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Friday May 21, 1976
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Garry Maddox hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Steve Carlton pitched an eight-hitter as the Phillies defeated the Cardinals, 2-1, for their sixth straight victory. Maddox followed a walk to Ollie Brown with his homer to help Carlton notch his fourth straight triumph. The Cardinals scored in the ninth on singles by Reggie Smith and Mike Anderson and a double by Hector Cruz. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Game Played on Friday, May 21, 1976 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  8  1
Phillies     0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  6  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .263      Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Tyson 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .309
Harris cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .304
Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .301      Luzinski lf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .304
Smith 1b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .168        Martin lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Anderson rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .320      Brown rf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .366
Cruz 3b               4   0   1   1     0   1   .174      Maddox cf             2   1   1   2     1   0   .330
Kessinger ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Allen 1b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .262
Falcone p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      McCarver c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .350
  Mumphrey ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .125      Carlton p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .059
  Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rudolph ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .222

Totals               35   1   8   1     1   7             Totals               28   2   6   2     4   4

Time of Game: 1:42   Attendance: 32,074
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Phillies 6
DP: Cardinals 2, Phillies 1
Errors: Smith, Schmidt
Doubles: Simmons (9), Harris (8), Cruz (4), Cash (4)
Home Runs: Maddox (2)
Stolen Bases: Allen (3)
GIDP: Kessinger (7), Schmidt (3), Allen (5)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(2-3)          7     6   2   2   4   4   1  29   3.38
Greif                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   7.71
Totals                  8     6   2   2   4   4   1  32

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton W(4-1)          9     8   1   1   1   7   0  36   4.08
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   7   0  36

Wild Pitches: Falcone (4)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Doug Harvey


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Tyson singled to right; Harris
popped to second; Simmons grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to right; Bowa grounded out
(shortstop to first); Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Smith struck out; Anderson flied out to right;
Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski was called out on strikes; Brown walked;
Maddox homered [Brown scored]; Allen singled to third; McCarver
reached on an error by Smith [Allen to second]; Carlton struck
out; Cash forced McCarver (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Kessinger popped to first in foul territory;
Falcone struck out; Brock walked; Tyson flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa singled to left; Schmidt grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Bowa out at second];
Luzinski walked; Brown flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Harris struck out; Simmons doubled to left; Smith
was called out on strikes; Anderson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox flied out to center; Allen singled to left;
Allen stole second; McCarver singled to right [Allen out at home
(right to catcher)]; Falcone threw a wild pitch [McCarver to
second]; Carlton flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Falcone grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa flied out
to right; Schmidt walked; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Tyson
grounded out (second to first); Harris doubled to left; Simmons
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddox
walked; Allen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Smith reached on an error by Schmidt; Anderson
singled to left [Smith to second]; Cruz struck out; Kessinger
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Anderson
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: McCarver made an out to third; Carlton grounded
out (third to first); Cash doubled to left; Bowa flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: MUMPHREY BATTED FOR FALCONE; Mumphrey singled to
right; Brock was called out on strikes; Tyson flied out to
right; Harris flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: GREIF REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); Schmidt flied
out to center; Luzinski flied out to right; Brown flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Phillies 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Simmons
grounded out (second to first); Smith singled to left; Anderson
singled to center [Smith to second]; Cruz doubled to center
[Smith scored, Anderson to third]; Kessinger grounded out
(pitcher to first); RUDOLPH BATTED FOR GREIF; Rudolph flied out
to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Phillies 2.



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