A wild pitch by Al Hrabosky in the 11th inning allowed two runs to score and enabled the Giants to defeat the Cardinals, 2-0, behind the combined four-hit hurling of Mike Caldwell and Gary Lavelle. Bobby Murcer singled in the decisive stanza and stopped at third on a double by Gary Matthews. Hrabosky followed with his wild pitch that catcher Ted Simmons was unable to locate in time to prevent both Murcer and Matthews from scoring. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Game Played on Saturday, May       15, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  -   2  9  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   0  4  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .266      Tyson 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Sadek c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Harris cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .304
Thomas 2b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .224      Smith 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .167
Murcer rf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .256      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .278
Matthews lf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .246      Anderson lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Montanez 1b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .317      Crawford rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .349
Speier ss             3   0   1   0     2   0   .265      Cruz 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .184
Reitz 3b              5   0   2   0     0   0   .311      Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     1   0   .270
Rader c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .239        Richard pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Herndon ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Denny p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Caldwell p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Melendez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Ontiveros ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .160        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Rasmussen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Brock ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .257

Totals               40   2   9   0     3   5             Totals               35   0   4   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 17,237
Left on Base: Giants 8, Cardinals 4
DP: Giants 1, Cardinals 2
Errors: Cruz
Doubles: Matthews (3), Montanez (8), Denny (1)
Caught Stealing: Tyson (1)
GIDP: Rader (4), Montanez (5), Simmons (3)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell                7     2   0   0   1   2   0  23   4.60
Lavelle W(2-1)          4     2   0   0   1   2   0  14   0.26
Totals                 11     4   0   0   2   4   0  37

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   9     6   0   0   3   2   0  34   4.46
Hrabosky L(0-2)         1.1   3   2   2   0   3   0   7   2.39
Rasmussen               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.92
Totals                 11     9   2   2   3   5   0  43

Wild Pitches: Hrabosky (2)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Jerry Crawford


GIANTS 1ST: Debut for umpire Jerry Crawford; Joshua
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas walked; Murcer forced
Thomas (second to shortstop); Matthews grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Tyson grounded out (third to first); Harris
grounded out (third to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez struck out; Speier walked; Reitz singled to
right [Speier to second]; Rader grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to pitcher) [Reitz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons walked; Anderson flied out to right;
Crawford forced Simmons (pitcher to shortstop); Cruz singled to
left [Crawford to second]; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Caldwell grounded out (pitcher to first); Joshua
grounded out (second to first); Thomas grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Denny doubled to left; Tyson reached on a
fielder's choice [Denny out at third (first to third)]; Tyson
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harris struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer flied out to left; Matthews flied out to
right; Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Simmons
lined to center; Anderson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Reitz
reached on an error by Cruz [Reitz to second]; Rader singled to
right [Reitz to third, Rader to second (on throw to home)];
Reitz was picked off third (catcher to third); Caldwell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Crawford grounded out (first to pitcher); Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Joshua flied out to center; Thomas flied out to
right; Murcer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Denny grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
flied out to center; Harris grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Speier singled to left; Reitz
singled to left [Speier to second]; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons
flied out to left; Anderson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 8TH: ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR CALDWELL; Ontiveros grounded
out (shortstop to first); Joshua singled to right; Thomas flied
out to center; Murcer forced Joshua (second to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: LAVELLE REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Crawford
popped to first in foul territory; Cruz grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kessinger popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 9TH: Matthews singled to right; Montanez grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Matthews out at
second]; Speier walked; Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: MELENDEZ BATTED FOR DENNY; Melendez flied out to
center; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Harris struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 10TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); HERNDON
BATTED FOR RADER; Herndon struck out; Lavelle was called out on
strikes; Joshua was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 10TH: SADEK REPLACED JOSHUA (PLAYING C ); HERNDON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Smith singled to left; Simmons
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Smith
out at second]; Anderson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 0, Cardinals 0.

GIANTS 11TH: Thomas flied out to center; Murcer singled to
center; Matthews doubled to right [Murcer to third]; Hrabosky
threw a wild pitch [Murcer scored, Matthews scored]; Montanez
doubled to right; RASMUSSEN REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Speier
flied out to center [Montanez to third]; Reitz grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 11TH: Crawford singled to center; Cruz flied out to
center; Kessinger walked [Crawford to second]; RICHARD RAN FOR
KESSINGER; BROCK BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Brock struck out; Tyson
forced Richard (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 2, Cardinals 0.