An infield hit by Mike Tyson, together with singles by Bake McBride and Don Kessinger, produced a run in the fifth inning and provided the Cardinals with a 1-0 victory over the Padres. The shutout marked the third straight time that the Padres had failed to score while loser Brent Strom was on the mound. The Padres, who were held to four hits by John Curtis, threatened with one out in the ninth when Willie Davis singled and Dave Winfield walked, but Bill Greif put down the threat. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 1, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      19, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   1 10  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      McBride cf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .353
Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .291      Kessinger ss          4   0   2   1     0   0   .245
W. Davis cf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .281      Brock lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Winfield rf           2   0   1   0     2   0   .276      Simmons 1b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .267
Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .274        Mumphrey pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Ivie 1b               2   0   0   0     1   0   .262        Hernandez 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Rettenmund lf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Ferguson c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .221
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Anderson rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Kendall c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Cruz 3b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .195
  Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Tyson 2b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .295
  B. Davis c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .152      Curtis p              1   0   1   0     1   0   .200
Strom p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Melendez lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               28   0   4   0     3   1             Totals               28   1  10   1     3   2

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 18,448
Left on Base: Padres 5, Cardinals 7
DP: Padres 4, Cardinals 0
Doubles: W. Davis (9), Fuentes (9), Tyson (7)
Caught Stealing: Ivie (2), Winfield (4), Brock (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Rader (1), Curtis (2)
GIDP: Anderson (2), Brock (8), Kessinger (8), Ferguson (5)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(6-6)            6.1   9   1   1   3   2   0  28   3.42
Metzger                 1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.20
Totals                  8    10   1   1   3   2   0  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(5-6)           8.1   4   0   0   3   1   0  31   3.72
Greif SV(2)             0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.25
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   1   0  32

Wild Pitches: Strom (6)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Dutch Rennert


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez flied out to center; Fuentes flied out to
left; W. Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: McBride struck out; Kessinger singled to center;
Brock grounded out (catcher to first) [Kessinger to second];
Simmons walked; Ferguson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Rader flied
out to center; Ivie grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Anderson flied out to left; Cruz struck out;
Tyson doubled to left; Curtis walked; McBride grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 3RD: Rettenmund flied out to left; Kendall flied out to
right; Strom grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Brock
singled to left; Brock was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); Simmons grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 4TH: Hernandez flied out to left; Fuentes popped to
second; W. Davis doubled to left; Winfield walked; Rader popped
to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Ferguson walked; Anderson grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Ferguson out at second]; Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 5TH: Ivie walked; Ivie was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Rettenmund flied out to left; Kendall
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson singled to shortstop; Curtis out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Tyson to second]; McBride
singled to right [Tyson to third]; Kessinger singled to right
[Tyson scored, McBride to second]; Brock grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Kessinger out at second]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 6TH: Strom grounded out (third to first); Hernandez lined
to left; Fuentes doubled to left; W. Davis grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons singled to center; Strom threw a wild
pitch [Simmons to second]; Ferguson flied out to left; Anderson
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Simmons to third]; Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield singled to left; Rader out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Winfield to second]; Ivie flied out to
center; Rettenmund popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson flied out to right; Curtis singled to left;
McBride singled to right [Curtis to second]; METZGER REPLACED
RETTENMUND (PITCHING); MELENDEZ REPLACED STROM (PLAYING LF);
Kessinger grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [McBride out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 1.

PADRES 8TH: KUBIAK BATTED FOR KENDALL; Kubiak grounded out
(pitcher to first); Melendez lined to second; Hernandez grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: B. DAVIS REPLACED KUBIAK (PLAYING C ); Brock
flied out to left; Simmons singled to left; MUMPHREY RAN FOR
SIMMONS; Ferguson grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Mumphrey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 1.

PADRES 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED MUMPHREY (PLAYING 1B); Fuentes
grounded out (shortstop to first); W. Davis singled to center;
Winfield walked [W. Davis to second]; GREIF REPLACED CURTIS
(PITCHING); Winfield was caught stealing second (catcher to
second to first) [W. Davis to third]; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals
1.