John Denny became the only Cardinal pitcher over .500 when the righthander brought his record to 5-4 by defeating the Padres, 7-1. The loss was the Padres' seventh in a row, while Dave Freisleben was tagged with his fifth straight setback. Keith Hernandez, who has been used infrequently by the Cards, led their attack with a double and two singles, driving in three runs. [The Sporting News]

St. Louis Cardinals 7, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Saturday, July 17, 1976 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium

Cardinals 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 7 13 0 Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 2 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McBride cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Turner lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .228 Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .243 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Brock lf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .282 W. Davis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Simmons c 3 2 1 0 2 0 .280 Winfield rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287 Crawford rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .342 Grubb 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .290 Hernandez 1b 5 1 3 3 0 0 .207 Kubiak 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Tyson 2b 4 1 4 1 0 0 .302 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Cruz 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .190 Kendall c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Denny p 4 0 2 1 0 0 .222 Freisleben p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rader ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Folkers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 7 13 7 4 1 Totals 30 1 4 1 2 3 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 30,429 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Padres 5 DP: Cardinals 1, Padres 1 Errors: Fuentes, Kubiak Doubles: Crawford (12), Hernandez (5), Grubb (8) Caught Stealing: Brock (12) Sacrifice Hits: Kessinger (7) GIDP: Cruz (4), Kubiak (7) Hit by Pitch: Grubb (3,by Denny) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Denny W(5-4) 9 4 1 1 2 3 0 33 3.10 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 3 0 33 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Freisleben L(6-6) 3.2 7 4 4 0 0 0 18 2.90 Reynolds 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.50 Folkers 1.1 4 1 1 1 0 0 9 5.09 Tomlin 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.79 Johnson 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 5 10.80 Totals 9 13 7 7 4 1 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Denny (5) Balks: Freisleben (3), Folkers (2) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Paul Runge CARDINALS 1ST: McBride grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Turner walked; Fuentes forced Turner (second unassisted); W. Davis flied out to center; Winfield forced Fuentes (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Padres 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons singled to right; Crawford doubled to left [Simmons to third]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first) [Simmons scored, Crawford to third]; Tyson singled to right [Crawford scored]; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Tyson to second]; Denny singled to right [Tyson scored]; McBride flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Kubiak popped to first; Torres grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (second to first); Brock grounded out (second to first); Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); Freisleben flied out to left; Turner walked; Fuentes lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Padres 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Crawford grounded out (second to first); Hernandez singled to center; Freisleben balked [Hernandez to second]; Tyson singled to right [Hernandez to third]; Cruz forced Tyson (third to second) [Hernandez scored]; Denny singled to left [Cruz to second]; REYNOLDS REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); McBride popped to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: W. Davis flied out to center; Winfield struck out; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Padres 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Kessinger popped to second; Brock walked; Brock was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Padres 0. PADRES 5TH: Kubiak grounded out (pitcher to first); Torres lined to right; Kendall singled to left; RADER BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Padres 0. CARDINALS 6TH: FOLKERS REPLACED RADER (PITCHING); Crawford flied out to center; Hernandez singled to pitcher; Tyson singled to center [Hernandez to second]; Cruz flied out to left; Denny popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Padres 0. PADRES 6TH: Turner flied out to left; Fuentes singled to center; W. Davis flied out to center; Winfield forced Fuentes (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Padres 0. CARDINALS 7TH: McBride singled to second [McBride to second (error by Fuentes)]; Kessinger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [McBride to third]; Brock singled to right [McBride scored]; Folkers balked [Brock to second]; Simmons was walked intentionally; TOMLIN REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING); Crawford forced Simmons (first to shortstop) [Brock to third]; Hernandez forced Crawford (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Padres 0. PADRES 7TH: Grubb was hit by a pitch; Kubiak grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grubb out at second]; Torres popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Padres 0. CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson singled to pitcher; Cruz grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Tyson out at second]; Denny reached on an error by Kubiak; McBride grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Padres 0. PADRES 8TH: Kendall flied out to right; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Rettenmund struck out; Turner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Padres 0. CARDINALS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Kessinger walked; Brock struck out; Simmons walked [Kessinger to second]; Crawford popped to shortstop; Hernandez doubled to right [Kessinger scored, Simmons scored, Hernandez out at third (right to catcher to third)]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 0. PADRES 9TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); W. Davis flied out to right; Winfield singled to left; Grubb doubled to left [Winfield scored]; Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Padres 1.

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