Red Schoendienst gained his 1,000th victory as manager of the Cardinals when pinch-hitter Ted Simmons batted in two runs with a double in the eighth inning to defeat the Mets, 6-5. This is Schoendienst's 12th season at the helm of the Redbirds.

In the eighth, Garry Templeton walked, Lou Brock struck out and Joe Ferguson grounded out, advancing Templeton to second. After the Mets passed Keith Hernandez intentionally, Schoendienst sent up Simmons to bat for Hector Cruz with winning results. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 5
Game Played on Sunday, September 12, 1976 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Mets         1  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  1  -   5  9  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  1  0    2  2  x  -   6  9  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazzilli cf           2   1   0   0     3   0   .111      Mumphrey rf,cf        4   1   2   0     0   0   .254
Millan 2b             3   1   2   1     2   0   .280      Templeton ss          3   1   0   0     1   1   .303
Milner lf,1b          5   1   2   2     0   0   .276      Brock lf              3   0   1   1     1   2   .299
Kranepool 1b          2   0   1   0     1   0   .285      Ferguson c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Kingman ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Hernandez 1b          3   2   1   1     1   0   .290
  Mangual lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Cruz 3b               3   1   1   1     0   0   .221
Stearns c             5   0   1   1     0   0   .304        Simmons ph          1   0   1   2     0   0   .292
B. Baldwin rf         5   0   0   0     0   0   .077        Mejias pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Foster 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Harris cf,3b          4   0   2   0     0   1   .224
  Phillips ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Alvarado 2b           3   1   0   0     0   1   .400
  Brown pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .214      Rasmussen p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .121
  Staiger 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Harrelson ss          2   1   1   0     2   0   .233        Anderson ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .315
Matlack p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .187        Richard pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .180
  Boisclair ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .276        Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Vail ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Capilla p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   9   4     8   1             Totals               31   6   9   6     3   6

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 28,515
Left on Base: Mets 10, Cardinals 4
DP: Mets 2, Cardinals 0
Errors: Templeton
Doubles: Milner (23), Simmons (32)
Home Runs: Cruz (10), Hernandez (6)
Stolen Bases: Mazzilli (1), Brock 2 (52)
Caught Stealing: Milner (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Matlack (7)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 7     8   4   4   1   5   2  28   2.81
Apodaca L(2-7)          1     1   2   2   2   1   0   6   3.14
Totals                  8     9   6   6   3   6   2  34

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen               6     6   3   3   7   0   0  29   3.48
Wallace                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.92
Solomon                 0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   4.03
Capilla W(1-0)          1     0   1   1   1   0   0   4   9.00
Walker SV(1)            0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.70
Totals                  9     9   5   5   8   1   0  42

Wild Pitches: Rasmussen (5), Capilla (1)

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


METS 1ST: Mazzilli walked; Mazzilli stole second; Millan
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Mazzilli to third]; Milner
singled to right [Mazzilli scored]; Milner was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop to first to shortstop); Kranepool
singled to center; Stearns forced Kranepool (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey singled to center; On a bunt Templeton
struck out [Mumphrey out at second (catcher unassisted)];
Garry Templeton called for interference; Brock struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

METS 2ND: B. Baldwin popped to shortstop; Foster grounded out
(third to first); Harrelson walked; Matlack flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Ferguson flied out to right; Hernandez popped to
third in foul territory; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli popped to first in foul territory; Millan
walked; Milner flied out to center; Kranepool flied to right in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Harris struck out; Alvarado was called out on
strikes; Rasmussen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

METS 4TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); B. Baldwin
popped to shortstop; Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Mumphrey singled to shortstop; Templeton grounded
out (first unassisted) [Mumphrey to second]; Brock singled to
center [Mumphrey scored]; Brock stole second; Ferguson grounded
out (third to first) [Brock to third]; Hernandez flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cardinals 1.

METS 5TH: Harrelson walked; Matlack out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Harrelson to second]; Mazzilli walked;
Rasmussen threw a wild pitch [Harrelson to third, Mazzilli to
second]; Millan singled to left [Harrelson scored, Mazzilli out
at home (left to catcher), Millan to second (on throw to home)];
Milner doubled to right [Millan scored]; Kranepool was walked
intentionally; Stearns flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 3, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cruz homered; Harris singled to left; Alvarado
hit into a double play (right to first) [Harris out at second];
Rasmussen grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Cardinals 2.

METS 6TH: B. Baldwin grounded out (first to pitcher); Foster
grounded out (second to first); Harrelson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first);
Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock walked; Brock
stole second; Ferguson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 3, Cardinals 2.

METS 7TH: Matlack singled to center; Mazzilli walked [Matlack to
second]; Millan singled to left [Matlack to third, Mazzilli to
second]; WALLACE REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING); Milner popped to
shortstop; KINGMAN BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Kingman struck out;
Stearns popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 3,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: MANGUAL REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING LF); MILNER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Hernandez homered; Cruz flied
out to center; Harris singled to left; Alvarado forced Harris
(shortstop to second); ANDERSON BATTED FOR WALLACE; Anderson
singled to right [Alvarado scored]; RICHARD RAN FOR ANDERSON;
Mumphrey flied to right in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Mets 3, Cardinals 4.

METS 8TH: SOLOMON REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); B. Baldwin flied
out to center; PHILLIPS BATTED FOR FOSTER; Phillips singled to
right; BROWN RAN FOR PHILLIPS; Harrelson singled to right [Brown
to third]; BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR MATLACK; CAPILLA REPLACED
SOLOMON (PITCHING); VAIL BATTED FOR BOISCLAIR; Capilla threw a
wild pitch [Brown scored, Harrelson to second]; Debut game
for Doug Capilla; Vail popped to shortstop; Mazzilli popped
to shortstop in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: STAIGER REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 3B); APODACA
REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); Templeton walked; Brock struck out;
Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Templeton to
second]; Hernandez was walked intentionally; SIMMONS BATTED FOR
CRUZ; Simmons doubled to right [Templeton scored, Hernandez
scored]; MEJIAS RAN FOR SIMMONS; Harris popped to catcher in
foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cardinals 6.

METS 9TH: MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MUMPHREY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
Millan walked; Milner forced Millan (first to shortstop) [Milner
to second (error by Templeton)]; WALKER REPLACED CAPILLA
(PITCHING); Mangual grounded out (second to first) [Milner to
third]; Stearns singled to left [Milner scored]; B. Baldwin
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5,
Cardinals 6.