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.