Capitalizing on Lynn McGlothen's loss of control, the Phillies defeated the Cardinals, 5-2, in a game stopped by rain after eight innings. Rain forced a delay of one hour, 33 minutes in the second before Hector Cruz accounted for the Cards' runs with a homer. Philadelphia Phillies 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2Game Played on Thursday, August 5, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIPhillies 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 - 5 7 0 Cardinals 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .278 Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .264 Maddox cf 3 0 1 2 1 0 .316 Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .282 Brock lf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .279 Luzinski lf 2 0 2 1 1 0 .305 Crawford rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .325 Twitchell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Simmons 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Johnstone 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .323 Ferguson c 2 1 0 0 2 2 .229 Hutton pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Anderson rf,lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .294 Brown rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .273 Cruz 3b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .210 McCarver c 0 1 0 0 3 0 .299 Richard 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .156 Bowa ss 2 1 0 1 1 0 .245 McGlothen p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .146 Underwood p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .080 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tolan ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Solomon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 25 5 7 5 8 5 Totals 31 2 7 2 3 9 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 15,569 Left on Base: Phillies 6, Cardinals 8 DP: Phillies 0, Cardinals 2 Errors: Ferguson Doubles: Brown (9), Richard (3) Home Runs: Brown (5), Cruz (9) Caught Stealing: Maddox (9), Luzinski (2) Sacrifice Hits: McCarver (1) Sacrifice Flies: Bowa (4) GIDP: Bowa (10) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood 4 4 2 2 3 3 1 19 3.84 Twitchell W(2-0) 4 3 0 0 0 6 0 15 1.42 Totals 8 7 2 2 3 9 1 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen L(9-11) 4.1 4 4 4 6 3 1 20 4.02 Greif 2.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 11 4.57 Solomon 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.38 Totals 8 7 5 5 8 5 1 35 Wild Pitches: Twitchell (3), Greif (5) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jim Quick PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Maddox walked; Maddox was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Schmidt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey flied out to right; Kessinger singled to center; 1:33 Rain Delay; Brock struck out; Simmons lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski singled to center; Luzinski was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Johnstone flied out to right; Brown popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Ferguson walked; Anderson struck out; Cruz homered [Ferguson scored]; Richard grounded out (shortstop to first); McGlothen grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 3RD: McCarver walked; Bowa grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McCarver out at second]; Underwood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey walked; Kessinger flied out to center; Brock singled to center [Mumphrey to second]; Simmons popped to first in foul territory [Mumphrey to third, Brock to second]; Ferguson walked; Anderson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 4TH: Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox grounded out (second to first); Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski walked [Schmidt to second]; Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Richard doubled to left; McGlothen struck out; Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 0, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 5TH: Brown homered; McCarver walked; Bowa walked [McCarver to second]; TOLAN BATTED FOR UNDERWOOD; Tolan struck out; Bowa was picked off first but was safe on an error by Ferguson [McCarver to third, Bowa to second]; Cash walked; Maddox singled to center [McCarver scored, Bowa scored, Cash to second]; GREIF REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); Schmidt struck out; Luzinski singled to left [Cash scored, Maddox to second]; Johnstone lined to first; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 4, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 5TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock was called out on strikes; Lou Brock ejected by HP umpire Bill Williams; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 6TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING RF); ANDERSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Brown doubled to right; Greif threw a wild pitch [Brown to third]; McCarver walked; Bowa hit a sacrifice fly to left [Brown scored]; Tolan popped to first in foul territory; Cash lined to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 5, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Ferguson struck out; Anderson flied out to center; Cruz singled to center; Richard grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 5, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 7TH: Maddox popped to second; Schmidt flied out to left; Twitchell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 5, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 7TH: HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR GREIF; Hernandez grounded out (pitcher to first); Mumphrey struck out; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 5, Cardinals 2. PHILLIES 8TH: SOLOMON REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Johnstone singled to center; HUTTON RAN FOR JOHNSTONE; Brown walked [Hutton to second]; McCarver out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Hutton to third, Brown to second]; Bowa hit into a double play (left to catcher) [Hutton out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 5, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 8TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Crawford singled to right; Simmons singled to right [Crawford to second]; Twitchell threw a wild pitch [Crawford to third, Simmons to second]; Ferguson struck out; Anderson struck out; Cruz was called out on strikes; Game called due to rain at 11:39 PM; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 5, Cardinals 2. |
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