A pinch-single by Ron Fairly in the 11th inning broke up a scoreless battle and gave the Cardinals a 1-0 victory over the Cubs. Lou Brock opened the inning with a single and advanced to second when a pickoff throw eluded Rick Monday. After an intentional pass to Keith Hernandez, Joe Ferguson flied out, but Fairly then batted for Don Kessinger and hit his single to drive in Lou Brock. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 5, 1976 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   1 10  1
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   0  5  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mumphrey cf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Monday 1b             4   0   1   0     1   2   .273
Templeton ss          5   0   1   0     0   0   .316      Cardenal lf           5   0   2   0     0   0   .303
Brock lf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .296      Wallis cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .240
  Chant lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Morales rf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Simmons c             5   0   2   0     0   1   .295      Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Hernandez 1b          3   0   0   0     2   1   .270      Sperring 3b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .278
Crawford rf           3   0   1   0     0   2   .309      Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     1   1   .203
  Ferguson rf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Kelleher ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Kessinger 2b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .237        Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Fairly ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .262        Rosello ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  Alvarado pr,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      R. Reuschel p         2   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Cruz 3b               5   0   2   0     0   1   .218        Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .221
Denny p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .185        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Anderson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .313        LaCock ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .216
  Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   1  10   1     3   8             Totals               34   0   5   0     4   6

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 23,301
Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Cubs 7
DP: Cardinals 1, Cubs 1
Errors: Kessinger, Monday
Doubles: Cardenal (25)
Caught Stealing: Simmons (5), Trillo (6), Cardenal (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Denny (6), Sperring (1), Kelleher (5)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   9     4   0   0   3   3   0  32   2.77
Greif                   0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.86
Hrabosky W(8-6)         1.1   0   0   0   0   3   0   4   2.84
Totals                 11     5   0   0   4   6   0  40

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel             8     8   0   0   2   5   0  32   3.51
Knowles                 2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.80
Coleman L(1-7)          1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   4.50
Totals                 11    10   1   1   3   8   0  44

Wild Pitches: R. Reuschel (6)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Paul Pryor


CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey singled to center; Templeton lined into
a double play (third to first) [Mumphrey out at first]; Brock
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Monday struck out; Cardenal doubled to center; Wallis
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Cardenal to third]; Morales
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to center; Hernandez walked; R.
Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Hernandez to second]; Crawford
struck out; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Trillo walked; Sperring out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Trillo to second]; Mitterwald struck out
while Trillo was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: On a bunt Cruz singled to third; Denny out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cruz to second]; Mumphrey
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cruz to third]; Templeton
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kelleher grounded out (shortstop to first); R.
Reuschel grounded out (third to first); Monday singled to
center; Cardenal singled to right [Monday to third]; Cardenal
was caught stealing second (pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock flied out to right; Simmons singled to
left; Simmons was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Hernandez lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Wallis popped to first in foul territory; Morales
flied out to center; Trillo grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Crawford singled to center; Kessinger grounded
out (second to first) [Crawford to second]; Cruz singled to left
[Crawford to third]; Denny was called out on strikes; Mumphrey
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals
0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Sperring grounded out (third to first); Mitterwald
flied out to right; Kelleher flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Templeton grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock
grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: R. Reuschel flied out to center; Monday grounded out
(second to first); Cardenal grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hernandez grounded out (second to first);
Crawford struck out (catcher to first); Kessinger singled to
left; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 7TH: Wallis singled to pitcher; Morales forced Wallis
(shortstop to second) [Morales to second (error by Kessinger)];
Trillo flied out to center; Sperring grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Denny was called out on strikes; Mumphrey flied
out to center; Templeton singled to shortstop; Brock walked
[Templeton to second]; Simmons singled to second [Templeton to
third, Brock to second]; Hernandez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 8TH: FERGUSON REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING RF); Mitterwald
walked; Kelleher out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Mitterwald to second]; SUMMERS BATTED FOR R. REUSCHEL; Summers
struck out; Monday was walked intentionally; Cardenal grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: KNOWLES REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); Ferguson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger struck out; Cruz
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 9TH: Wallis flied out to left; Morales popped to third;
Trillo popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs
0.

CARDINALS 10TH: ANDERSON BATTED FOR DENNY; Anderson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mumphrey flied out to center; Templeton
lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 10TH: GREIF REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Sperring walked;
Mitterwald flied out to left; BIITTNER BATTED FOR KELLEHER;
Biittner flied out to center; LACOCK BATTED FOR KNOWLES; LaCock
singled to shortstop [Sperring to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED
GREIF (PITCHING); Monday struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Cubs 0.

CARDINALS 11TH: COLEMAN REPLACED LACOCK (PITCHING); ROSELLO
REPLACED BIITTNER (PLAYING SS); Brock singled to center; Simmons
struck out; Brock was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Monday [Brock to second]; Hernandez was walked intentionally;
Ferguson flied out to right; FAIRLY BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Fairly
singled to right [Brock scored, Hernandez to third]; ALVARADO
RAN FOR FAIRLY; On a bunt Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 11TH: CHANT REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); ALVARADO STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cardenal flied out to left; Wallis struck
out; Morales struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Cubs 0.