Tuesday August 3, 1976
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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, August 3, 1976 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 4 6 0 Pirates 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .283 Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267 Kessinger ss 4 0 2 4 1 0 .240 Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 Harris cf,2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Oliver cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .334 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Robertson 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .224 Hernandez 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .236 Taveras pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Mumphrey rf,cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Kirkpatrick 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Cruz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .204 Zisk lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Richard 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .157 Parker rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .303 Crawford ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .324 Robinson 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .318 Clarey pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Hebner 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .215 Ferguson ph,rf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .230 Mendoza ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .185 Curtis p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Fairly ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Demery p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .067 Forsch pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .122 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McBride ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .335 Moose p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Wallace p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Stargell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Totals 31 4 6 4 6 3 Totals 32 2 8 2 3 3 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 14,781 Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Pirates 7 DP: Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 Doubles: Harris (10), Kessinger (16) Stolen Bases: Brock (31), Stennett (11), Parker (9) Caught Stealing: Taveras (4) Sacrifice Hits: Brock (3), Cruz (3), Demery (3) GIDP: Mendoza (2) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Curtis 7 7 2 2 2 2 0 29 4.34 Hrabosky W(6-6) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.80 Wallace SV(2) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.76 Totals 9 8 2 2 3 3 0 36 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Demery 7 3 2 2 3 3 0 27 3.39 Hernandez 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.99 Giusti L(1-3) 1.1 2 2 2 3 0 0 9 4.54 Moose 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.02 Totals 9 6 4 4 6 3 0 39 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Paul Pryor CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Kessinger popped to second; Harris doubled to left; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Stennett singled to center; Sanguillen struck out; Oliver flied out to left; Stennett stole second; Robertson singled to center [Stennett scored]; Zisk flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 2ND: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 1. PIRATES 2ND: Parker singled to left; Robinson flied out to right; Mendoza singled to center [Parker to second]; Demery out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Parker to third, Mendoza to second]; Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 3RD: Richard grounded out (second to first); Curtis grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Kessinger walked; Harris flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 1. PIRATES 3RD: Sanguillen singled to left; Oliver flied out to right; Robertson flied out to center; Zisk forced Sanguillen (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 1. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez was called out on strikes; Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Parker walked; Parker stole second; Robinson singled to left [Parker scored]; Mendoza grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Robinson out at second]; Demery popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz popped to second; Richard grounded out (first to pitcher); Curtis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. PIRATES 5TH: Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen grounded out (first to pitcher); Oliver singled to left; Robertson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock flied out to center; Kessinger flied out to center; Harris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. PIRATES 6TH: Zisk flied out to right; Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson walked; Mendoza grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Hernandez walked; Mumphrey forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. PIRATES 7TH: Demery struck out; Stennett grounded out (second to first); Sanguillen flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 8TH: HEBNER REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING 3B); CRAWFORD BATTED FOR RICHARD; Crawford singled to right; CLAREY RAN FOR CRAWFORD; FAIRLY BATTED FOR CURTIS; Fairly walked [Clarey to second]; FORSCH RAN FOR FAIRLY; HERNANDEZ REPLACED DEMERY (PITCHING); Brock out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Clarey to third, Forsch to second]; Kessinger doubled to left [Clarey scored, Forsch scored]; GIUSTI REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Harris popped to shortstop; Simmons was walked intentionally; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 2. PIRATES 8TH: CLAREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HRABOSKY REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Robertson singled to left; TAVERAS RAN FOR ROBERTSON; Taveras was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Zisk popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Pirates 2. CARDINALS 9TH: KIRKPATRICK REPLACED TAVERAS (PLAYING 1B); Mumphrey singled to left; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Mumphrey to second]; FERGUSON BATTED FOR CLAREY; Ferguson walked; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR HRABOSKY; McBride grounded out (pitcher to first) [Mumphrey to third, Ferguson to second]; Brock was walked intentionally; Kessinger singled to right [Mumphrey scored, Ferguson scored, Brock to second]; MOOSE REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Harris grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 2. PIRATES 9TH: HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); MUMPHREY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WALLACE REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Parker flied out to center; Hebner walked; HELMS BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Helms flied out to center; STARGELL BATTED FOR MOOSE; Stargell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Pirates 2.

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