Hector Cruz knocked in four runs with a homer and single to lead the Cardinals' 13-hit attack in a 12-3 victory over the Cubs. The game attracted 32,942, the Cardinals' second largest crowd of the season. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 12, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      24, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Cubs         1  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  3
Cardinals    0  2  3    4  0  0    0  3  x  -  12 13  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wallis cf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .235      Brock lf              4   2   3   0     1   0   .285
Cardenal lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .302        Mumphrey lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .288
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McBride cf            5   1   1   1     0   1   .328
  Tyrone ph,1b        1   0   1   0     1   0   .182      Crawford rf           4   3   2   2     1   0   .330
Madlock 3b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .310      Simmons c             3   1   1   1     2   0   .281
Morales rf            4   0   1   2     1   0   .256      Hernandez 1b          3   3   2   1     2   0   .231
Biittner 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Kessinger ss          3   0   0   1     1   0   .233
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Cruz 3b               3   2   2   4     2   1   .200
Trillo 2b             3   0   2   0     1   0   .250      Richard 2b            5   0   2   2     0   0   .133
Swisher c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .253      Forsch p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .128
  Mitterwald c        1   0   0   0     0   1   .234        Greif p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kelleher ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .248
Bonham p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .147
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  LaCock ph,lf        3   0   1   0     0   0   .190

Totals               33   3  10   3     5   3             Totals               35  12  13  12     9   3

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 32,960
Left on Base: Cubs 10, Cardinals 9
DP: Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
Errors: Wallis, Biittner, Kelleher
Doubles: McBride (10), Hernandez (8), Brock (14)
Triples: Simmons (2), Richard (2)
Home Runs: Cruz (8)
Stolen Bases: Madlock (10), Brock 3 (29)
Caught Stealing: Morales (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Kessinger (4)
GIDP: Kelleher (6), Morales (12), McBride (2)
Hit by Pitch: Madlock 2 (8,by Forsch 2)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(6-9)           3.1   6   7   7   3   2   1  20   5.16
Zamora                  0     3   2   2   0   0   0   3   4.65
P. Reuschel             0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.92
Garman                  2     2   0   0   3   0   0  10   5.25
Coleman                 2     2   3   3   3   0   0  10   5.03
Totals                  8    13  12  12   9   3   1  45

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(5-5)           6.1   7   3   3   3   2   0  28   3.87
Greif                   2.2   3   0   0   2   1   0  12   4.77
Totals                  9    10   3   3   5   3   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Forsch 2 (3)

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


CUBS 1ST: Wallis flied out to center; Cardenal struck out;
Madlock was hit by a pitch; Madlock stole second; Morales
singled to right [Madlock scored]; Morales was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); McBride
reached on an error by Biittner; Crawford reached on an error by
Kelleher [McBride to third]; Simmons lined into a double play
(pitcher to first) [Crawford out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CUBS 2ND: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Trillo
singled to center; Swisher struck out; Kelleher grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez walked; Kessinger flied out to left;
Cruz homered [Hernandez scored]; Richard grounded out (second to
first); Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 2.

CUBS 3RD: Bonham singled to pitcher; Bonham was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Wallis popped to shortstop; Cardenal
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second; Brock
stole third; McBride struck out; Crawford singled to center
[Brock scored]; Simmons popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Hernandez singled to second [Crawford to third]; Kessinger
walked [Hernandez to second]; Cruz singled to center [Crawford
scored, Hernandez scored, Kessinger to third, Cruz to second
(error by Wallis)]; Richard grounded out (shortstop to first); 3
R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock was hit by a pitch; Cardinals Manager Red
Schoendienst ejected by HP umpire Jerry Dale; Bob Forsch warned
by HP umpire Jerry Dale; Morales walked [Madlock to second];
Biittner flied out to center [Madlock to third]; Trillo flied
out to center; Swisher grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 5.

CARDINALS 4TH: Forsch was called out on strikes; Brock walked;
Brock stole second; McBride doubled to right [Brock scored];
ZAMORA REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING); Crawford singled to right
[McBride scored]; Simmons tripled to right [Crawford scored];
Hernandez doubled to left [Simmons scored]; P. REUSCHEL REPLACED
ZAMORA (PITCHING); Kessinger reached on a fielder's choice
[Hernandez out at third (shortstop to third)]; Cruz struck out;
4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Cardinals 9.

CUBS 5TH: Kelleher singled to left; LACOCK BATTED FOR P.
REUSCHEL; LaCock singled to right [Kelleher to third]; Wallis
singled to center [Kelleher scored, LaCock to second]; Cardenal
flied out to center; Madlock forced Wallis (shortstop to second)
[LaCock to third]; Morales flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 5TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GARMAN
REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Richard singled to center; Forsch
forced Richard (pitcher to shortstop); Brock doubled to right
[Forsch to third]; McBride reached on a fielder's choice [Forsch
out at home (pitcher to second to catcher), Brock to third,
McBride to second]; Crawford grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 9.

CUBS 6TH: Biittner flied out to left; Trillo walked; Swisher
singled to left [Trillo to second]; Kelleher grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Swisher out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 6TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED SWISHER (PLAYING C ); Simmons
walked; Hernandez walked [Simmons to second]; Kessinger grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Simmons to third, Hernandez to
second]; Cruz was walked intentionally; Richard lined into a
double play (second to first) [Cruz out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Cardinals 9.

CUBS 7TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Wallis walked;
TYRONE BATTED FOR GARMAN; GREIF REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING);
Tyrone singled to left [Wallis to second]; Madlock singled to
shortstop [Wallis to third, Tyrone to second]; Morales forced
Madlock (shortstop to second) [Wallis scored, Tyrone to third];
Biittner forced Morales (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 7TH: TYRONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); COLEMAN
REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Greif grounded out (shortstop to
first); Brock singled to left; McBride grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Brock out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals 9.

CUBS 8TH: MUMPHREY REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Trillo singled
to shortstop; Mitterwald struck out; Kelleher walked [Trillo to
second]; LaCock flied out to right [Trillo to third, Kelleher to
second]; Wallis popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Cardinals 9.

CARDINALS 8TH: Crawford walked; Simmons walked [Crawford to
second]; Hernandez forced Simmons (pitcher to shortstop)
[Crawford to third]; Kessinger hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Crawford scored, Hernandez to second]; Cruz walked; Richard
tripled to left [Hernandez scored, Cruz scored]; Greif grounded
out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Cardinals
12.

CUBS 9TH: Tyrone walked; Madlock forced Tyrone (shortstop to
second); Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Madlock out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 12.