Wiping out a four-run deficit, the Dodgers exploded for seven runs in the seventh inning, featuring a homer by Reggie Smith with two men on base, to salvage the finale of a three-game series with the Cardinals, 9-6. Smith, formerly with the Cards, homered in each game of the series. Keith Hernandez, Willie Crawford and Bake McBride hit homers to give the Cards a 5-0 lead before the Dodgers awoke with a run.

Then three straight pinch-singles by Ted Sizemore, Ed Goodson and Lee Lacy loaded the bases in the seventh. Bill Buckner followed with a two-run double, Steve Garvey hit a sacrifice fly and Ron Cey walked to set the stage for Smith's decisive homer. Sizemore, batting for the second time in the stanza, later hit another single for the Dodgers' final tally. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6
Game Played on Sunday, July      11, 1976 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  1    7  0  1  -   9 11  0
Cardinals    0  0  1    1  3  0    1  0  0  -   6 11  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Mumphrey cf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .296
  Lacy ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Kessinger ss          4   1   0   0     1   0   .246
  Yeager c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Brock lf              3   0   1   1     0   1   .282
Buckner lf            5   1   1   2     0   0   .296        McGlothen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .135
Garvey 1b             3   1   0   1     1   0   .300        Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cey 3b                2   2   1   0     3   0   .319        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .156
Smith rf              5   1   3   3     0   0   .227        Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Russell ss            4   1   2   1     0   0   .309        McBride ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .345
Baker cf              4   0   0   1     0   1   .253        Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Rodriguez c           2   0   0   0     0   1   .273        Fairly ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .274
  Sizemore ph,2b      3   1   2   1     0   1   .278      Simmons c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Hooton p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .147      Crawford rf           4   1   3   3     0   0   .345
  Cruz ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .186      Hernandez 1b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .190
  Rau p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Cruz 3b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .193
  Goodson ph          2   1   1   0     0   0   .197        Harris ph,3b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .249
  Sutton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .053      Tyson 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .293
                                                          Rasmussen p           2   0   1   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Anderson lf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .304

Totals               35   9  11   9     5   4             Totals               37   6  11   6     2   6

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 23,065
Left on Base: Dodgers 8, Cardinals 6
DP: Dodgers 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Wallace
Doubles: Cey (13), Buckner (18), Crawford (11)
Home Runs: Smith (11), Hernandez (1), Crawford (6), McBride (3)
Stolen Bases: Mumphrey 2 (7), Brock (26), Tyson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Russell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (3), Baker (3)
GIDP: Baker (13), Hernandez (5)
Hit by Pitch: Lopes (2,by Rasmussen)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton                  4     6   2   2   1   2   1  19   4.05
Rau                     2     3   3   3   1   2   1  10   3.18
Sutton W(9-8)           3     2   1   1   0   2   1  10   4.74
Totals                  9    11   6   6   2   6   3  39

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen               5     2   0   0   2   3   0  20   4.30
McGlothen               1     4   3   3   1   0   0   7   3.85
Greif                   0     2   2   2   0   0   0   2   5.72
Forsch L(3-4)           0.1   2   3   3   1   0   1   4   3.92
Solomon                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.60
Wallace                 2     0   1   0   1   1   0   8   2.34
Totals                  9    11   9   8   5   4   1  44

Hit by Pitch: Rasmussen (1)
Balks: Solomon (2)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dick Stello


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner
flied out to center; Garvey grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey singled to center; Mumphrey stole
second; Kessinger popped to third in foul territory; Brock
struck out (catcher to first); Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Cey doubled to left; Smith grounded out (shortstop
to first); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cey to
third]; Baker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Crawford doubled to right; Hernandez popped to
catcher in foul territory; Cruz grounded out (second to first)
[Crawford to third]; Tyson was walked intentionally; Rasmussen
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hooton struck out; Lopes was hit by a pitch; Buckner lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: On a bunt Mumphrey singled to second; Mumphrey
stole second; Kessinger flied out to right [Mumphrey to third];
Brock singled to center [Mumphrey scored]; Brock stole second;
Simmons flied out to center; Crawford grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to left; Cey walked; Smith singled
to first [Cey to second]; Russell forced Smith (shortstop to
second) [Cey to third]; Baker forced Russell (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez homered; Cruz grounded out (shortstop
to first); Tyson flied out to center; Rasmussen singled to left;
Mumphrey flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Cardinals 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Rodriguez struck out; CRUZ BATTED FOR HOOTON; Cruz
walked; Lopes popped to third; Buckner flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: RAU REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Kessinger walked;
Brock popped to second; Simmons singled to left [Kessinger to
second]; Crawford homered [Kessinger scored, Simmons scored];
Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Cruz struck out; 3 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Cardinals 5.

DODGERS 6TH: ANDERSON REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PLAYING LF); MCGLOTHEN
REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); Garvey walked; Cey popped to second
in foul territory; Smith singled to right [Garvey to second];
Russell singled to left [Garvey scored, Smith to second]; Baker
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Russell out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Tyson singled to left; Tyson stole second;
Anderson struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first);
Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 1, Cardinals 5.

DODGERS 7TH: SIZEMORE BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Sizemore singled to
right; GOODSON BATTED FOR RAU; Goodson singled to left [Sizemore
to second]; GREIF REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); LACY BATTED FOR
LOPES; Lacy singled to left [Sizemore to third, Goodson to
second]; Buckner doubled to right [Sizemore scored, Goodson
scored, Lacy to third]; FORSCH REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); Garvey
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lacy scored, Buckner to third];
Cey walked; Smith homered [Buckner scored, Cey scored]; Russell
singled to shortstop; SOLOMON REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING);
Solomon balked [Russell to second]; Baker grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Russell to third]; Sizemore singled to left [Russell
scored]; Goodson flied out to center; 7 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 8, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: YEAGER REPLACED LACY (PLAYING C ); SIZEMORE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SUTTON REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING);
MCBRIDE BATTED FOR SOLOMON; McBride homered; Simmons grounded
out (second to first); Crawford singled to left; Hernandez
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Crawford out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8,
Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 8TH: WALLACE REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Yeager
grounded out (third to first); Buckner grounded out (second to
first); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 8, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: HARRIS BATTED FOR CRUZ; Harris struck out; Tyson
grounded out (third to first); Anderson flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Cardinals 6.

DODGERS 9TH: HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Cey walked;
Smith flied out to center; Russell reached on an error by
Wallace on a sacrifice bunt [Cey to third]; Baker hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cey scored (unearned), Russell to
second]; Sizemore struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 9, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 9TH: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first);
Kessinger flied out to left; FAIRLY BATTED FOR WALLACE; Fairly
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Cardinals 6.