell ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .379 Mumphrey cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Buckner lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 .289 Harris 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .315 Baker cf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .265 Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Garvey 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .289 Simmons c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Cey 3b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .336 Rudolph c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .231 Ferguson rf 2 1 1 1 2 1 .187 Crawford rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .346 Yeager c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .178 Auerbach 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Cruz 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .181 Rhoden p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Kessinger ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .286 Wall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 10 5 4 7 Totals 34 3 8 3 1 8 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 13,022 Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Cardinals 5 DP: Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0 Errors: Crawford Doubles: Buckner (6), Cey (3), Crawford (2), Harris (7) Triples: Kessinger (1), Harris (2) Home Runs: Ferguson (4) Stolen Bases: Buckner (7) Caught Stealing: Buckner (3) Sacrifice Flies: Marshall (1) GIDP: Forsch (2) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden 4.2 6 3 3 1 2 0 20 3.45 Wall 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.70 Marshall W(3-1) 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 11 2.75 Totals 9 8 3 3 1 8 0 35 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch 2.2 5 3 3 2 1 1 15 6.03 Rasmussen L(3-4) 4.1 4 3 1 1 5 0 17 3.00 Hrabosky 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 1.57 Totals 9 10 6 4 4 7 1 41 Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bob Engel DODGERS 1ST: Russell grounded out (third to first); Buckner doubled to left; Baker singled to center [Buckner scored]; Garvey flied out to center; Cey flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Harris walked; Brock flied out to left; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0. DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson homered; Yeager popped to first; Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to first); Rhoden struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Crawford doubled to right; Hernandez singled to left [Crawford to third]; Cruz singled to right [Crawford scored, Hernandez to third]; Kessinger reached on a fielder's choice [Hernandez out at home (first to catcher to third to catcher), Cruz to second]; Forsch grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kessinger out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Cardinals 1. DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to left; Buckner singled to center; Buckner stole second; Baker walked; Garvey forced Baker (third to second) [Buckner to third]; Cey singled to left [Buckner scored, Garvey to second]; Ferguson walked [Garvey to third, Cey to second]; RASMUSSEN REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Yeager flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey flied out to left; Harris flied out to right; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1. DODGERS 4TH: Auerbach flied out to center; Rhoden grounded out (third to first); Russell singled to left; RUDOLPH REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING C ); Buckner flied out to center; Ted Simmons injured when struck by Bill Buckner's backswing; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Rudolph popped to second; Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1. DODGERS 5TH: Baker struck out; Garvey grounded out (third to first); Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz singled to center; Kessinger tripled to right [Cruz scored]; Rasmussen was called out on strikes; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Harris tripled to right [Kessinger scored]; WALL REPLACED RHODEN (PITCHING); Brock grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 3. DODGERS 6TH: Ferguson struck out; Yeager grounded out (first to pitcher); Auerbach was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 6TH: Rudolph struck out; Crawford popped to second; Hernandez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 3. DODGERS 7TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR WALL; Cruz struck out; Russell singled to left; Buckner forced Russell (second to shortstop); Buckner was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Cruz grounded out (second to first); Kessinger flied out to center; Rasmussen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Cardinals 3. DODGERS 8TH: Baker singled to left; Garvey walked [Baker to second]; Cey doubled to left [Baker scored, Garvey to third]; HRABOSKY REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); Ferguson was walked intentionally; Yeager reached on an error by Crawford [Garvey scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cey to third, Ferguson to second]; Auerbach popped to shortstop; Marshall hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cey scored (unearned), Ferguson to third]; Russell flied out to center; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 8TH: Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Harris doubled to left; Brock grounded out (second to first) [Harris to third]; Rudolph struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3. DODGERS 9TH: Buckner singled to right; Baker flied out to right; Garvey struck out; Cey flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 9TH: Crawford singled to right; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted) [Crawford to second]; Cruz struck out; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Cardinals 3. |
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