Thursday June 3, 1976
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The Phillies' string of 13 straight victories in road games was halted by the Cardinals, 7-1. Bob Forsch, starting for the 11th time, achieved his first victory of the season, scattering seven hits. Larry Christenson, who had won five games in a row, absorbed the loss. The Phils committed four errors as compared with their previous total of only 26 for the first 43 games of the year. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 7, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Game Played on Thursday, June 3, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 4 Cardinals 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 x - 7 12 1 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .294 Brock lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Bowa ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Kessinger ss 5 1 3 1 0 1 .244 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .296 McBride cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .365 Harmon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 2 0 .279 Luzinski lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .288 Crawford rf 4 2 1 1 0 0 .344 Johnstone rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .324 Fairly 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .322 Maddox cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .301 Cruz 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .200 Martin pr,cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Tyson 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .225 Allen 1b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .317 Forsch p 3 1 1 1 0 1 .176 Boone c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .331 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Hutton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Christenson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .158 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oates ph,c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Totals 33 1 7 1 5 8 Totals 35 7 12 7 4 4 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 15,832 Left on Base: Phillies 10, Cardinals 9 DP: Phillies 1, Cardinals 2 Errors: Cash, Luzinski, Johnstone, Christenson, Kessinger Doubles: Johnstone (12), Kessinger 2 (9) Triples: Tyson (3) Stolen Bases: Bowa (8) Sacrifice Hits: Forsch (2) GIDP: Boone (3), Bowa (3), Brock (7) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Christenson L(6-2) 2.2 6 5 3 1 0 0 15 2.84 Schueler 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8.10 Twitchell 3 5 2 1 1 3 0 16 3.12 Garber 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 3.45 Reed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.18 Totals 8 12 7 4 4 4 0 40 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(1-1) 8 7 1 0 5 8 0 35 3.75 Greif 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.28 Totals 9 7 1 0 5 8 0 38 Passed Balls: Simmons (3) Wild Pitches: Twitchell 2 (2), Garber (1) Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Art Williams PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to center; Bowa forced Cash (second to shortstop); Bowa stole second; Schmidt flied out to right; Luzinski walked; Johnstone forced Luzinski (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock advanced to third (error by Christenson); Kessinger doubled to left [Brock scored (unearned)]; McBride lined to third; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted) [Kessinger to third]; Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 1. PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox flied out to right; Allen walked; Boone grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Allen out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz singled to left; Tyson tripled to center [Cruz scored]; Forsch out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Tyson scored]; Brock flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 3. PHILLIES 3RD: Christenson struck out; Cash walked; Bowa walked [Cash to second]; Schmidt struck out; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 3. CARDINALS 3RD: Kessinger doubled to right; McBride grounded out (first unassisted) [Kessinger to third]; Simmons walked; Crawford forced Simmons (second unassisted) [Kessinger scored, Crawford to third (error by Cash)]; Fairly singled to right [Crawford scored (unearned), Fairly to third (error by Johnstone)]; SCHUELER REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Cruz struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 5. PHILLIES 4TH: Johnstone doubled to right; Simmons allowed a passed ball [Johnstone to third]; Maddox struck out; Allen flied out to right; Boone walked; TOLAN BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 5. CARDINALS 4TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED TOLAN (PITCHING); Tyson lined to shortstop; Forsch singled to center; Brock reached on an error by Luzinski [Forsch to second]; Kessinger struck out; McBride singled to center [Forsch scored (unearned), Brock to second]; Simmons lined to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 6. PHILLIES 5TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 6. CARDINALS 5TH: Crawford singled to right; Twitchell threw a wild pitch [Crawford to second]; Fairly flied out to right; Cruz flied out to right; Tyson singled to center [Crawford scored]; Forsch struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 7. PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski struck out; Johnstone popped to third in foul territory; Maddox singled to shortstop; MARTIN RAN FOR MADDOX; Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 6TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Brock flied out to left; Kessinger singled to left; McBride struck out; Simmons walked [Kessinger to second]; Twitchell threw a wild pitch [Kessinger to third, Simmons to second]; Crawford popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 7. PHILLIES 7TH: Boone singled to shortstop; OATES BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Oates singled to left [Boone to second]; Cash flied out to center [Boone to third]; Bowa grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Oates out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 7TH: OATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GARBER REPLACED BOONE (PITCHING); Fairly walked; Cruz walked [Fairly to second]; Garber threw a wild pitch [Fairly to third, Cruz to second]; Tyson singled to pitcher [Fairly stayed at third, Cruz stayed at second]; Forsch forced Fairly (third to catcher) [Cruz to third, Tyson to second]; Brock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Forsch out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 7. PHILLIES 8TH: Schmidt was called out on strikes; Luzinski reached on an error by Kessinger; Johnstone struck out; Martin singled to left [Luzinski to second]; Allen singled to third [Luzinski scored (unearned), Martin to second]; HUTTON BATTED FOR GARBER; Hutton lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 1, Cardinals 7. CARDINALS 8TH: REED REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); HARMON REPLACED SCHMIDT (PLAYING 3B); Kessinger flied out to right; McBride flied out to left; Simmons made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Cardinals 7. PHILLIES 9TH: GREIF REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Oates grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash popped to third in foul territory; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 1, Cardinals 7.

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