The Cubs hit three homers, capping their attack with a round-tripper by George Mitterwald in the eighth inning, to outlast the Cardinals, 7-6. Jose Cardenal hit a solo swat in the fourth and Pete LaCock connected with two men on base in the sixth before Mitterwald provided the decisive blow. The Cards had homers by Willie Crawford and Joe Ferguson. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6
Game Played on Friday, July      30, 1976 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    2  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  1  -   6 12  2
Cubs         0  0  0    2  0  4    0  1  x  -   7 10  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .288      Wallis cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .238
McBride cf            4   1   2   1     1   0   .332      Cardenal lf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .303
Crawford rf           3   1   1   2     0   1   .327      Madlock 3b            4   2   2   0     0   1   .315
  Anderson ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .311      Morales rf            2   1   0   0     2   0   .259
Simmons c             5   1   1   0     0   0   .284      LaCock 1b             3   1   1   4     0   1   .212
Hernandez 1b          3   1   1   0     1   1   .232      Trillo 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .247
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   1     0   0   .238      Mitterwald c          3   1   1   1     1   0   .215
Cruz 3b               3   0   1   1     1   0   .203      Kelleher ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .239
Richard 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .145      Stone p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
  Mumphrey ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .276        P. Reuschel p       2   0   1   0     0   0   .154
Forsch p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .122        Sutter p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Fairly ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .272
  Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Ferguson ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .236

Totals               36   6  12   6     3   4             Totals               32   7  10   7     3   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 14,078
Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Cubs 5
DP: Cardinals 0, Cubs 0
Errors: Kessinger, Forsch
Doubles: Brock (15), Richard (1), Kelleher (9), Trillo (16), Wallis (4)
Triples: McBride (4)
Home Runs: Crawford (7), Ferguson (8), Cardenal (7), LaCock (5), Mitterwald (2)
Stolen Bases: Hernandez (3)
Caught Stealing: Brock (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Crawford (3), LaCock (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(5-6)           5.1   6   6   5   1   2   2  24   4.06
Greif                   0.2   2   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.58
Curtis                  2     2   1   1   1   4   1   9   4.47
Totals                  8    10   7   6   3   6   3  36

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   3.1   6   4   4   2   1   1  17   3.69
P. Reuschel W(2-2)      4     3   1   1   0   2   0  15   4.76
Sutter                  1.1   2   1   1   1   1   1   6   2.45
Knowles SV(9)           0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.04
Totals                  9    12   6   6   3   4   2  40

Wild Pitches: Curtis (5)
Balks: P. Reuschel (2)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Vargo


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock doubled to left; McBride tripled to center
[Brock scored]; Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to right [McBride
scored]; Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hernandez was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs
0.

CUBS 1ST: Wallis flied out to center; Cardenal popped to second;
Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

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

CUBS 2ND: Morales flied out to center; LaCock grounded out
(second to first); Trillo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to left; Brock was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); McBride flied out to left; Crawford
homered; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); Kelleher
doubled to left; Stone struck out; Wallis grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez walked; Hernandez stole second;
Kessinger flied out to right [Hernandez to third]; Cruz singled
to left [Hernandez scored]; Richard doubled to left [Cruz to
third]; P. REUSCHEL REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Forsch grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brock grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal homered; Madlock singled to third; Madlock
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Forsch [Madlock
to second]; Morales grounded out (third to first) [Madlock to
third]; LaCock hit a sacrifice fly to center [Madlock scored
(unearned)]; Trillo flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: McBride singled to center; P. Reuschel balked
[McBride to second]; Crawford struck out; Simmons flied out to
left; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Mitterwald flied out to center; Kelleher grounded out
(third to first); P. Reuschel reached on an error by Kessinger;
Wallis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Kessinger flied out to left; Cruz grounded out
(second to first); Richard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Cardenal flied out to left; Madlock singled to left;
Morales walked [Madlock to second]; LaCock homered [Madlock
scored, Morales scored]; Trillo doubled to left; GREIF REPLACED
FORSCH (PITCHING); Mitterwald was walked intentionally; Kelleher
singled to left [Trillo scored, Mitterwald out at third (left to
catcher)]; P. Reuschel singled to right [Kelleher out at home
(right to catcher)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 6.

CARDINALS 7TH: FAIRLY BATTED FOR GREIF; Fairly grounded out
(second to first); Brock grounded out (second to first); McBride
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 6.

CUBS 7TH: CURTIS REPLACED FAIRLY (PITCHING); Wallis doubled to
left; On a bunt Cardenal struck out; Madlock struck out; Morales
was walked intentionally; Curtis threw a wild pitch [Wallis to
third, Morales to second]; LaCock was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Cubs 6.

CARDINALS 8TH: Crawford flied out to center; Simmons singled to
left; Hernandez singled to right [Simmons to second]; SUTTER
REPLACED P. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Kessinger singled to center
[Simmons scored, Hernandez to second, Kessinger out at second
(center to shortstop to first)]; Cruz popped to third; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Cubs 6.

CUBS 8TH: Trillo grounded out (second to first); Mitterwald
homered; Kelleher grounded out (second to first); Sutter struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Cubs 7.

CARDINALS 9TH: MUMPHREY BATTED FOR RICHARD; Mumphrey lined to
pitcher; FERGUSON BATTED FOR CURTIS; Ferguson homered; Brock
struck out; McBride walked; KNOWLES REPLACED SUTTER (PITCHING);
ANDERSON BATTED FOR CRAWFORD; Anderson singled to right [McBride
to second]; Simmons flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Cubs 7.