Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray combined to pitch Expos to a 3-0 victory over the Cardinals in the rain-delayed opener of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader. The second game was postponed. Eric Rasmussen was the Cardinals' hard-luck loser. Montreal Expos 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0Game Played on Wednesday, July 28, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIExpos 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 10 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 10 2 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Valentine cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .260 Mumphrey lf,rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .278 Garrett 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .220 Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Parrish 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .214 Solomon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Unser rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .226 Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0 2 0 .238 Foli ss 5 0 3 1 0 0 .266 Anderson rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .305 Jorgensen 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .252 Brock ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 White lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .237 Simmons 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .285 Foote c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .218 Ferguson c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .234 Fryman p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .103 Cruz 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .201 Morales ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .337 McBride ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .329 Mackanin pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Harris cf,3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .227 Murray p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Richard 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .135 Fairly ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Forsch pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .128 Clarey 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Rasmussen p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .188 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crawford ph,rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .327 Totals 36 3 10 3 4 5 Totals 34 0 10 0 5 5 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 16,139 Left on Base: Expos 11, Cardinals 13 DP: Expos 1, Cardinals 1 Errors: Jorgensen, Richard, Rasmussen Doubles: Valentine (5), Morales (7), Foli (22), Cruz (12) Caught Stealing: Harris (1) Sacrifice Hits: Rasmussen (2) Sacrifice Flies: Valentine (2) GIDP: Foote (6), Ferguson (7) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fryman W(9-8) 6 8 0 0 5 3 0 29 3.84 Murray SV(11) 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 2.75 Totals 9 10 0 0 5 5 0 40 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rasmussen L(3-9) 6.1 5 1 1 1 4 0 26 4.15 Greif 1.2 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 4.63 Wallace 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 2.81 Solomon 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.65 Totals 9 10 3 3 4 5 0 41 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Paul Pryor EXPOS 1ST: Valentine struck out; Garrett flied out to center; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey flied out to center; Kessinger singled to left [Kessinger to second (error by Jorgensen)]; Anderson popped to third in foul territory; Simmons popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 2ND: Unser lined to third; Foli singled to center; Jorgensen singled to right [Foli to third]; White walked [Jorgensen to second]; Foote grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Ferguson singled to right; Cruz doubled to left [Ferguson to third]; Harris was called out on strikes; Richard grounded out (second to first); Rasmussen flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 3RD: On a bunt Fryman grounded out (catcher to first); Valentine doubled to left; Garrett grounded out (second to first) [Valentine to third]; Parrish grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger walked; Anderson popped to shortstop; Simmons singled to third [Kessinger to second]; Ferguson walked [Kessinger to third, Simmons to second]; Cruz forced Ferguson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 4TH: Unser reached on an error by Rasmussen; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first) [Unser to second]; Jorgensen flied out to right; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Harris walked; Harris was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Richard flied out to right; Rasmussen singled to left; Mumphrey singled to third [Rasmussen to second]; Kessinger walked [Rasmussen to third, Mumphrey to second]; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 5TH: Foote lined to shortstop; Fryman singled to center; Valentine flied out to center; Garrett flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Simmons singled to right; Ferguson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Simmons out at second]; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 6TH: Parrish reached on an error by Richard; Unser struck out; Foli flied out to center; Jorgensen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Harris grounded out (shortstop to first); Richard singled to center; Rasmussen out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Richard to second]; Mumphrey walked; Kessinger popped to first in foul territory; 35 minute rain delay; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 7TH: White was called out on strikes; Foote singled to center; 22 minute rain delay; GREIF REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); MORALES BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Morales doubled to left [Foote to third]; MACKANIN RAN FOR MORALES; Valentine hit a sacrifice fly to left [Foote scored, Mackanin to third]; Garrett was walked intentionally; Parrish popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: MURRAY REPLACED MACKANIN (PITCHING); BROCK BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Brock grounded out (second to first); Simmons struck out; Ferguson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 8TH: BROCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MUMPHREY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Unser flied out to center; Foli doubled to left; Jorgensen was walked intentionally; White flied out to right [Foli to third]; Foote grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: MCBRIDE BATTED FOR CRUZ; McBride flied out to left; Harris flied out to center; FAIRLY BATTED FOR RICHARD; Fairly singled to right; FORSCH RAN FOR FAIRLY; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR GREIF; Crawford singled to center [Forsch to second]; Mumphrey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 1, Cardinals 0. EXPOS 9TH: CLAREY REPLACED FORSCH (PLAYING 2B); CRAWFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WALLACE REPLACED MUMPHREY (PITCHING); MCBRIDE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Murray flied out to center; Valentine walked; Garrett singled to right [Valentine to second]; SOLOMON REPLACED WALLACE (PITCHING); Parrish singled to center [Valentine scored, Garrett to second]; Unser struck out; Foli singled to left [Garrett scored, Parrish out at third (left to catcher to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 9TH: Kessinger flied out to center; Brock grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cardinals 0. |
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