Following the lead of Lynn McGlothen, who pitched the Cardinals to a 3-0 victory in the previous night's game, John Denny shut out the Expos again, 9-0. The Cardinals clinched the outcome in the first inning, scoring four runs, with two crossing the plate on a triple by Ted Simmons. [The Sporting News]
St. Louis Cardinals 9, Montreal Expos 0

Game Played on Saturday, July 3, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1
Cardinals    4  0  1    0  0  0    4  0  x  -   9 14  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mangual cf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Mumphrey cf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .267
Foli ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .268      Kessinger ss          4   1   2   1     0   0   .246
  Morales c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .325      Brock lf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .277
Mackanin 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Harris ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Lyttle rf             4   0   1   0     0   3   .306      Simmons 1b            4   2   2   2     0   0   .276
Jorgensen lf          4   0   2   0     0   1   .237        Hernandez 1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Foote c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .222      Crawford rf           4   2   3   2     1   0   .341
  Frias pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .219      Ferguson c            3   1   1   0     2   1   .219
Thornton 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .199      Cruz 3b               5   1   0   1     0   2   .200
Parrish 3b            1   0   0   0     3   0   .213      Tyson 2b              3   0   1   1     1   1   .271
Rogers p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Denny p               4   0   1   1     0   3   .172
  Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Warthen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  White ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .236
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Dunning p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rivera ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .259

Totals               33   0   7   0     4   6             Totals               38   9  14   9     4   8

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 12,659
Left on Base: Expos 10, Cardinals 10
DP: Expos 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Parrish, Brock
Doubles: Thornton (9), Foli (16), Brock (10)
Triples: Simmons (1), Crawford (4)
Stolen Bases: Mangual (14)
Caught Stealing: Brock (9)
GIDP: Foote (2), White (4)
Hit by Pitch: Kessinger (1,by Scherman)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rogers L(2-6)           3     8   5   5   2   5   0  19   4.07
Warthen                 3     1   0   0   1   1   0  10   5.69
Scherman                0.2   4   4   3   1   1   0   9   5.21
Dunning                 1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.54
Totals                  8    14   9   8   4   8   0  43

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(4-4)            9     7   0   0   4   6   0  37   3.40
Totals                  9     7   0   0   4   6   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Scherman (3)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Jerry Dale


EXPOS 1ST: Mangual singled to center; Mangual stole second; Foli
flied out to left; Mackanin flied out to center; Lyttle struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey singled to shortstop; Kessinger singled
to right [Mumphrey to third]; Brock singled to left [Mumphrey
scored, Kessinger to second]; Simmons tripled to right
[Kessinger scored, Brock scored]; Crawford singled to center
[Simmons scored]; Ferguson struck out; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Tyson struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 2ND: Jorgensen flied out to center; Foote reached on an
error by Brock [Foote to second]; Thornton grounded out (third
to first); Parrish walked; Rogers grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 2ND: Denny struck out; Mumphrey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kessinger singled to left; Brock struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 4.

EXPOS 3RD: Mangual struck out; Foli singled to left; Mackanin
flied out to right; Lyttle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 3RD: Simmons grounded out (pitcher unassisted);
Crawford walked; Ferguson singled to left [Crawford to second];
Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Crawford to third, Ferguson
to second]; Tyson was walked intentionally; Denny singled to
left [Crawford scored, Ferguson to third, Tyson to second];
Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 4TH: Jorgensen singled to center; Foote grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Jorgensen out at
second]; Thornton doubled to left; Parrish walked; DWYER BATTED
FOR ROGERS; Dwyer grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: WARTHEN REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); Kessinger
popped to shortstop; Brock doubled to left; Brock was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); Simmons popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 5TH: Mangual flied out to center; Foli doubled to left;
Mackanin flied out to right; Lyttle was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 5TH: Crawford grounded out (first to pitcher);
Ferguson walked; Cruz flied out to center; Tyson forced Ferguson
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 6TH: Jorgensen struck out; Foote grounded out (pitcher to
first); Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Denny struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher
to first); Kessinger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

EXPOS 7TH: Parrish walked; WHITE BATTED FOR WARTHEN; White
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Parrish out at second]; Mangual flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING); Brock
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Simmons singled to
center; Crawford tripled to right [Simmons scored]; Ferguson was
walked intentionally; Cruz reached on an error by Parrish
[Crawford scored, Ferguson to second]; Tyson singled to right
[Ferguson scored, Cruz to second]; Denny struck out; Mumphrey
singled to shortstop [Cruz to third, Tyson to second]; Kessinger
was hit by a pitch [Cruz scored (unearned), Tyson to third,
Mumphrey to second]; DUNNING REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING);
HARRIS BATTED FOR BROCK; Harris flied out to left; 4 R (3 ER), 4
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals 9.

EXPOS 8TH: HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HERNANDEZ
REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING 1B); Foli grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mackanin flied out to right; Lyttle singled to center;
Jorgensen singled to right [Lyttle to third]; Foote walked
[Jorgensen to second]; FRIAS RAN FOR FOOTE; Thornton grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals
9.

CARDINALS 8TH: MORALES REPLACED FOLI (PLAYING C ); FRIAS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Hernandez flied out to left; Crawford
singled to first; Ferguson grounded out (third to first)
[Crawford to second]; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Cardinals 9.

EXPOS 9TH: Parrish flied out to left; RIVERA BATTED FOR DUNNING;
Rivera was called out on strikes; Mangual grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cardinals
9.
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