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On the brink of another defeat, the Cardinals rallied for two runs in the ninth inning and edged the Braves, 4-3. Willie Crawford walked and Hector Cruz sacrificed. Willie Montanez booted a grounder by Mike Tyson, putting runners on first and third. Vic Harris singled, scoring Lou Brock, who ran for Crawford. After a walk to Don Kessinger loaded the bases, Bake McBride singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News] St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 3Game Played on Wednesday, June 16, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 4 7 2 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Office cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .296 Mumphrey lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .275 Lacy 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .247 Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0 2 0 .236 May lf,rf 3 0 2 1 2 0 .183 McBride cf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .358 Montanez 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .310 Simmons 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .258 Henderson rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .275 Ferguson c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .223 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .121 Anderson rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .296 Williams c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .211 Crawford ph,rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .320 Chaney ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Brock pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .275 Royster 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .228 Cruz 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .196 Moret p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .063 Tyson 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Denny p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Paciorek ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .288 Richard ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .061 Beard p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wynn lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Harris ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .265 Totals 35 3 10 3 4 8 Totals 28 4 7 4 8 2 Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 10,607 Left on Base: Braves 11, Cardinals 9 DP: Braves 3, Cardinals 1 Errors: Montanez, Kessinger, Cruz Triples: Lacy (2), Mumphrey (1) Stolen Bases: McBride (6) Sacrifice Hits: Moret (2), Office (1), Richard (2), Cruz (1) Sacrifice Flies: Ferguson (1) GIDP: Montanez (11), McBride (1), Cruz (2) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moret 5 4 2 2 5 2 0 22 4.84 Sosa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.23 Beard L(0-1) 2.1 2 2 1 2 0 0 11 1.59 Niekro 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.66 Totals 8.2 7 4 3 8 2 0 39 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny 7 7 3 2 3 4 0 31 3.96 Hrabosky W(4-5) 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 10 3.47 Totals 9 10 3 2 4 8 0 41 Passed Balls: Ferguson (3) Wild Pitches: Denny (4) Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Nick Colosi BRAVES 1ST: Office flied out to right; Lacy tripled to right; May walked; Montanez reached on a fielder's choice [Lacy scored (unearned), May to third, Montanez to second (error by Cruz)]; Henderson was walked intentionally; Williams struck out; Kessinger dropped a foul fly hit by Chaney for an error; Chaney flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey walked; Kessinger flied out to right; McBride grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Mumphrey out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 2ND: Royster singled to right; Moret out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Royster to second]; Denny threw a wild pitch [Royster to third]; Office grounded out (shortstop to first) [Royster scored]; Lacy singled to left; May flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson singled to center; Anderson walked [Ferguson to second]; Cruz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 3RD: Montanez singled to left; Henderson flied out to left; Williams popped to first in foul territory; Chaney forced Montanez (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson popped to catcher in foul territory; Denny flied out to left; Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 4TH: Royster grounded out (third to first); Moret struck out; Office singled to first; Lacy popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); McBride grounded out (second to first); Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 5TH: May walked; Montanez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May out at second]; Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to first); Anderson flied out to center; Cruz walked; Tyson singled to pitcher [Cruz to second]; Denny struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 6TH: Williams struck out; Chaney was called out on strikes; Royster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey tripled to right; Kessinger walked; McBride singled to left [Mumphrey scored, Kessinger to third]; McBride stole second; Simmons was walked intentionally; SOSA REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Kessinger scored, McBride to third]; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Crawford popped to third in foul territory; Cruz lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 2. BRAVES 7TH: CRAWFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PACIOREK BATTED FOR SOSA; Paciorek singled to left; Office out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Paciorek to second]; Lacy flied out to center [Paciorek to third]; May singled to center [Paciorek scored]; Ferguson allowed a passed ball [May to second]; Montanez flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: BEARD REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Tyson singled to shortstop; RICHARD BATTED FOR DENNY; Richard out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; Mumphrey walked; Kessinger hit into a double play (center to second) [Tyson out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 2. BRAVES 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Henderson struck out; Williams walked; Chaney singled to right [Williams to second]; Royster forced Chaney (second to shortstop) [Williams to third]; Beard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 8TH: McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons grounded out (second to first); Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 2. BRAVES 9TH: Office was called out on strikes; Lacy popped to second in foul territory; May singled to left; Montanez singled to center [May to second]; Henderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 9TH: Crawford walked; BROCK RAN FOR CRAWFORD; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Brock to second]; Tyson reached on an error by Montanez [Brock to third]; HARRIS BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; Harris singled to center [Brock scored, Tyson to second]; NIEKRO REPLACED HENDERSON (PITCHING); MAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); WYNN REPLACED BEARD (PLAYING LF); Mumphrey flied out to left; Kessinger walked [Tyson to third, Harris to second]; McBride singled to left [Tyson scored (unearned), Harris to third, Kessinger to second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 4. |
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