The Padres exploded for eight runs in the ninth inning to overcome the Cardinals, 11-7, despite Lou Brock's five singles and two stolen bases. A two-run double by Willie Davis and two-run triple by Enzo Hernandez were the key blows in the game-winning rally. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 11, St. Louis Cardinals 7
Game Played on Monday, August    16, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Padres       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  8  -  11 11  2
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  3  1    0  2  1  -   7 14  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb lf              5   1   2   1     0   2   .293      Mumphrey cf           3   3   1   0     3   0   .249
  Rettenmund pr,lf    0   1   0   0     0   0   .206      Templeton ss          5   2   3   1     1   0   .233
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .283      Brock lf              6   0   5   2     0   1   .288
Winfield rf           4   1   1   1     1   0   .281      Simmons c             4   0   1   1     1   0   .280
W. Davis cf           5   1   1   2     0   0   .277      Crawford rf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .321
Ivie 1b               3   2   2   2     2   1   .292      Hernandez 1b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Kubiak 3b             4   1   1   1     1   1   .262      Kessinger 2b          5   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Kendall c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .254      Cruz 3b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .206
  B. Davis pr,c       0   2   0   0     1   0   .211      McGlothen p           3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Hernandez ss          2   1   1   4     2   0   .258        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Sawyer p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .400        Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Fairly ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .270
  Melendez ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Turner ph           2   1   1   0     0   0   .230
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36  11  11  11     8   5             Totals               41   7  14   4     7   2

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 13,330
Left on Base: Padres 7, Cardinals 14
DP: Padres 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Rettenmund, Winfield, Cruz
Doubles: Grubb (16), Kendall (12), W. Davis (14), Kessinger (19), Cruz (14)
Triples: Hernandez (3)
Stolen Bases: Ivie (5), Brock 2 (38), Templeton (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Hernandez (12)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sawyer                  5.2  10   4   4   4   0   0  31   1.72
Tomlin                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.61
Freisleben W(8-10)      2     1   2   1   2   0   0   9   3.81
Metzger                 1     3   1   1   1   1   0   7   1.83
Totals                  9    14   7   6   7   2   0  48

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen               7.1   4   3   3   4   5   0  30   3.83
Hrabosky                0.2   2   2   2   1   0   0   5   2.95
Greif L(2-8)            0.1   2   2   2   1   0   0   4   4.96
Wallace                 0.1   2   4   4   2   0   0   4   4.01
Solomon                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.68
Totals                  9    11  11  11   8   5   0  45

Balks: Sawyer (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Frank Pulli


PADRES 1ST: Grubb struck out; Fuentes reached on an error by
Cruz [Fuentes to second]; Winfield flied out to center [Fuentes
to third]; W. Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey flied out to left; Templeton grounded
out (first unassisted); Brock singled to center; Brock stole
second; Simmons grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 2ND: Ivie singled to left; Kubiak walked [Ivie to
second]; Kendall flied out to right [Ivie to third]; Hernandez
reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Ivie scored,
Kubiak to second]; Sawyer was called out on strikes; Grubb was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Crawford grounded out (second to first);
Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger doubled
to left; Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 3RD: Fuentes flied out to center; Winfield flied out to
center; W. Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: McGlothen grounded out (second to first);
Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); Templeton singled to
left; Templeton stole second; Brock singled to shortstop
[Templeton to third]; Simmons flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 4TH: Ivie walked; Ivie stole second; Kubiak grounded out
(first unassisted) [Ivie to third]; Kendall hit into a double
play (center to catcher) [Ivie out at home]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Crawford flied out to center; Hernandez grounded
out (second to first); Kessinger flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 0.

PADRES 5TH: Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Sawyer
lined to first; Grubb lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz doubled to left; McGlothen popped to catcher
in foul territory; Mumphrey walked; Templeton singled to left
[Cruz scored, Mumphrey to second]; Brock singled to first
[Mumphrey to third, Templeton to second]; Simmons singled to
first [Mumphrey scored, Templeton to third, Brock to second];
Sawyer balked [Templeton scored, Brock to third, Simmons to
second]; Crawford was walked intentionally; Hernandez lined to
third; Kessinger flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Padres 1, Cardinals 3.

PADRES 6TH: Fuentes flied out to center; Winfield flied out to
center; W. Davis popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); McGlothen
grounded out (first unassisted); Mumphrey walked; Templeton
singled to center [Mumphrey to third]; Brock singled to left
[Mumphrey scored, Templeton to third]; Brock stole second;
Simmons was walked intentionally; TOMLIN REPLACED SAWYER
(PITCHING); Crawford struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres
1, Cardinals 4.

PADRES 7TH: Ivie struck out; Kubiak was called out on strikes;
Kendall singled to left; Hernandez walked [Kendall to second];
MCCOVEY BATTED FOR TOMLIN; McCovey grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: FREISLEBEN REPLACED MCCOVEY (PITCHING); Hernandez
grounded out (third to first); Kessinger grounded out (shortstop
to first); Cruz popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Cardinals 4.

PADRES 8TH: Grubb doubled to right; Fuentes walked; Winfield
singled to right [Grubb to third, Fuentes out at second (right
to shortstop to catcher to third to pitcher), Winfield to second
(on throw to home)]; HRABOSKY REPLACED MCGLOTHEN (PITCHING); W.
Davis popped to shortstop; Ivie singled to left [Grubb scored,
Winfield scored]; Kubiak flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 3, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: Hrabosky walked; Mumphrey walked [Hrabosky to
second]; Templeton forced Hrabosky (pitcher to third) [Mumphrey
to second]; Brock singled to right [Mumphrey scored, Templeton
scored (error by Winfield) (unearned) (no RBI), Brock to third];
Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); Crawford popped to
third; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Cardinals 6.

PADRES 9TH: Kendall doubled to left; B. DAVIS RAN FOR KENDALL;
Hernandez walked; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR FREISLEBEN; GREIF REPLACED
HRABOSKY (PITCHING); TURNER BATTED FOR MELENDEZ; Turner singled
to right [B. Davis to third, Hernandez to second]; Grubb singled
to right [B. Davis scored, Hernandez to third, Turner to
second]; RETTENMUND RAN FOR GRUBB; Fuentes popped to second;
Winfield walked [Hernandez scored, Turner to third, Rettenmund
to second]; WALLACE REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); W. Davis doubled
to right [Turner scored, Rettenmund scored, Winfield out at home
(right to second to catcher)]; Ivie was walked intentionally;
Kubiak singled to center [W. Davis scored, Ivie to second]; B.
Davis walked [Ivie to third, Kubiak to second]; SOLOMON REPLACED
WALLACE (PITCHING); Hernandez tripled to right [Ivie scored,
Kubiak scored, B. Davis scored]; Turner flied out to left; 8 R,
6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 11, Cardinals 6.

CARDINALS 9TH: B. DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); RETTENMUND
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); METZGER REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING);
Hernandez flied out to left; Kessinger grounded out (second to
first); Cruz singled to left; FAIRLY BATTED FOR SOLOMON; Fairly
singled to left [Cruz scored (error by Rettenmund) (no RBI),
Fairly to second]; Mumphrey singled to right [Fairly to third];
Templeton walked [Mumphrey to second]; Brock was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 11, Cardinals 7.