Joe Ferguson, who had never hit more than one triple in a game previously in his major league career, rapped a pair of three-baggers to pace the Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Phillies. Ferguson hit his first triple in the second inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Mike Anderson. Then in the fourth, Ferguson tripled again to drive in Ted Simmons, who had walked, before scoring himself on a second sacrifice fly by Anderson. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Saturday, August    7, 1976 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Phillies     0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Cardinals    0  1  1    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  7  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Mumphrey cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Maddox cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .315      Kessinger ss          4   0   3   1     0   0   .240
Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .283      Hernandez 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Luzinski lf           3   0   1   0     1   1   .304      Simmons c             3   1   1   0     1   0   .275
Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Ferguson rf           3   2   2   1     0   0   .234
Boone 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Anderson lf           1   0   0   2     0   0   .292
McCarver c            2   0   1   1     2   1   .303      Cruz 3b               3   0   0   0     0   2   .210
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .245      Richard 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .169
Kaat p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .177      Falcone p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .146
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martin ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .274

Totals               32   1   5   1     4   4             Totals               27   4   7   4     1   4

Time of Game: 1:48   Attendance: 32,105
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Cardinals 3
DP: Phillies 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Cruz
Doubles: Kessinger (17)
Triples: Ferguson 2 (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Falcone (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Anderson 2 (3)
GIDP: Martin (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat L(10-7)            6     5   4   4   1   2   0  24   3.12
Schueler                2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.90
Totals                  8     7   4   4   1   4   0  31

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(8-11)         8     5   1   1   4   3   0  34   3.55
Hrabosky SV(12)         1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.71
Totals                  9     5   1   1   4   4   0  36

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied to right in foul territory; Maddox
flied out to right; Schmidt popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey struck out; Kessinger grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Brown popped to first in foul
territory; Boone grounded out (third to first) [Luzinski to
second]; McCarver walked; Bowa flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to center; Ferguson tripled to
left; Anderson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ferguson scored];
Cruz struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Kaat grounded out (second to first); Cash grounded
out (third to first); Maddox lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Richard singled to shortstop; Falcone out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Richard to second]; Mumphrey
flied out to center; Kessinger singled to right [Richard
scored]; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cardinals 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt walked; Luzinski singled to left [Schmidt
to second]; Brown flied out to left; Boone popped to second;
McCarver singled to right [Schmidt scored, Luzinski to second];
Bowa singled to shortstop [Luzinski to third, McCarver to
second]; Kaat grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons walked; Ferguson tripled to right
[Simmons scored]; Anderson hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Ferguson scored]; Cruz grounded out (third to first); Richard
popped to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash grounded out (second to first); Maddox popped
to first in foul territory; Schmidt flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 5TH: Falcone grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mumphrey popped to third; Kessinger singled to left; Hernandez
lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski flied out to center; Brown flied out to
left; Boone popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons popped to first; Ferguson popped to third
in foul territory; Anderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: McCarver was called out on strikes; Bowa popped to
second; TAYLOR BATTED FOR KAAT; Taylor was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: SCHUELER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Cruz struck
out; Richard popped to second; Falcone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Cash popped to third; Maddox singled to left;
Schmidt singled to left [Maddox to second]; Luzinski struck out;
Brown reached on a fielder's choice [Maddox to third, Schmidt to
second (error by Cruz)]; Boone flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Mumphrey lined to shortstop; Kessinger doubled to
right; Hernandez flied out to center; Simmons singled to right
[Kessinger out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 1, Cardinals 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: McCarver walked; HRABOSKY REPLACED FALCONE
(PITCHING); Bowa was called out on strikes; MARTIN BATTED FOR
SCHUELER; Martin grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [McCarver out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Cardinals 4.