The Cardinals erupted for six runs in the fifth inning to make victory easy for Pete Falcone, who shut out the Braves, 8-0. Jerry Mumphrey, Garry Templeton, Lou Brock and Ted Simmons singled and Willie Crawford hit a sacrifice fly for the Cards' first three runs. St. Louis Cardinals 8, Atlanta Braves 0Game Played on Friday, August 13, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumCardinals 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 - 8 14 1 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mumphrey cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .253 Royster 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Templeton ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .222 Gilbreath 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .272 Brock lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .282 Wynn cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .220 Simmons c 5 2 3 1 0 0 .280 Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .305 Crawford rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .327 Paciorek rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Anderson rf 2 1 2 0 0 0 .302 Gaston lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Hernandez 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .260 Correll c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Kessinger 2b 4 1 1 1 1 2 .244 Belloir ss 3 0 2 0 0 1 .244 Cruz 3b 4 0 1 4 0 1 .207 Ruthven p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .172 Falcone p 5 0 0 0 0 2 .130 Moore ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Eden ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 8 14 8 3 7 Totals 34 0 8 0 0 4 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 12,953 Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Braves 7 DP: Cardinals 2, Braves 1 Errors: Templeton Doubles: Hernandez (11), Cruz (13), Gaston (4), Gilbreath (9) Sacrifice Flies: Crawford (5), Cruz (2) GIDP: Brock (14), Correll (5), Montanez (23) Hit by Pitch: Crawford (1,by Ruthven), Hernandez (3,by Torrealba) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone W(9-11) 9 8 0 0 0 4 0 34 3.34 Totals 9 8 0 0 0 4 0 34 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven L(13-10) 5 9 6 6 2 4 0 27 3.33 Dal Canton 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 9 3.32 Torrealba 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 9 5.54 Totals 9 14 8 8 3 7 0 45 Hit by Pitch: Ruthven (7), Torrealba (2) Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Frank Pulli CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey struck out; Templeton flied out to right; Brock walked; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to center; Gilbreath flied out to center; Wynn singled to left; Montanez singled to center [Wynn to third]; Paciorek forced Montanez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Crawford singled to right; Hernandez singled to center [Crawford to second]; Kessinger struck out; Cruz popped to third in foul territory; Falcone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Gaston reached on an error by Templeton; Correll grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gaston out at second]; Belloir was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Mumphrey flied out to center; Templeton popped to second; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Ruthven flied out to center; Royster popped to shortstop; Gilbreath singled to center; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied out to center; Crawford was hit by a pitch; Hernandez flied out to right; Kessinger singled to left [Crawford to second]; Cruz popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Paciorek struck out; Gaston doubled to center; Correll grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Falcone was called out on strikes; Mumphrey singled to second; Templeton singled to right [Mumphrey to third]; Brock singled to right [Mumphrey scored, Templeton to third]; Simmons singled to center [Templeton scored, Brock to third]; Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to right [Brock scored]; Hernandez doubled to right [Simmons to third]; Kessinger was walked intentionally; Cruz doubled to left [Simmons scored, Hernandez scored, Kessinger scored]; Falcone was called out on strikes; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING RF); Belloir singled to center; MOORE BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Moore flied out to right; Royster flied out to center; Gilbreath grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Braves 0. CARDINALS 6TH: DAL CANTON REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Mumphrey flied out to left; Templeton flied out to left; Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Braves 0. BRAVES 6TH: Wynn singled to center; Montanez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wynn out at second]; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Braves 0. CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons singled to center; Anderson singled to right [Simmons to second]; Hernandez walked [Simmons to third, Anderson to second]; Kessinger forced Hernandez (second to shortstop) [Simmons scored, Anderson to third]; Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to left [Anderson scored]; Falcone grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Braves 0. BRAVES 7TH: Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Correll was called out on strikes; Belloir singled to center; EDEN BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Eden flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Braves 0. CARDINALS 8TH: TORREALBA REPLACED EDEN (PITCHING); Mumphrey was called out on strikes; Templeton singled to left; Brock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Templeton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Braves 0. BRAVES 8TH: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath doubled to right; Wynn popped to shortstop; Montanez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Braves 0. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons singled to left; Anderson singled to left [Simmons to second]; Hernandez was hit by a pitch [Simmons to third, Anderson to second]; Kessinger struck out; Cruz struck out; Falcone popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 8, Braves 0. BRAVES 9TH: Paciorek flied out to right; Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); Correll flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Braves 0. |
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